At the FACHPACK 2025 trade fair for packaging, technology and processes (23 to 25 September 2025 in Nuremberg), the storage-automation specialist Westfalia Technologies GmbH & Co. KG will demonstrate how automated storage systems can shape logistics and production processes for packaging. Producers of corrugated board, paper, packaging and their customers should be empowered by Westfalia technologies to store unusual formats and high loads in a space-saving, flexible and efficient manner, according to a pre-event press release.
Conserve material, reduce costs
Sensitive surfaces or dimensional stability can suffer during manual storage. Automated systems, by contrast, minimize
damages, material losses and wear thanks to precise movement sequences and SKU support on the load-handling device 'Satellit' as well as through multi-profile rails in shelf compartments, according to the provider. Pallets could be used longer, loading units could be stored pallet-free. System reliability and service life would be significantly improved.
The diversity of packaging is growing with the range of goods—and with it, in manual, forklift-operated block warehouses, the space requirements and the complexity of material flows. Westfalia systems can transport several loading units simultaneously, store them vertically and densely in multi-depth storage channels
and warehouses at only a few meters high and with just a few hundred storage slots. Multi-channel shelf compartments, the multi-dimensional management of compartments through the Warehouse Execution System “Savanna.NET,” and fully operable storage mid-blocks redundantly accessible from two warehouse aisles are intended to enable arbitrary combinations of different formats and to align stock dynamically with demand using real-time data.
According to Westfalia, this flexibility also extends to material purchasing and production: because storage systems can be narrowly tailored with 'Satellit' or with especially fast telescopic forks, they can be placed close to production and
processing lines. Material flows are thus shortened, the provider says. The capacity for material and the intermediate storage of semi-finished goods and corrugated board offcuts is increasing. Batches of any size can be produced with shorter setup times in staggered production, and paper and raw materials can be bought in advance at favorable prices.
According to Westfalia, its technologies were developed from the outset in close collaboration with its customers. The experts from Westfalia will be happy to discuss in person at FACHPACK in September how warehouse automation can be adapted to customer-specific requirements.
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