UK: Fuchs Lubricants is building a new Euro5.5m raw materials warehouse at its headquarters in Staffordshire. Work on the project started in August 2019 and it is due for completion in the second quarter of 2020. Once completed it will ‘significantly’ increased the amount of raw materials the business can store on-site.
The warehouse will have a capacity of approximately 4000 pallet spaces, with ability for automatic or manual storage place allocation. Two wire-guided driverless Very Narrow Aisle trucks will operate in the unit. Warehouse Control and Warehouse Management Systems will streamline the process, with benefits including goods receipt entry and booking, a paperless put away process, inventory support and batch traceability.