Use Cases

Sector: Packing, transport and solutions
Company: Specialist in seaworthy export packaging with around 190 employees and numerous locations.
Challenge: Global shipping of 7000 packages (~65,300 m3 or 15,000 t of goods that are packaged to be seaworthy). Tough operating conditions due to weather.
Solution: Test phase (rental) of an RCD 160/1200 (diesel forklift truck, load capacity of 16 tonnes) with custom configuration and subsequent purchase.

Sector: Pharmaceutical industry
Company: Global leader in aseptic filling and packaging of pre-filled injection devices. More than 5900 employees, turnover of around EUR 900 million in 2022
Challenge: Increase in capacity and utilisation limits of the distribution warehouse.
Solution: Analysis, consulting and planning with respect to the logistics processes and project implementation of an automated warehouse.
Products: Automated STILL MX-X iGo systems very narrow aisle trucks and automated STILL EXV iGo systems high lift pallet trucks. Integration of assistance modules such as iGo pilot navigation, truck terminals and FTS software into the existing IT and logistics systems.

Sector: Construction machinery
Company: 140 companies across all continents with 49,000 employees (last updated: 2021)
Challenge: Equipment for a new production warehouse with a range of assembly parts consisting of 27,000 items.
Solution: Use of the new STILL PXV vertical order picker (in a field test) with a reach height of 14.5 m to optimise space utilisation.
Further products: Even before the field test of the new PXV, the production warehouse was equipped with warehouse trucks and material handling technology, STILL MX-X very narrow aisle order pickers and STILL EK-X vertical order pickers.

Sector: French retailer and chain of home improvement stores. Approx. 100,000 employees, nearly 400 stores in 12 countries.
Challenge: 72,000 m2 warehouse area, daily handling volume of around 3,600 pallets or 70,000 packages.
Solution: Analysis, planning and implementation of a new warehouse concept. Nearly half the surface area was automated. System integration inc. warehouse management system (WMS), warehouse control system (WCS).
Products: Automated STILL EXV iGo systems high lift pallet trucks, automated STILL MX-X iGo systems very narrow aisle trucks, warehouse control system (WCS)

Sector: Leading provider of cables and integrated connection solutions.
Challenge: Complex product range (feath- erweight optical fibres up to 6-tonne cable drums). Unevenness in hall floor. Integration of a comprehensive safety concept.
Solution: Comprehensive intralogistics concept – including planning, racking systems, industrial trucks and security systems.
Products: MX-X very narrow aisle trucks with Active Floor Compensation (AFC), racking systems, RX 20 and RX 60 electric forklift truck.
Safety concept: Radio-based 360-degree collision protection for people and trucks, even without visibility. Warning using acoustic and visual signals. Further safety functions are automatically activated in danger zones (zoning). Additional interactions include automatic opening of…

Sector: Food products
Company: 273,000 employees. Locations in 186 countries and production in 81 countries in 376 factories.
Challenge: Narrow aisles and partial lack of space or blocked areas near machines. Reorganisation and automation of intralogistics during normal operation.
Solution and products: Production supply with STILL EXV iGo systems AGVs – aggregation of six packaging warehouses into one new STILL Pallet Shuttle channel storage system. Change of production from push to pull principle. AVG navigation is carried out with 360° laser scanners – the pathways are shared with people and forklift trucks.

Challenge: To optimize storage areas and processes – DHL Logistics (Slovakia) and Volkswagen.
Solution: A combination of electric forklift trucks, warehouse trucks and a mobile ra- cking system from STILL to optimize internal logistics processes.
Products: MX-X very narrow aisle trucks (Man-Up), RX 20 and RX 60 forklift trucks, FM-X reach trucks, tugger trains and mobile racking.

Sector: E-commerce for office and warehouse equipment
Company: Over 1,000 employees and 880,000 customers in nine countries.
Challenge: Intralogistics reorganisation; increase of inventory turnover, including newly opened distribution centre in Wetzlar. Assortment of approx. 125,000 items.
Solution: Integrated intralogistics concept from STILL and state-of-the art conveyor and shelving technology from SSI Schäfer. Comprehensive approach to safety and service.
Products: 32 trucks at the Wetzlar site, STILL FM-X 14 reach trucks (incl. lift height pre-selection driver assistance system), STILL OPX-20 horizontal order pickers, STILL OXV 07 vertical order pickers as well as STILL EXD-S 20 double deck high lift pallet trucks, STILL ECV 10 high lift pallet trucks and STILL EXU 18…

Sector: Logistics (storage, packaging and distribution of near/non-food, textiles and frozen products)
Company: Migros central logistic partners. Over 1,600 employees.
Challenge: Constantly-increasing online trade requires logistical expansion and reorganisation.
Solution: Consultation and development of an optimal storage concept for the entire distribution centre. Use of a pick-by-voice storage system in combination with STILL OPX iGo neo autonomous horizontal order pickers.

