Case Study: GKN Driveline boosts warehouse efficiency with Interlake Mecalux automated miniload systems

GKN Driveline’s Automated Warehouse Connected to Production and Dispatch

GKN Driveline, a division of the global automotive components manufacturer GKN, modernized its distribution centre in Carcastillo, Spain, to better manage a large SKU catalogue and improve logistics for both production supply and customer dispatch. The company needed a more efficient way to handle daily material flow, reduce errors, and support growing order volumes across its transmission parts operations. Interlake Mecalux provided the automated warehouse solution.

Interlake Mecalux installed two automated miniload warehouses for boxes: one dedicated to feeding production and another for preparing outbound orders, both integrated with Easy WMS. The system uses product-to-person picking, stacker cranes, conveyors, and a robot with artificial vision to speed up operations and reduce errors, enabling up to 100 orders per day and improving traceability and stock control. The result was faster picking, better inventory management, lower logistics costs, and more efficient customer service.

GKN Driveline

Guillermo Alonso

Plant Manager