Sweet commission

HARIBO, market leader in the jelly sweets and liquorice sector, has commissioned Swisslog to provide turnkey delivery of a new automated high bay warehouse system for finished goods, raw materials and supplies. The project will be realised at HARIBO's Solingen site in Germany. Swisslog has been commissioned to act as general contractor for this order.

Swisslog will provide all construction and logistics services for an automated high bay warehouse, a goods handling hall with automated pallet loading and an annex building with offices, meeting rooms and amenities. The project also includes a conveyor belt bridge to connect the automated high bay warehouse and the manufacturing area.

Construction is planned to start at the end of March 2010.