Sector: Leading German manufacturer of high-quality work safety products.
Challenge: Expansion of storage capacity and efficient and economical warehousing.
Solution: Analysis and optimisation of the processes and routes in incoming goods. Use of automated trucks incl. three MX-X iGo systems Very Narrow Aisle Trucks and four EXV-SF iGo systems high lift pallet trucks.

In the second half of 2021, thermal insulation specialist Corstyrène plans to open Corsica's very first green hydrogen plant at its production site in Aléria. The new plant – which will be powered by solar car ports installed in the factory car park – will produce up to 100 kWp and will initially be used to refuel seven RX 20 fuel cell forklifts from STILL.

Sector: Logistics
Company: Almost 250 employees, 13 logistics centres and 80,000 m2 of logistics space in the Düsseldorf area.
Challenge: New logistics centre to reduce traffic congestion in Düsseldorf city centre.
Solution: ‘incharge’ consolidates deliveries at the nearby port, with companies receiving one delivery per day, outside of peak hours. The City-Hub was equipped with shelving systems and industrial trucks from STILL.

V1000 from the city of Roeselare in West Flanders is now operating 20 new STILL EXU low lift pallet trucks with lithium-ion technology. As well as expanding and modernising its fleet, the logistics company also wanted to opt for a clean and low-maintenance drive type. The future-proof technology underlines V1000’s commitment to being the logistics expert of the future.

Sector: Tractors and harvesting machinery
Company: Fendt is the high-tech brand of the AGCO Group. Fendt has six sites in Germany and over 6,000 employees.
Challenge: Expansion of the production facility required reorganisation of the intralogistics in Marktoberdorf. Short time window of nine months for planning, decision-making and commissioning.
Solution: Comprehensive consultation, including data collection and analysis, concept development and detailed planning for a new logistics centre. Future-proof concept, including shelving systems, industrial trucks and automation potential.

Sector: Heating and cooling technology
Company: 27,000 employees spread across 100 countries. 71 production locations in more than 20 countries.
Challenge: Approx. 2,000 articles on roughly 8,800 pallets.
Solution: Automatic warehouse in combination with three automated industrial trucks from series production (MX-X and EXV), including the installation of all system components. iGo insights cloud-based solution for system optimisation. Innovative, remotebased proximity warning system (ELOshield) protects pedestrians from oncoming trucks.

Sector: Sanitary goods wholesale
Company: 28 locations across Denmark
Challenge: Around 25,000 items in the joint warehouse alone. Large portion of small parts stored in small load carriers or cardboard packages. Around 400 orders per day.
STILL products: STILL OXV 08 vertical order picker (second rack level with a reach height of up to 2,800 mm), full service contract (reduced repair and servicing costs)

Sector: Flooring solutions
Company: International market leader with approx. 12,500 employees across 36 production locations and distributing 1.3 million m2 of flooring every day.
Challenge: Maximising safety and optimising internal logistics at the new site in Waalwijk.
Solution: Implementing a fully-automated very narrow-aisle warehouse with automated STILL EXV iGo systems high lift pallet trucks and STILL MX-X iGo systems very narrow aisle trucks plus all racking systems.

• Sector: Tyre wholesaler
• Company: Sales network with nine ware- houses across Italy and over 15,000 sales partners.
• Challenge: Large variety of products, each with individual handling requirements.
• Solution: Semi-automated very narrow aisle trucks and navigation assistance system.
• STILL products: MX-X VNA trucks with inductive guidance and connection to the STILL iGo pilot navigation assistance system. Additionally: EK-X vertical order pickers, EXH electric pallet trucks, FM-X reach trucks and RX 20-16 electric forklift trucks.

Customer options:
The Blaxtair camera warning system is a special, custom design rather than a standard solution. It may not be available for every truck type or in every sales region. Your sales consultant or regional service manager will be happy to advise you on current safety and assistance systems.

Blaxtair warning system:
This 3D reversing camera system, which is unique on the market, helps to prevent collisions between forklift trucks and pedestrians. It detects people around the vehicle and can use artificial intelligence to differentiate between them and other obstacles.

