Saica Pack launches an automatic vertical warehouse at its new plant in Scotland, installed by Duro Felguera Logistic Systems
Gijón, 01 Jun 2023
Saica Group now has a pioneering facility in the United Kingdom, more capable and able to offer a better service to its customers
Saica Pack will improve its service to its customers, thanks to the fully automatic vertical storage system for corrugated board (WIP - work in progress), installed by Duro Felguera Logistic Systems, the business unit of Duro Felguera that specialises in the development of automatic storage systems. This project has been developed for the new state-of-the-art facility of Saica Pack, the division of the Saica Group specialising in corrugated cardboard packaging, in Livingston, Scotland. It is the first project that Duro Felguera has delivered in the United Kingdom.
Duro Felguera Logistic Systems, the business unit of Duro Felguera that specialises in the development of automatic storage systems, has successfully completed its first project in the United Kingdom: a fully automatic vertical storage system for corrugated board (WIP - work in progress) for the new state-of-the-art facility of Saica Pack, the division of the Saica Group specialising in corrugated cardboard packaging, in Livingston, Scotland.
The automated warehouse, designed for Saica Pack, is made up of a self-supporting racking system 21m high, 20m wide and 50m long, distributed over 8 levels and two independent aisles, in each of which operates an ESVA T2C-3000 stacker crane.
These automatic machines are entirely designed, manufactured, programmed and commissioned by Duro Felguera and are characterised by their superior quality, robustness, reliability and easy maintenance.
The Warehouse Management System (WMS), also designed and developed by Duro Felguera and adapted to the needs of Saica Pack, allows the management of up to two different orders per rack cell, which results in greater versatility and better optimisation of the use of the space available for storage, even for low volume orders, increasingly common nowadays.
The project was successfully developed despite the adversity of external factors including the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit, which were overcome thanks to the professionalism and effort of the Duro Felguera team combined with a collaborative and trusting partnership with Saica Pack, which contributed decisively to the successful completion of the work.
Another key factor was the alignment, collaboration and understanding between Duro Felguera and AVANTI (supplier of the handling systems).
The project has contributed to what is one of the most modern warehouses in the UK, including numerous state-of-the-art technologies.
This milestone not only adds to the list of projects executed throughout Europe by Duro Felguera Logistic Systems (including Spain, Belgium, France, Italy and Poland) but also
About Duro Felguera S.A.
Duro Felguera (DF) is a Spanish company specializing in the execution of turnkey projects in the areas of Conventional Energy, Renewables, Industrial Plants, Mining & Handling, and Oil & Gas. It is also a provider of assembly, operation and maintenance services for industrial plants and a manufacturer of large pressure equipment. It also has an intelligent systems business line (digitalization, digital security, and EPC in the logistics sector). Headquartered in Gijón (Asturias), the company has 163 years of experience in industrial activities worldwide and has been listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange for more than a century.
About Saica Group
Saica Group is one of the leading companies in Europe in the manufacture of recycled paper for corrugated board, with an annual production capacity of 3.3 million tons of recycled paper for corrugated board. With more than 10,000 employees and a presence in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Turkey, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United States and Poland, Saica Group has four business lines: manufacture of recycled paper for corrugated board (Saica Paper), waste management and environmental services (Saica Natur), production of corrugated board packaging (Saica Pack) and flexible packaging (Saica Flex). The group's turnover is €4,394 million, (consolidated turnover at Dec. 31, 2022).