WITRON continues to grow with services leading the way

546 million Euros in sales were generated by WITRON in the past business year, with services accounting for more than 30% of the total sales of the WITRON Group – trend rising. 

Meanwhile, the intra-logistics expert employs 3,500 people worldwide. More than 1,500 employees work at the headquarters in Parkstein.

With revenue of 181 million Euros, which means an increase of 16%, the service department makes a significant contribution to the total turnover of the WITRON Group. 

Companies such as ASKO (Norway), Diapar (France), Festo (USA), Heidelberger Druckmaschinen (Germany), Kroger (USA), Mercadona (Spain), Metro (Canada), Migros (Switzerland), Phoenix Contact (Germany) or Walmart (USA + Canada) used WITRON for new projects or wide-spreading expansions and modernisations in 2018. 

“Our OPM system continues to be the benchmark in food retail automation across the globe. The current 4th system generation provides many functionalities that guarantee our customers a holistic end-to-end transparency both inside and outside the logistics center”, explains CEO Helmut Prieschenk. “In combination with multi-functional piece-picking systems, such as the All-in-One Order Fulfillment (AIO), we are able to optimally map the demands of hybrid logistics centres, from which our customers handle both the store business as well as the E-Commerce business at the same time”. 

The increasing supply of all distribution channels from one logistics centre requires new intellectual approaches as well. The “platform concept” is becoming the focus. Central issues here are warehouse intelligence, usability, open interfaces, data transparency and integrated networking within the entire supply chain.