LG Subsidiary ZKW Builds Automated Logistics Center to "Enhance Productivity"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] ZKW, a global automotive lighting company and a subsidiary of LG Electronics, has strengthened productivity by establishing a new logistics center where all processes from receiving to assembly are fully automated.

According to the industry on the 13th, ZKW completed one year of construction to build the new logistics center in Wieselburg, Austria, where its headquarters are located, and began full-scale operation in mid-last month. ZKW plans to link all production lines of nearby factories with this logistics center system by the first quarter of next year.

The new logistics center is equipped with an automation system designed to supply materials needed for the production line quickly and efficiently. ZKW applied Dematic's world-class 'Multi Shuttle' storage system to the new logistics center.

The complex building, measuring 80m in length, 20m in width, and 21m in height, can store 62,000 containers, and uses a roller conveyor system to send most of the containers in the warehouse to the production line. The roller conveyor system, approximately 3 km long, can store or move up to 1,500 containers per hour and transport more than 190 types of containers at a maximum speed of 0.8 m/s (0.8 meters per second).

Stefan Hauptmann, head of ZKW’s Wieselburg site, explained, "Thanks to the new logistics center, the entire flow from receiving to production at the Wieselburg plant will be fully automated in the future," adding, "It is expected that the time from when the production line requests materials to their arrival will be within 15 minutes."

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