A new strategic partnership combines proven shuttle technology with integration expertise. Jungheinrich and Movu Robotics aim to jointly deliver highly automated pallet warehouse solutions faster and more efficiently.
Jungheinrich and Movu Robotics have agreed on a strategic partnership. Under the agreement, Jungheinrich will act as preferred integrator for Movu’s shuttle systems, while Movu becomes the preferred supplier for Jungheinrich. The two companies plan to realise highly automated pallet warehouse solutions for customers even faster and more efficiently.
Rising space costs, complex brownfield situations and the need for greater storage density are driving demand for automated pallet warehouses. Four-way shuttle systems such as the Movu Atlas store and retrieve pallets multi-deep and rank among the most sought-after technologies for high-density warehouses.
From shuttle technology to integrated overall system
The partnership makes shuttle warehouses faster to plan, easier to integrate and more efficient to operate. Both companies integrate the four-way shuttles directly into the Jungheinrich WMS and software ecosystem, which centrally manages inventory and optimises storage and retrieval processes. Standardised software interfaces shorten commissioning and connection to existing systems, while joint solution design accelerates the quotation phase. Coordinated service processes ensure reliable operation throughout the entire life cycle.
Tobias Harzer, Chief Automation Officer at Jungheinrich, explains that customers today no longer expect individual automation components but seamless automation solutions. According to him, sectors such as food & beverage, cold-chain logistics and 3PL show sharply growing demand for high-density shuttle solutions.
Connected processes from goods-in to dispatch
Customers benefit from a seamless automated material flow, from goods-in through the shuttle warehouse to dispatch. Shuttle systems, conveyor technology and mobile robots are orchestrated through an integrated Jungheinrich software stack, providing full visibility, reduced complexity and a scalable foundation for future growth.
Movu shuttle systems are already deployed in more than 200 warehouses and in use in numerous Jungheinrich customer projects across Europe and North America. At Coppenrath & Wiese, an automated warehouse for packaging materials is currently being built, bringing previously decentralised storage capacities together in a single central facility. At Mascot online in Almere, the Netherlands, an automated pallet warehouse with around 11,500 pallet locations is under construction, where ten Movu four-way shuttles ensure high storage density and fast provision of materials.
Reference projects and shared perspectives
Noë van Bergen, CSO of Movu Robotics, states that four-way shuttle systems increasingly combine high-density storage with additional functionalities such as replenishing picking processes and sequencing goods for dispatch just in time, all within the same footprint. He notes that the strategic partnership brings together Movu’s shuttle technology and racking manufacturing capabilities as part of stow Group with Jungheinrich’s integration, software and service expertise, making high-density automated warehousing easier to implement, more flexible to design and more scalable for future growth.
Both companies will align solution design, interfaces and service processes even more closely. In doing so, Jungheinrich strengthens its position as a global system integrator that combines warehouse automation, software and service into an overall system that grows with customer requirements.
Movu Robotics JungheinrichSource: Movu
