Case Study: Wilhelm Brandenburg achieves higher throughput and cold-storage hygiene compliance with Körber AG

Wilhelm Brandenburg - Customer Case Study

Wilhelm Brandenburg, a leading meat processor in Frankfurt, needed to modernize its largest temperature‑controlled production and distribution warehouse while complying with strict hygiene and refrigeration (+2°C) rules. The company engaged Körber AG for a multi‑stage retrofit to improve storage availability, cut personnel costs and significantly increase throughput using automation, new conveyor and control technology.

Körber AG delivered a phased upgrade over a year—adding a six‑aisle buffer (7,500 tote positions), automating incoming goods with a robot layer depalletizer (up to 1,000 containers/hour), installing a stainless‑steel SRM (≈380 cycles/hour servicing ~1,400 positions), upgrading to S7 PLC controls across 23 SRMs and integrating just under 2 km of tote conveyors—bringing the plant to 24,350 tote storing positions. The retrofit improved equipment availability, reduced manual handling and maintenance (stainless steel, toothed‑belt and servo drives), and measurably raised throughput and automation readiness for future growth, delivered by Körber AG.

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