Case: High Bay Warehouse

In October we celebrated the official opening and launch of operations of Elopak’s new fully automated high-bay warehouse in Terneuzen, Netherlands.

The high-tech, modern facility has been built to the latest standards, offering improved logistics and increasing efficiency by replacing storage over multiple sites and automating previously manual processes.

In line with Elopak’s strong commitment to sustainability and efforts to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions to net zero by 2050, environmental factors were a key consideration in the design and construction of the new warehouse. By building it wall-to-wall with our existing converting plant, which is our largest manufacturing plant globally, the new facility is expected to save more than 40 truckloads per day. Transferring unfilled cartons directly between the two facilities will significantly reduce transport costs, regional traffic and CO2 emissions as we have previously operated three external warehouses in the area.

The new warehouse offers fully automatic handling, more than 24,000 pallet places on a 5,800m2 surface area. It stands 25 meters tall, meaning 9 pallets can be stacked on top of each other, and all processes are fully automated; from leaving the plant to reaching the final storage location. And as manual handling is no longer involved, the risk of damaged blanks is reduced, thereby further increasing the level of food safety within the facility.