Matalan kept moving
December 1st 2005

SDI Greenstone has installed a highthroughput automated storage and sortation system at Matalan's new 32,000m2 southern distribution centre (DC) in Corby.

The new DC, operated by Wincanton, one of Europe's leading contract logistics companies, will store both hanging and boxed goods. It marks Matalan's first use of a boxed-item sortation system.

SDI Greenstone won the contract to design, build and project-manage the new installation, in a competitive tender, on the strength of its deep understanding of fashion logistics; the highly pragmatic nature of the solutions proposed; and the excellent track record of the systems it has already installed in Matalan's Skelmersdale DC. SDI Greenstone also completed the entire project to meet very tight deadlines.

The SDI Greenstone installation, built into a 25,500m2 low bay warehouse, comprises separate systems for hanging garments and boxed items. The hanging garment system has the capacity to handle almost 1.2 million items, while the boxed system handles around 41,000 cartons per day at peak times.

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