SSI Schaefer starts cold store division
December 1st 2008 SSI Schaefer is developing
a new business support unit
focused solely on the cold
store industry.
According to the firm, the
cold store sector has
boomed in Europe, with
over 20 per cent of the
entire industry concentrated
within the frozen food
industry. For example, the
total volume of German cold
logistics companies and cold
stores now contains around
ten million cubic metres of
storage area with more than
2.5 million pallet positions.
In the last four years alone,
each industrial cold store's
capacity in Germany has
increased by more than
200,000 pallet positions.
However, SSI says these
figures fail to hide the
growing fact that the
industry falls behind other
market leaders when it
comes to warehouse
systems and logistics. While
capacities increase, the
company claims the average
degree of utilisation in most
warehouses continues to
remain at 75 per
cent.
"Many companies
within the cold store
industry are not
aware of the space
optimisation and
productivity gains
that can be achieved
by using modern
design systems," says
SSI Schaefer business
development manager, Bob
Jane. "Using the latest
systems from SSI Schaefer
and a little know-how, the
cold store sector can easily
increase throughput and
warehouse volume
efficiently and effectively." More articles from SSI Schaefer Ltd: | 
