The Co-operative Pharmacy now has the capacity to fulfil 160,000 order lines in one shift, following a £16m investment in a new, automated national distribution centre at Meir Park in Stoke-on-Trent, designed and installed by Knapp.
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Knapp has acquired German overhead conveyor systems specialist Dürkopp Fördertechnik, a wholly owed subsidiary of Dürkopp Adler.
Knapp has highlighted a number of technologies working seamlessly together including an OSR 32 storage system with a new-style ergonomic picking station, the ultra-fast Speeder-System ASRS, an A-frame autopicker and various picking solutions including voi
Knapp is in the final development stages of its optically guided picking system, which was previewed at CeMAT last year and is expected to be ready for installation early in 2010.
British Gas has presented Knapp with an award for “bringing out the best in each other”.
Steve Knights has joined Knapp UK as business development manager for integrated projects based the Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire.
Knapp AG, the Austrian warehouse automation supplier, has bought Swedish logistics firm Moving AB from its owner Atle Industri for an estimated ten million Euros (£7.9 million), as it tries to strengthen its position in Scandinavia.
Knapp UK has promoted former business development director David James to the role of managing director, taking over from founder Mike Cogger who is set to retire in 2009.
Knapp UK is opening a service centre at Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire to meet the needs of its growing service operations.
