en.Wedoany.com Reported - Austrian company Infios is supporting tool and C-parts specialist Kellner & Kunz AG in advancing its automation strategy by integrating advanced robotics into inbound logistics. Since 2019, the company has deployed Infios warehouse management and warehouse control systems at its logistics center in Wels. This collaboration builds on that foundation, providing a digital basis for phased automation expansion.
Kellner & Kunz is an international trading and service company headquartered in Wels, Austria, specializing in C-parts management for the industrial, craft, and automotive sectors. With the Infios system, the company integrates the entire process from goods receipt to automated on-site replenishment at customer production facilities. Kellner & Kunz manages approximately 120,000 stock-keeping units, covering tools, industrial consumables, and occupational safety equipment, and processes up to 5,000 deliveries automatically each day.
As part of a €45 million investment in the Wels facility, Kellner & Kunz used Infios software to coordinate key elements of the site's automated layout. The facility features a high-bay warehouse with 15,400 pallet positions and 200,000 bin positions, supplemented by automated guided vehicles and an advanced conveyor system. Kellner & Kunz CEO Walter Bostelmann stated that the flexible and modular architecture of the Infios platform enables the company to introduce new automation technologies as needed and seamlessly integrate them into existing logistics processes.
In the latest optimization phase, Infios completed the software integration of an articulated arm robot equipped with vacuum suction cups for depalletizing incoming goods within four weeks. Compared to manual handling, this solution improves efficiency and ergonomics, allowing it to simultaneously pick up to six units weighing up to 25 kilograms each and transfer them into bins. Further automation plans are already underway, including the addition of a second depalletizing robot workstation and the integration of robots to support replenishment processes.
Dirk Teschner, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Infios for Germany, stated that by gradually integrating new technologies into Infios WM, customers can continuously enhance automation levels in a real-time environment. This enables seamless orchestration of the entire fulfillment process, from inbound logistics to final delivery. This initial deployment marks a new starting point for further robot integration as part of a joint continuous optimization initiative aimed at improving efficiency and scalability.
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