Revolutionary complete solution from a single source
Turnkey solutions for the corrugated board industry
The corrugated board industry is facing new challenges: increasing demand, complex system integration and the pressure for maximum efficiency. HÖRMANN Intralogistics and Van den Bos Corrugated Machinery have the answer: the industry's first turnkey solution that seamlessly connects production and logistics.
Sales Manager HBW Corrugated Board, Paper & Timber / Furniture Industry
Anton Goßner
The concept: innovation through strategic partnership
For the first time, corrugated board manufacturers can obtain their complete intralogistics from a single source. Our strategic partnership with Van den Bos CM combines decades of expertise in intralogistics with specialized know-how in Dutch corrugated board machine technology. The result: an end-to-end system without interface problems that covers everything from production to shipping.
The solution in detail: three core components perfectly coordinated
1. Modern high-bay warehouse with integrated shipping areas
- Two-aisle to five-aisle silo design depending on requirements
- Maximum storage capacity with minimum space requirement
- Special RBG travel curves for damage-free corrugated board storage
2. Conveyor technology that protects transported goods
- Plastic belt conveyor systems especially for paper products
- Gentle transfer stitches for production integration
- Infeed and outfeed stitches with high throughput
3. Intelligent warehouse management system HiLIS
- Fully vertically integrated from ERP to PLC level
- Centralized control of all warehouse processes and conveyor technology
- Performant output especially for the corrugated board industry
- Real-time material flow management and system visualization
Dunapack Straßwalchen: General contractor order for turnkey two-aisle high-bay warehouse in silo design
Automation for the market leader: Dunapack Packaging, part of the Austrian Prinzhorn Group and market leader in Central and Eastern Europe with over 6,000 employees, relies on HÖRMANN expertise. The company, which has an annual sales volume of around 3 billion square meters, is expanding its production and logistics infrastructure at its Straßwalchen site with a state-of-the-art automated format goods warehouse.
Facts
- General contractor order for turnkey two-aisle high-bay warehouse in silo design
- Two powerful two-mast stacker cranes with optimized driving dynamics
- Incoming goods performance: 40 load units/h, outgoing goods capacity: 65 load units/h
- Special conveyor technology for corrugated board formats with wide plastic modular belts
- Shelf sprinkler systems for optimum fire protection
- HiLIS Warehouse Control System for warehouse management and material flow control
- Complete HiLIS control technology and system visualization
- Shelf steel construction and roof and wall cladding of the warehouse
- Storage of corrugated cardboard stacks up to 3.000 kg without strapping
- RBG-specific travel curves to reduce vibrations for gentle transportation
- Completion and commissioning planned for 2025
Palm Gruppe Wellpappe Alzenau:
Finished goods and intermediate goods high-bay warehouse
New building with innovative double warehouse concept:
The Palm Group, one of the leading European manufacturers in the paper and packaging industry with 5 paper mills and 29 corrugated cardboard plants, is implementing a pioneering logistics concept in Alzenau. The new plant relies on state-of-the-art technologies and combines an intermediate goods and finished goods warehouse into a continuous material flow system for the first time.
Facts
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Our partner: Van den Bos CM
Specialist in machinery for the corrugated cardboard industry
Van den Bos Corrugated Machinery (CM) is an authentic and innovative family business from Amelo, NL with a passion for the trade. Our partner supplies stand-alone systems, complete solutions or customized solutions in the field of (corrugated) cardboard processing and logistics. They mainly deal with converting machines, robot palletizers and transport systems. These can be integrated into the existing system. Intelligent and intuitive software with strong visualization is the common thread here.
Corrugated board intralogistics with fewer interfaces
Are you a paper and corrugated cardboard producer looking to expand or do you provide advice as a logistics planner in this sector? Please contact us without obligation and we will analyze your material flow and specifications for an initial target price.
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The man-machine dream team
Is the shortage of skilled workers slowing down your warehouse? Almost half of all German warehouse companies are already struggling with this problem. While qualified employees are hard to find, customer requirements are constantly increasing. Human-centric automation offers the solution: relieve your team in a targeted manner where monotonous activities and physical strain dominate.
Human-centric automation focuses on people and uses automation to provide targeted relief. Instead of replacing employees, this approach frees them from repetitive tasks and allows them to focus on value-adding activities. Robots precisely take over the monotonous work, while humans concentrate on qualified tasks.
In our white paper, you can find out about the enormous relief that results from the use of "robot colleagues" and the costs that can be expected.
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The man-machine dream team
Skills shortage in the warehouse: automation is the solution
The topics & tools:
- How Human-Centric Automation to keep your warehouse stable
despite a shortage of skilled workers - Skilled worker shortage in the warehouse: Automation is the solution
- 5 Key Takeaways
- Relieving relief where it counts: Typical pain points in warehouse operations
- The pragmatic start: automate what really pays off
- From bottleneck to implementation: Now automation is getting concrete
- Practical example 1 - From everyday warehouse work to automated order picking
- Example 2 - Automated KLT picking at Siemens in Rastatt
- Outlook: The course for the future is being set today
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HÖRMANN Intralogistics Brochure 2025
HÖRMANN Intralogistics offers decades of expertise and cross-industry experience in the planning and construction of turnkey, automated warehouse solutions and accompanying services.
