Utilizing storage space for FAAC Nordic AB

CUSTOMER

FAAC Nordic is part of the global FAAC Group which is represented in more than 70 countries around the world. FAAC Nordic has two main business areas, automatic control for swing doors and sliding doors and automatic control for gates and industrial doors.

BACKGROUND

The automatic control units and its mechanic produced by FAAC Nordic AB contain of many small parts. tidy small part storage is important for efficient production. The growth of the company demanded a solution that enabled fast retrieval and optimized space.

SOLUTION

FAAC Nordic AB choose System 9000 from Schoeller Allibert because a square design of the boxes which optimizes the internal volume at the same time maximizes the space on shelf. Reducing the empty space between the bins and trays the storage where made compact and gave space for additional production and storage. System 9000 have the broadest range of sizes and accessories which enable storage of all small parts required for their products.

BENEFITS

• Optimizing storage space.
• Enable good storage structure of small parts.
• Improve ergonomic of small part picking.
• Stable boxes improve safer work environment.
• Durable boxes and designed for a long lifetime.

A flexible RTP solution for HGF and Roxtec

CUSTOMER

Halmstad Gummifabrik, HGF, is a Swedish company supplying automotive, energy, marine & offshore, mining, sealing and sports equipment manufacturers with TPE and rubber products. HGF make products such as membranes, carpets, sealants and gaskets.
Roxtec is a worldwide supplier of flexible cable and pipe seals which ensure safety, efficiency and operational reliability in a wide range of applications

BACKGROUND

HGF used to ship finished goods on wooden pallet with pallet collar to Roxtec but with an increased demand for on-time deliveries and implementation of LEAN production, HGF and Roxtec had to find a new transport packaging solution. The new solution had to be flexible to changes in production volumes ergonomic for the operator, support traceability, be cost efficient and be reusable with a long life span.

SOLUTION

HGF and Roxtec choose stackable KLT containers and plastic pallets with lids from Schoeller Allibert. The solution is a 100 % a flexible RTP solution that can be configured based on current demands. It also correspond better to their environmental policies and at the same time improve ergonomics for the operators.

BENEFITS

• Support LEAN production and on-time deliveries.
• Flexible for changes in production demands.
• Improved ergonomics with less bending when picking.
• Recyclable and reusable reducing the environmental foot print.
• Customer name and logo printed containers and bar code labels ensure 100% reliable track and trace.

Health care Plastic packaging manufacturing

INITIAL SITUATION

Our Customer is among the top 10 global packaging companies, 90% of their activity being dedicated to the beverage industry.
The health care division manufactures small plastic bottles for pharma industry at 15 sites. Initially bottles were shipped and transferred in cardboard boxes stacked on wooden pallets which posed a contamination risk during stock transfers and at customers’ manufacturing sites.

SOLUTION

Kaiman ALC and Universal dolly (800x600) After 3 months trial the solution was approved by both QHS and logistics.

BENEFITS

• Flexible and secure storage and logistics solution.
• Boxes: tamper-evident. Smooth easy to clean. No more contamination and quality claims.
• Universal Dolly: carries piles of boxes, either stacked or nested empty ones with open lids, thanks to the unique deck extension.
• Swivel wheels make handling easy. Break on one wheel for 100% safety.

Leading European Clothing company

INITIAL SITUATION

The customer needed a container for storage, order preparation and delivery of clothing from DC to retail stores.

SOLUTION

Goods arrive at the DC from suppliers in bulk packaging and are decanted into Integra ALCs in suitable batch sizes to be stored on racking system and then delivered out to stores.

BENEFITS

The main benefits include the container’s compact size and its ability to nest, saving 70% volume on return transport and storage. The containers also enable fast stock replenishment in store without disturbing customer activity.
The integral lid provides additional benefits as it cannot become separated from container and lost, and can be fitted with tamper-evident security seals to protect attractive contents from opportunist theft. The lid also protects contents from rain, dust and dirt.
The container has good ergonomics, is compatible with conveyor belts and has multiple labelling possibilities.