Sector: Beverages
Company: One of the oldest Pils breweries in Germany, founded in 1861
Challenge: High-performance solution as a replacement for existing LPG fork lift trucks
The solution: Switch to electric forklift trucks
STILL products: STILL FleetManager and RFID chip system, STILL RX 60-50 with feed multi-pallet fork and STILL RX 60-25 with retractable fork

Industry: Spare parts logistics for wind turbines

Company: Worldwide leading provider of global logistics services. Over 2,000 locations and 75,800 employees worldwide.

Challenge: Central service and spare parts warehouse of Siemens Gamesa wind farms with a range of up to 30,000 articles or 16,000 storage locations.

Solution: Fleet consulting, fleet of various forklifts and warehouse trucks. SAP WMS integration. Rental fleet for flexible coverage of order peaks.

STILL products: STILL FM-X reach trucks, STILL RX 20 and RX 60 electric forklift trucks, individual maintenance and service concept.

Sector: Electrical

Company: Part of the Bosch group, largest manufacturer of household appliances in Europe; 61,000 employees in 42 plants worldwide.

Challenge: Fleet management for a distribution centre with over 140 industrial trucks – up to 20,000 large appliances are delivered each day.

The solution: Online portal with access to all relevant truck and fleet information.

STILL products: STILL neXXt fleet: clear and immediate display of all data, automatic notifications, e.g. cost values and appointments (e.g. FEM check) – access via mobile device.

Sector: Chemistry

Company: Leading provider of industrial lubricants, specialised fluids and process technology solutions. Presence in 50 countries worldwide with over 1100 employees.

Challenges: Optimising processes after a restructure.

Solution: STILL neXXt fleet provides nine apps on its platform that collect and prepare vehicle data and make it available in visualised form.

STILL products: STILL Fleet Management, STILL neXXt fleet

Sector: Specialist chemical company

Company: Kuraray Group, worldwide sales of more than EUR 4.8 billion and over 10,000 employees, including 700 in Germany

Challenges: Acute lack of space, need for flexibility to handle fluctuations in production, delivery of around 400 pallets per day

Solution: Sophisticated material flow concept using semi-automated shuttles in combination with automated reach trucks

STILL products: Channel rack system with 3,300 bays, STILL PalletShuttles, automated FM-X reach trucks, RX 60 electric forklift trucks, work platform measuring approx. 40 meters long, and various material handling components such as chain conveyors and an automated stacking machine. Integration of material flow control system and upstream warehouse control system.

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Sector: Automotive/Foundry
Company: Approx. 2000 employees in Singen and Mettmann, near Düsseldorf. Revenue: 550 million euros.
Challenges: Constant modernisation of logistics processes. Current production capacity approx. 180,000 tonnes and more than 12,500,000 castings per year.
Solutions: Long-term collaboration, fleet and material flow optimisation and tailor-made solutions.

STILL products: RX 70-50600 diesel forklift trucks (lifting capacity 5.0 t), various RX 60 trucks (lifting capacity up to 5.0 t), EXV 20 Li-Ion (lifting capacity 2.0 t).
STILL service concept: Standby trucks, two STILL service technicians in two shifts in the customer workshop, on call at week- ends (two-hour response time).
STILL Customer Options: Numerous spe- cial solutions to fit…

Sector: Textiles industry
Company: 2,500 employees, revenue of over EUR 500 million, active in 20 countries. Challenge: Optimum utilisation of storage and transport equipment, selection of the trucks and shelving systems.
Solution: Analysis, warehouse layout and fleet planning. Storage area of 10,500 m2, five shelf and floor levels, 33,000 picking stations and 8,500 pallet bays. Active Floor Compensation (AFC) assistance system enables maximum performance even with uneven floors.
STILL products: Intralogistics consulting, 10-aisle narrow-aisle warehouse, 8-aisle wide-aisle warehouse, platform system, MX-X Very Narrow Aisle Truck with AFC, FM-X reach trucks, EK-X vertical order picker.

Sector: Food retail

Company: Production and sale of organic and biodynamic products.

Sites: San Vendemiano and Bologna

Challenge: Maximum efficiency of logistical processes and absolute safety for employees during all work activities.

Solution: For reach trucks, video cameras on the forks, lift height preselect system, automatic centring of the forks, glass roof and Curve Speed Control.

STILL products: 68 low level order pickers, 14 reach trucks, 8 high lift pallet trucks, 6 pallet trucks with driver platform, 2 front loaders.

Sector: Specialist wholesaler for bathroom fittings, installations and heating technology

Company: 49 sites, mainly in South-West Germany. More than 1,800 employees.

Challenges: New joint warehouse in Böblingen for 28,000 items. The biggest investment in the company’s history.

Solution: Space saved with compact shuttle container warehouse. Networked IT infrastructure as well as SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) for optimum goods flows.

