As sheet metal and long bar goods processing technologies advance and machines become increasingly complex, industrial shelves and other in-house logistics are increasingly pivotal for efficiency and profitability. The ability to quickly respond to new challenges doesnt just mean blindly adding more processing lines and industrial shelves, as this requires significant investment in expensive machinery and floor space while ignoring advances in industrial racking technology. Modern industrial shelves, such as the industrial shelving systems offered by STOPA, take advantage of a whole array of new technologies. Our industrial shelves come with varying and customisable degrees of automation, depending entirely on the customer's needs for industrial shelves.

For example, our completely automated industrial shelves come with longitudinally and laterally mounted storage / retrieval machines that store, move and retrieve goods in the industrial shelves in an optimised manner. Complete integration of STOPA industrial shelves to stock management software and all established processing machines enables thorough and accurate analysis of material flows and optimisation potentials within the industrial shelves. Complete cycle-synchronisation of our industrial shelves with production lines provide for time savings and increased throughput. Automation has made modern industrial shelves from STOPA into much more than simple shelving, and their impact on profitability should not be underestimated when planning upgrades, expansions and new production lines that can make use of industrial shelves.