HÖRMANN Intralogistics comes with decades of expertise and industry-wide experience of planning and constructing turnkey, automated warehouse solutions and accompanying services.
Fully automised high-bay warehouses, miniload systems, patented conveyor technology, state-of-the-art robotics and our modular warehouse management system HiLIS guarantee customers the most efficient material flow layouts from a single source provider.
With ten locations in Germany, Austria, Poland and Hungary, we put great emphasis on personal customer care, reliability, quality and comprehensive service. We also offer a wide range of modernisation and retrofit services.
HÖRMANN Intralogistics - Your general contractor with heart & mind
Want to find out more about HÖRMANN Intralogistics? Simply download our current brochure.
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HerStory - Episode 4:
Kim's story: Juggling deep data, mental work and everyday life as a mom
Kim is proof that flexibility and responsibility are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary: she exemplifies how technical expertise, self-organization and team spirit can work together.
Since April 2023, she has been an integral part of our Controlling team as a Business Data Analyst.
With a clear eye and a sure feel for numbers, she works to make our resource planning smarter, more transparent and future-proof.
She laid the foundation for this during her studies in business informatics: As a working student, she supported us in the introduction of new systems and also wrote her final thesis with us.
Today, Kim is responsible for the optimization and further development of the Jedox BI tool independently, in a structured manner and with an eye for the big picture. Her analyses help to make well-founded decisions. Her perspectives flow directly into strategic planning.
Even though she usually works remotely: Her opinion matters!
Kim is present in the team, actively contributes and is valued for her expertise. She also manages her everyday life with a child part-time, with clear focus. Not less, but organized differently. Not on the side, but very consciously.
"I don't want to matter ´despite´ working part-time. I want to show that responsibility and flexibility go together well if you are trusted and deliver nontheless."
3 questions for Kim
How do you organize your working day between remote work, part-time work and responsibility in controlling?
My daily routine is pretty well organized. Even though working remotely saves me the commute to work, it doesn't automatically give me more time. I take my daughter to daycare in the morning and pick her up again in the afternoon.
As I have increased my working hours, my day is well structured and requires a lot of organization. What I can't manage during my regular working hours, I sometimes do in the evening, as I consciously want to be there for my child after picking them up.
Of course, this can also be exhausting. That's why it's all the more important to take some time out now and then and pay attention to your own balance.
How did your bachelor's thesis with us make it easier for you to start your current role?
The bachelor's thesis gave me a great practical experience boost, especially in dealing with Excel. However, my learning curve didn't really get steep until after I got a permanent position.
I'm grateful to my line manager for giving me responsibility early on and still always being there if I had any questions. This mixture of trust and support helped me to settle in quickly and develop professionally.
What advice would you give to women who want to confidently combine work and family?
There can be phases when everything becomes too much and you doubt whether you can do everything justice. It's important not to let this discourage you, because better times will come again.
You shouldn't try to be perfect in all areas. That only puts you under unnecessary pressure. It's much more important to listen to yourself and find a solution that suits your life.
With good self-organization and support from your family, environment and employer, it's much easier to find a balance.
We are proud to have Kim in our team because she shows that modern working models work best when trust, competence and team spirit come together.
Expansion of the AutoStore system with an intelligent transport solution
Esders GmbH: AutoStore with driverless transport vehicles at the Haselünne site
Pioneering combination of AutoStore and driverless transport vehicles: Esders GmbH is expanding its tried-and-tested storage system with a fully automated transport solution that sets new standards in intralogistics.
The concept
Building on the successful AutoStore system from 2018, HÖRMANN Intralogistics is developing a pioneering solution: nine SAFELOG XS 1 vehicles intelligently network the AutoStore® grid with the downstream conveyor technology and create a fully automated transport chain from the warehouse to order picking for the first time.
Objectives and challenges of the project:
- Fully automated container transfer between AutoStore and conveyor technology
- Elimination of manual transport routes
- Increasing system flexibility and efficiency
- Seamless integration into existing infrastructure
- Future-proof scalability of the overall system
The solution in detail
The expanded system combines the tried-and-tested AutoStore grid (6,000 bins, 10 robots) with an intelligent AGV fleet. The SAFELOG XS 1 vehicles autonomously take over the container transfer, navigate independently through the warehouse and ensure continuous availability by autonomously charging at induction stations.
This premiere at HÖRMANN Intralogistics is the first to network AutoStore technology with driverless transport systems to create an end-to-end automated solution.
Facts & figures
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About the customer:
Esders GmbH, headquartered in Haselünne, has been a leading distributor of measurement, testing and device technology for over 35 years. As an authorized partner of well-known manufacturers, the company supplies customers from industry, research and development with highly specialized technical solutions and maintains a worldwide distributor network.
"We are not only automating individual processes, but also networking our entire value chain in a way that was barely conceivable just a few years ago."
- Bernhard Esders, Managing Director Esders GmbH
Pilot project at Esders GmbH
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Do you recognize yourself in the story of Esders GmbH with challenges and possible solutions for your own company? Feel free to contact our project planning experts without obligation. We will give you an assessment of your current and optimized material flow, automation options and an initial target price.