Improving handling efficiency for world leader in outdoor power products

CUSTOMER

Husqvarna Group is the world's largest producer of outdoor power products including robotic lawn mowers, garden tractors, chainsaws and trimmers. The Group's products and solutions are sold in more than 100 countries.

INITIAL SITUATION

Husqvarna production in Huskvarna, Sweden manufacture chainsaws. Parts and systems were transported in wooden boxes from internal warehouses and subcontractors to the assembly line in Huskvarna. This packaging solution was dirty, absorbed moisture, operators were at risk because of splinters and dirt, needed large storage space, Wooden crates were heavy and noisy in operation.

SOLUTION

TELLUS, Stack/nest container. contributes to a cleaner working environment, reducing risk for injuries and increasing efficiency The plastic RTP solution is also environmentally friendly with a long life span.

BENEFITS

• Stacking and nesting container saves 70 % when empty reducing transport cost and storage space.
• Made of polypropylene for durability and strength.
• 100 % recyclable at end of life.
• Decrease noise while in operation compared to wood and metal.
• Constant tare weight saving transport cost.
• Free form splinters, moist and dirt contribute to a cleaner work environment.

Typical postal Crates application in Balkan Region

Mail service providers, are constantly faced with the challenge of improving mail delivery systems.

INITIAL SITUATION

Electronic sorting equipment, cost efficiency and heavy duty handling in multi-trip transport places high demand on the mail container solution. A mail service provider in the Balkan region recently faced the challenge to change their present mail handling system with manual sorting, bags of fabric, cardboard boxes and metal containers to a modern mail handling system.

SOLUTION

The mail service provider decided to choose a solution based on three sizes of mail containers with lids to face each step in the mail handling process. The plastic containers are strong but still light weight, they protect the content and improves the ergonomic for the operators.

BENEFITS

• Less space needed for storage.
• Easier handling for operators thanks to ergonomic design.
• Cost efficient.
• Sustainable and recyclable.
• Protecting the content.
• Light weight.
• Durable and rigid design.

Small industrial components

INITIAL SITUATION

Our Customer is small components supplier to many non food industrial customers in Europe. They were Initially using static storage racks, wooden pallets and cardboard boxes. Fast growing volumes and number of orders made it necessary for them to install a fully automated storage and order preparation system.

SOLUTION

LWB and Eureka double smooth base Euro stacking boxes range. Carrying up to 50 kg unit load on racking with less than 3 mm base deflection over long term storage .Each container is equipped with a RFID tag for 100% reliable tracking.

BENEFITS

Increased order preparation efficiency due to fast moving containers.
Full tracking, 100% reliable stock and order data thanks to integrated RFID tag.
No more quality claims, with products protected during storage and handling phases.

World leader in animal healthcare products

INITIAL SITUATION

Our customer is the animal health division of a global pharmaceutical group. Both Farm and companion animal care products are manufactured in different sites and transferred according to each country’s needs to national DC for storage and delivered to final professional end users.
Our customer was using one way packaging and wooden pallets. This was causing major issues in the light grey and white workshops.
Tracking issues of packaging units between lab and logistics suppliers were also frequent.

SOLUTION

Maestro pallet 800x1200 with anti slip surface and 4 Eureka euro stacking boxes models in 2 footprints to cover the whole range of product logistics units.

BENEFITS

Specific color for each box model to visualize stock. RFID tag on each box( read write 13,56 Mhz type) for 100% reliable track and trace. Eureka range robot grips speed up utomated handling. Smooth bases and walls keep product integrity. Pimple pad areas on 4 walls allow self adhesive temporary labels.
Maestro Pallets anti slip - runners, improve safety during handling and conveying operations Customer met all objectives and obtained seamless flow of products in internal and external logistics.

A safe material handling solution for pharmaceutical company

CUSTOMER

World leader of Pharmaceutical industry our customer develops and manufactures a wide range of health care products for oncology, immunology, neuroscience, infectious diseases and vaccines.

