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Garment handling system extension
12 December 2012
Provider of handling and sortation systems for both flat goods and hanging garments, Dürkopp Fördertechnik, has added a second extension to the system it installed for Aurora Fashions, the name behind Karen Millen, Coas

Provider of handling and sortation
systems for both flat goods and
hanging garments, Dürkopp
Fördertechnik, has added a second
extension to the system it installed for
Aurora Fashions, the name behind
Karen Millen, Coast,Warehouse and
Oasis. The business has a 55,000ft2,
four level, central distribution centre
at Stanton Harcourt near Oxford
which can store around 1.5
million garments, both flat and
hanging.
The whole contract, which has a total value of nearly 3 million Euros, includes a twotier hanging mezzanine system and a two-tier hanging garment racking structure. It is currently handling up to 100,000 flat and hanging garments a day.
The system uses D-Store, Dürkopp's bespoke warehouse management product, which also communicates with the customer's own software. It picks and sorts orders received daily from 1400 stores across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
The whole contract, which has a total value of nearly 3 million Euros, includes a twotier hanging mezzanine system and a two-tier hanging garment racking structure. It is currently handling up to 100,000 flat and hanging garments a day.
The system uses D-Store, Dürkopp's bespoke warehouse management product, which also communicates with the customer's own software. It picks and sorts orders received daily from 1400 stores across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
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