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FORWARD For more than 75 years, Stöcklin Logistik AG has offered innovative logistics solutions to satisfy the highest requirements across the world. Abigail Saltmarsh reports.
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Stöcklin Logistik AG everything moves quickly – after all, it is essential that customers’ products are conveyed, stored and retrieved with the utmost efficiency. The Switzerland-based operation has been in the business for more than 75 years now and prides itself not only on its high quality equipment and effective systems but also on its ability to offer total solutions, says marketing manager Damaris Gruetter. “We can provide our customers with the whole implementation of their intralogistics solutions,” she explains. “Right from the moment a building is being constructed, we can work with the builder and the company to ensure the best solutions are developed.”
State of the art From dedicated production facilities with their own modern infrastructure, Stöcklin develops equipment ranging from simple
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hand trucks to conveying systems, storage and retrieval machinery for all types of load carriers, right up to the complete systems for intralogistics. The company combines state-of-the-art technology with high-quality materials for flexible and reliable, highperformance solutions, and has more than 1000 installed comprehensive systems around the globe. “The two main areas we focus on are forklift trucks and total systems,” explains Miss Gruetter. She goes on: “We have one production facility in Dornach, Switzerland, and another in the Czech Republic, where we concentrate on welding and mechanical production. “Because we can see a situation where we will have to do more in the Czech Republic, due to the lower costs, we have recently invested a lot in that production facility. Production at this site still uses the
Swiss technology and technical ability even though we do not focus on research and development from the facility.”
New products Stöcklin Logistik has continued to move forward through its determined focus on product development. This sees regular launches for innovations designed to improve processes for its customers. One such product, for example, is the new MASTer series for fixed-aisle warehouse control. During development, the company used the latest findings of mast construction and control technology, combined with its many years of experience. The light, torsion-proof mast design allows for high acceleration and travel speeds as well as short warehouse cycle times. The curve-capable devices are adequate for warehouses with various aisles, says Miss Gru-