BACKGROUND

Our Customer is using automated storage and order preparation system with trans stocking robots. Their material handling solution are based around cardboard boxes with aluminum pallets. The solution causes several issues such as user unfriendly handling of heavy pallets, goods sliding off pallet deck and risk of injure operators, aluminum pallets slips on conveyor roles causing in efficiency and the pallet also damage the floor.

SOLUTION

Schoeller Allibert offered Maestro Alligrip plastic pallet based on the requirement to improve safety and avoid damage. Pallet deck is 100% anti slip as well the skids which improves the safety for operators and the pallet load, plastic boxes and cardboard.

BENEFITS

• Safer working environment.
• Improved material handling efficiency.
• Less damaged goods and infrastructure.

Caps and closures manufacturing market leader

INITIAL SITUATION

Our customer has 22 manufacturing sites in 19 different countries. They manufacture caps and closures for bottled water and other liquid food along with products for the health care industry. Products were delivered in one way bulk packaging, on wooden pallets, making it necessary to unload, unpack and repack before being transferred to final customer packaging lines for hygiene and safety reasons.

SOLUTION

Magnum Optimum with drop door on sides for easy access for both loading and unloading. Smooth, clean and strong.

BENEFITS

Highest ratio of all FLC on the market enables important savings on empties transport (+25% FLCs in a truck) Carbon footprint is then lowered. Optimized internal volume thanks to smooth welded walls, increases the caps and closures units number in each container. Less handling, less labor needed for operators as MO can be used inside end of line packaging workshops to serve packaging machines.

Reducing cost for Else Kablo Ve Plastik San. A.S

CUSTOMER

Else was established in 1978 and are the largest manufacturer in Turkey of spiral hoses with a capacity of more than 50 million meters of spiral hoses a year. Else supply spiral hoses to producers of household appliances as well other industries such as health care, furniture and consumer durables areas.

BACKGROUND

Else used carton boxes but the handling of one way packaging created extra costs and at the same time the content wasn’t enough protected. Else were interested to change packaging solution to achieve better cost efficiency and to set a higher quality of packaging of goods.

SOLUTION

Schoeller Allibert offered a returnable packaging solution of foldable pallet containers. The solution reduces the supply chain cost every year at the same time reduce amount of damaged goods, it also increased free storage space and improve their overall material handling efficiency.

BENEFITS

• Financial benefits such as cost savings.
• Less space needed for empty packaging storage.
• Higher customer satisfaction.
• Improved ergonomic.
• Efficient material handling.

A durable solution for Kontrollhudar International AB

CUSTOMER

Kontrollhudar International – KHI, since its establishing in 1947 has worked with high-quality processing of hides and skins for shoes and clothes, for the international markets. They have over the years developed a unique position as a partner on each stage of the processing chain.

BACKGROUND

KHI had to find a solution that could withstand the weight of unprocessed animal hides during transport from slaughter houses to the hide process plant. The solution had to be durable, easy to keep clean and cost efficient.

SOLUTION

KHI choose Big Box from Schoeller Allibert which is a popular durable solution for food processing customers. KHI has built their supply chain all around the use of the Big Box. The solution is easy to clean and skids are easy to replace if dmaged.

BENEFITS

• Stable and durable.
• Long lasting and cost efficient.
• Easy to maintain.
• Easy to clean.

A dent and rust free solution for CHROMAFLO Technologies

CUSTOMER

CPSColor and Chromaflo Technologies merged in 2013 to become one of the largest independent global suppliers of chemical and pigment dispersions to the thermoset composites and architectural & industrial paint and coatings industries. Chromaflo Technologies’ range of brands includes more than 200 product lines and 7,000 products.

BACKGROUND

In 2012, CPSColor (NL) acquired the small Swiss company PINOVA, which were buying ROPAC® 15 liters plastic packaging. This gave the opportunity to CPSColor to benchmark the metallic containers used to pack their Colorants Division products against the ROPAC® plastic packaging After a complete field tests campaign.

SOLUTION

The robustness of the ROPAC® packaging combined with its dent & rust free properties resulted in CPSColor decision to replace an important part of their metallic containers in use with ROPAC® plastic packaging. The first delivered ROPAC® 15 liters were extended to a wider range of ROPAC® 5, 6 and 10 liters packaging currently in use in their plant.

