Trelleborg Sealing Solutions inaugurates its advanced European Service Center, a highly automated facility setting new benchmarks in service quality, efficiency and technology for European and global markets and providing customers with state-of-the-art logistics and value-added services.
Core competencies of the facility in Gärtringen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, include highly automated functionality featuring innovative robotics right through the supply chain from goods receipt to shipping. The center provides space for 60,000 containers, all accessible by 32 robots which transport goods to one of the 26 ports. A pallet warehouse and a driverless transport system with ten automated forklifts complement the facility.
As the central heart of Trelleborg’s European logistics, the center goes far beyond traditional logistics processes. With an area of 16,000 sqm, the new building offers space for an expanded range of value-added services such as kitting, various packaging solutions, cutting etc. In addition, it offers industry specific solutions including clean room handling, component assembly and coating processes. Various quality assurance services complete the portfolio.
“Our new European Service Center is not only a significant milestone for us as a global leader but also significantly to our customers and the local region,” says Dr. Thomas Uhlig, Managing Director ＆ President Global Supply Chain Management. “It underscores our position as a service provider focused on our customers’ entire value chain and as a development partner for tailored polymer solutions focused on efficiency, sustainability and technical excellence that create durable and innovative solutions for industrial applications.”
Strategically located near the industrial hub of Stuttgart, the new facility is a centerpiece of Trelleborg’s evolving infrastructure. The ultra-modern complex also accommodates an in-house Material Innovation Center (MIC) for the development of polymer formulations for a wide variety of sealing solutions and a recycling development area, which underpins the evolution and integration of sustainable material solutions.
Engineers and specialists drive improvements that lower environmental impact including the development of material formulations that can be recovered and recycled without compromising application performance.
“We are excited to not only offer state-of-the-art logistics to our customers but also to embrace them in our spirit of innovation. They can see firsthand how we create more value together with them for individual application requirements, from selecting suitable materials and developing the design of a sealing component to final delivery,” adds Prof. Dr. Konrad Saur, Vice President Innovation & Strategic Business Development.
The new facility enhances the ServicePLUS capability, which makes Trelleborg a partner that creates added value along its customers’ entire value chain while addressing individual requirements.