STILL products: Pallet high rack warehouse, honeycomb long goods shelf warehouse, fleet of EK-X vertical order pickers and FM-X reach trucks.

Challenge: Maximum availability and opti- misation of the entire fleet. New 58,000 m2 distribution warehouse. Two to three shift operations. Zero-emissions vision for the future.

Solution: 137 warehouse trucks with fuel cell power units, filling stations and processing facility.

STILL products: 36 FM-X driver seated reach trucks, 78 CX-S low level order pickers, 6 EXD-S double deck high lift pallet trucks and 17 EXU-S low lift pallet trucks.

Sector: Forklift truck electronics

Company: International company, 380,000 employees, 12,000 stores in over 30 countries.

The French retail company Carrefour relies on a fleet of 137 STILL hydrogen powered warehouse trucks in its new logistics base in Vendin-Le-Vieil, Northern France, which is the largest use of fuel cell powered stacker trucks anywhere in Europe so far.

Sector: Construction components
Company: Thirty-eight specialised plants in Europe, North America and Asia. More than 6000 employees. Revenue: over one billion euros.
Challenges: Efficient and safe material supply to the production areas with standard load bearers.
STILL products: Connection to SAP control system (driving instructions). STILL EXP 20 automated high lift pallet truck (via magnet points) incl. personal protective equipment (Sick scanner) for people or objects nearby.

Sector: Recycling industry
Company: approx. 220 employees, revenue of approx. EUR 101 million (2017) Headquarters in Moerdijk, Netherlands
Challenges: Acceptance, storage and processing of 55,000 tonnes of packaged waste. New construction of 4900 m2 hall with ATEX zones which require specially certified trucks.
STILL products: 5x Ex proof RX 60-25 electric forklift trucks with a lifting capacity of 2.5 tonnes, 2x Ex proof RX 60-35 electric forklift trucks with a lifting capacity of 3.5 tonnes.

Industry: automotive, tyres
Company: 114,000 employees worldwide, EUR 21.9 billion (2017 net sales), Headquarters: Clermont-Ferrand (France).
Challenge: goods handling in the largest Michelin manufacturing plant in Europe, spread over 1km2, producing approx. 40,000 tyres each day.
Solution: full-service forklift truck rental with fleet servicing entrusted to three STILL technicians.
STILL products: 114 STILL electric forklift trucks and 8 spares; Fleet ManagerTM 4.x software for fleet management.

Industry: Construction materials
Company: Founded in 1903. 220 employees and turnover of SEK 700 million.
Challenge: Sweden’s largest and oldest DIY store with 48,000 square meters. Parallel loading and unloading of two trucks and handling of 60 to 70 customer orders (online trade).
The solution: Use of electric forklift trucks in combination with fleet management software to analyse the vehicle fleet.
STILL products: FleetManager™ 4.x software, RX 60-50 electric forklift truck.

Sector: Food / Retail
Company: PLUS is an independent supermarket chain in the Netherlands. Consumer sales in 2017 were EUR 2.4 billion and market share was 6.4%.
The challenge: Around 360,000 packages and approx. 12,000 containers leave the distribution centre each week. Order volumes and the product range have expanded considerably. The number of Stock Keeping Units (SKU) has risen by 20 to 30% in recent years.
Products: 22 x STILL OPX 20 with lifting driver work platform (reach height 2800 mm)

Tasks: Omnichannel markets require to centralise all European logistics activities for more than 500 stores in Europe
Solution: Largely automated distribution centre with 50,000 m2 and 65,000 pallets. Together with twelve automated STILL series trucks.
Products: Full analysis of the material and information flow. Planning and realization of a creative storage and racking concept for maximum storage capacity in combination with seven automated STILL FM-X reach trucks and five automated STILL MX-X narrow aisle trucks.

Sector: Automotive
Company: The Audi Group is present in more than 100 markets worldwide and has around 90,000 employees.
Challenge: Establish efficient, autonomous and stable processes for the worldwide transport of automotive components.
Solution: The reach trucks are recognizing all containers and the IT interfaces are keeping the automated trucks continuously supplied with tasks.
STILL products: STILL FM-X reach trucks with automation technology and vehicle control made by Dematic.

Industry: logistical services for the chemical industry and associated sectors
Company: 1,000 employees. Locations: Leverkusen, Dormagen, Krefeld-Uerdingen and Duisburg
Challenges: Inventory management of inflammable substances, possible explosive dust or gas mixtures. 200 pallets moved per day.
STILL products: Special explosion-proof version of the STILL MX-X order picker truck in accordance with ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU

Sector: Paper industry

Company: Lünewell is a subsidiary of the family company Cartoflex

Challenges: Production of 150 million square metres of corrugated board per year. Daily delivery of 72 paper rolls weighing up to 3.8 tonnes.