BENEFITS

• Robust.
• Dent and rust free.

Safe packaging for vegetal and mineral substances Specialist

The pharmaceutical industry handles a wide range of liquid products. Schoeller Allibert Combo Life is the perfect plastic foldable IBC fro this application. Our customer is developing vegetal and mineral ingredients for the cosmetic, nutraceutic and food markets. the substances are shipped from Europe to French Polynesia and then back to Europe.

BACKGROUND

The customer had a fleet of rigid IBCs, in addition they also used carton + liner which regularly failed during long distance transports. The quality department requested a safer packaging with no risk of contamination. The new solution also had to maximize space saving when empty.

SOLUTION

Combo Life IBC with liner bag was the solution recommended by Schoeller Allibert. The aseptic filling and discharge of the liquid product eliminated the risk of contamination and the robust foldable pallet container protects the linerbag from external damage. Empty Combo Life container are folded and stacked maximizing return transport cost savings...

BENEFITS

• Simplified handling.
• Reduced cost per trip.
• Economical use of packaging material.
• Reusable and recyclable solution.
• Safe and hygienic operation.

A cost efficient solution for AlfaPac

CUSTOMER

AlfaPac is a Swedish Company established in 1969 and is the leading European supplier of polymer films for hygienic, medical and industrial applications. AlfaPac develops, produces and sells unique film products for dust free handling of powders and granules.

BACKGROUND

In 2010 AlfaPac together with their customer, a world leading manufacturer of polyolefin, started discussions about changing their existing transport packaging made of a wooden pallet with cardboard bottom tray, sleeve and lid. They looked for a long lasting, environmentally friendly and “easier to use” solution. Pallet size had to be 1140x1140mm due to existing conveyors.

SOLUTION

Schoeller Allibert offered Combo 285 BD which matched the required dimensions and internal volume. The solution is more cost efficient with a calculated lifetime of minimum 10 years.

BENEFITS

• Less space needed in transport to different operations.
• Easy to handle and safer work environment.
• Better usage of warehouse for finished material stacking 4 boxes instead of 2 boxes as for the old solution.
• Fast ROI.
• Improved hygienic packaging and therefore increased quality.
• Reusable, long lasting solution.

A robust plastic container for industrial waste management

Independent of industry, there are always a need to dispose waste and to handle it safe to protect people and environment. Schoeller Allibert has a wide range of products that can be modified or used directly for different type of waste such one-way packaging, plastic and metal scrap, empty paint cans and more.

Big Boxes are ideal for collecting waste either for direct destruction or for further processing. An example is car battery box which is a modified Big Box with lid on hinges and locking device. Car battery boxes are used at waste disposal centers, gas stations, auto repair shops.

BENEFITS

• Big Boxes are robust and built for heavy duty applications.
• They can be handled by forklift trucks and skids are available as spare parts.
• Big Boxes are available in normal pallet footprints from 1200*800 to 1200*1000.
• Can load up to 500 kg per container and handle 4500 kg stack load depending on version.
• Big Boxes are hygienic with smooth inner surface which makes them easy to clean.

Gas cartridges for airbags

INITIAL SITUATION

Active and passive safety automotive parts leader manufacturer needed UN approved reusable packaging to safely deliver it’ s parts all over the world to it’s OEM customers.

SOLUTION

Schoeller Allibert Integra ALC 13 10 and 13 11 600x400x250 and 300 high models did pass the very severe tests for UN approval.

BENEFITS

Standardized packaging and UN approved for solid hazardous materials including gas cartridges, complete Airbag, and seat belt retractors.

Big Box 1732.305 (1200x1000x790 mm):

UN certification Number: 50H/Z/**/E/SCHOELLER ARCA SYSTEMS/SE-0002/4050/750

Raw material: HDPE

Closure: Lid with 2 straps (30 mm width, 4500 mm length)

Liner: No

Packaging groups: Z (III)

Net weight of hazardous cargo:

Operates with: Transportation & storage of batteries and accumulators (new and used), dangerous goods groups II & III