Witron lands major order from Finnish retailing giant
November 30th 2009

INEX Partners Oy, the logistics service provider of the Finnish retailing giant S Group, has commissioned German general contractor Witron Logistik + Informatik to provide a material handling solution for its new 53,000 m2 distribution centre near Helsinki.

Witron impressed INEX with its overall concept in an ideas contest and its pedigree in working on similarly sized projects.

The new centre will be one of the largest logistics plants in Scandinavia and will supply goods to some 1,200 outlets of the S Group.

Articles will span a huge variety of product groups, from clothing, cosmetics and sports items to electronic equipment, garden items and furniture, and right through to spare parts for cars and agricultural machinery.

To achieve perfect synchronisation of all the logistical requirements with maximum efficiency and cost effectiveness, the highly dynamic Witron picking modules DPS (Dynamic Picking System), OPS (Order Picking System) and CPS (Car Picking System) will be used.

The S Group employs 37,735 people in total with retail sales totalling 11.821 billion euros in 2008. INEX Partners Oy had 1,793 employees in 2008 and posted revenue of 1.754 billion euros.

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