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Europe's No. 1 for home fitness automates new central warehouse

North German partnership: The retail company Sport-Tiedje is automating its new logistics center with driverless transport systems from ek robotics. In Osterrönfeld near Rendsburg, nine transport robots from the VARIO MOVE series and four fully automated VNA MOVE narrow-aisle forklift trucks will optimize the home fitness expert's transport and warehouse processes.

A small sports store in the center of Schleswig has developed into Europe's leading home fitness specialist over the past decades. Sport-Tiedje GmbH employs around 700 people in 10 European countries. Due to the company's strong growth, the previous central warehouse in Büdelsdorf reached its capacity limits.

 

The dimensions of the new central warehouse in Osterrönfeld near Rendsburg are correspondingly future-oriented: Over 51,000 m² of warehouse space offers room for order picking, storage and handling of goods. The driverless transport system from Hamburg-based manufacturer ek robotics ensures efficient warehouse automation with decades of high availability. The automated guided vehicle fleet comprises nine vehicle models from the modular VARIO MOVE L series, which are responsible for linking incoming goods, order picking and outgoing goods.

 

The high-bay warehouse will also be operated automatically in future and will contribute to an efficient material flow between the areas. The four fully automated narrow-aisle stackers will store and retrieve pallets precisely in the high-bay warehouse with 30 aisles and a length of 80 m each. "The AGV from ek robotics will support the staff on site and significantly improve processes in the central warehouse," says Christian Grau, Managing Director of Sport-Tiedje.