28 October 2015
Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new return center in Zaandam (the Netherlands) on the 19th of October, where the returns from the Albert Heijn stores are processed. This concerns the sorting and cleaning of black crates, the sorting of beer crates, the sorting of pallets, the processing of trolleys and the disposing of plastic, cardboard and other waste.
For the entire mechanized material handling system for dollies, crates and pallets, Kuehne + Nagel has chosen Inther Logistics Engineering BV as their system integrator.
Empty crates from the Albert Heijn stores will be entering on rollies where they are separated. The remaining piles of crates will then be sorted out and palletized before they are temporarily buffered pending their cleaning. Depalletizers and destackers then ensure that some crates are fed to the various cleaning machines. After the crates have been cleaned they are stacked again, after which they can once again be palletized on category.
Inther has started the implementation in the middle of October, which is fully controlled by the Warehouse Control System Inther LC.
