PRESS RELEASE

Issued 2 April 2014 – for immediate release

Global warehouse automation group, KNAPP AG, will showcase its innovative solutions for storage, picking, sortation and transport at the CeMAT exhibition in Hanover from 19 to 23 May.

With the objective of ‘Making Complexity Simple', KNAPP has brought far-reaching changes to the logistics world over the past 60 years and continues to invest heavily in R&D to provide further innovative developments to warehouses worldwide. The group is focused on realising solutions for the e-commerce, retail, pharma, fashion and food sectors that are not only successful but also sustainable in terms of longevity, space optimisation and energy efficiency.

KNAPP's pursuit of the ‘Zero Defect Warehouse' means a focus on intelligent processes that prevent rather than detect and correct errors. In a world of ever-tighter legislation around supply chain transparency and spiralling costs for returns handling, the benefits of this are clear. Key to KNAPP's success here has been the development of its revolutionary KiSoft Vision image recognition technology, employed both for user guidance and workstation monitoring.

Onstand F29 of hall 27 atCeMAT, KNAPP will promote its state-of-the-art intralogistics solutions. These will include KNAPP'sOSR Shuttle^TM, the proven automated storage and retrieval system for order picking or dispatch sortation, as well as the highly ergonomicPick-it-Easy Workstationsthat this shuttle-based technology serves. Another highlight will be thePocket Sorter, an overhead conveying system that utilises matrix sortation technology to sequence articles within orders, a solution that is especially suited to e-commerce and multichannel warehouses. With itsPick-it-Easy Robot, KNAPP is taking a step closer to fully automatic picking using robotics.This system usesKiSoft Vision image analysis technology todetect the best item to pick among randomly oriented articles in a tote, based on the amount of accessible surface area.

KNAPP will also promote its360° serviceconcept at CeMAT, showing visitors how its wide range of after-sales services provides customers with individually tailored and long-term support in their daily operations, allowing them to concentrate on their core business. When it comes to customer service,‘Making Complexity Simple' means realising solutions that are intuitively user-friendly and easy to maintain.

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High-resolution versions of the images below are available on request to:heidi@bridgeland-copyright.co.uk

OSR Shuttle.JPG
KNAPP has sold 15,000 shuttles in over 200 OSR Shuttle™ systems worldwide

Pick-it-Easy workstation.JPG
One of thehighly ergonomic workstations from KNAPP's Pick-it-Easy series

Pocket Sorter.JPG
The Pocket Sorter sequencing solution from KNAPP is especially interesting for e-tail applications

About KNAPP
KNAPP AG operates internationally in the field of warehouse automation and warehouse logistics software. The company, headquartered in Austria, has 2,300 employees worldwide. The high export quota of 98% reflects the international character of the business: KNAPP has 20 subsidiaries and 13 representative offices around the globe. In the past fiscal year, the company achieved a turnover of 380 million Euros, the highest since its founding.

Company contact:
Mr Craig Rollason, Managing Director

KNAPP UK Ltd

Tel:  01844 202149

Media contact:
Heidi Scott, Partner
Bridgeland Copyright
Tel: 01622 832598
E-mail:heidi@bridgeland-copyright.co.uk