Case Study: Apetito boosts frozen food warehouse automation with Swisslog

Apetito boosts frozen food picking with Swisslog’s 77,500-location warehouse

The customer, Apetito, a leading German producer of frozen ready-made meals, faced the challenge of operating a highly efficient, temperature-controlled logistics center at minus 24 degrees Celsius. The vendor, Swisslog, provided an automated warehousing solution to meet these demanding requirements.

Swisslog implemented an automated small-parts warehouse featuring 18 of their stacker cranes and 77,500 storage locations. The solution included automated depalletizers and a sophisticated sequencing system that presents boxes to operators in the exact order required for shipping. This resulted in a highly efficient output of 3,050 boxes per hour from eight packing stations, positioning Apetito for future growth.

Apetito

Ulrich Fenger

Head of logistics for Apetito AG Rheine