Solution: Replace diesel forklift trucks with efficient, emission-free electric forklift trucks with self-cooling PowerPlusLife batteries and special accessories for handling paper rolls.

STILL products: RX 60-80 electric forklift truck stacks up to 8 tonnes more than 9 metres high.

Sector: Logistics for the aviation industry
Company: 1,300 employees, EUR 247 million (2016), headquarters: Hamburg
Challenges: Replacement parts warehouse extension to centralise operational inventory management. 50,000 items and 80,000 storage locations including provision of some 700 aircraft components for the new Airbus A350.
Solution: STILL warehouse technology for large aircraft components in partnership with the shelving manufacturer SRZ Systeme. Including automatic block storage.

Company: More than 60 clinics and institutes, around 1,500 beds, treatment of 341,000 patients annually. 7,500 employees

Products: Medical facilities and an international centre of scientific research

Solution: The tugger trains are very versatile and can be used to ship meals, clean laundry, dirty laundry, clinical waste and recycling around the premises.

STILL products: Tugger train with R07 electric tractor and with LiftRunner® C frame trailers. Including special load carriers for mail, oxygen, bottled gas and cable reels

Industry: Warehouse management of large-volume and fast-movinving BMW spare parts in the site in Wallersdorf.

Solution: 211 individually configured and equipped STILL trucks together with a STILL FleetManager 4.x. software solution

Products: RX 20 and RX 60 electric forklifts, FM-X reach trucks, EK-X vertical order pickers, R07 and LTX 70 electric tractors, EXV and EXU high and low lift trucks, fleet management software FleetManager 4.x.

Industry: Logistics / Retail

Company: Detailresult Logistiek has over 1,000 employees and serves more than 200 supermarkets.

Challenge: Make optimized processes of the distribution centers even more efficient. E.g by reducing picking errors and walking distances of employees.

Solution: Autonomous order picker achieves a productivity increase of up to 47%. Reduced physical strain on employees. Enables multi-client picking (parallel picking of three rolling containers)

STILL products: 34 x order picker STILL iGo neo CX20

Industry: Food and beverage

Company: PET and cans are the highestselling products. The warehouse has a capacity of around 20,000 pallets.

Challenge: Sterile environment. Create emission-free operation, improve plants air quality. Perform heavy-duty tasks: e.g pick up three pallets in regular sequence

The solution: LPG trucks have been transformed into heavy-duty electric fork-lift with special beverage customer option (higher cabin).

STILL products: Electric fork-lifts RX 20-16 (1.6 to capacity), RX 20-18 (1.8 to capacity), RX 60-50 (5.0 to capacity), low lift pallet trucks with platform EXU-SF (2.0 to capacity), high lift pallet trucks EXV 14 (1.4 to capacity)

Tasks: responsible for all measures and the preservation of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Challenge: The lowest possible floor load on historic marble floors, low noise emissions and narrow doorways and winding locations.

Solution: STILL RX 50-13 electric forklift: Capacity 1.300 kg, extremely agile and quiet forklift. The most compact truck in its class.

Industry: Logistics

Company: 120 employees, sites in Haiterbach (headquarters) and Lengwil

Challenge: Maximum flexibility in volatile product and demand fluctuations and a fragile assortment of 180,000 articles.

The solution: Racking system for 65,000 pallets for high utilisation of warehouse space. Rack heights of 17.2 metres Optimised storage and retrieval times.

STILL products: MX-X VNA trucks, FM-X reach trucks with active load stabilisation (ALS).

Challenge: The use of forklifts around the clock should be accompanied by activities to reduce CO2 emissions

Solution: Pilot project - Equipped with powerful H2-Logic fuel cells

Products: Electric Forklift Truck RX 60 2,5 - 3,5 t

Heineken have a very thorough and vigorous process when selecting their working partners. In particular the MHE project for Tadcaster was very nearly a 12 month process from the beginning of our discussions to final project execution. The Heineken team were extremely detailed and professional and therefore expected the same standards from their chosen supplier.

Challenge: Expand the eco-friendly use of industrial trucks with the help of the latest green technology.

Solution: The hydrogen-powered RX 60-25 impresses in the Campaign for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells initiative (Aktion zur Wasserstoff- und Brennstoffzellen Initiative) in Hessen thanks to its zero-emission operation.

Products: RX 60-25 hydrogen-powered fuel cell forklift, STILL Rental

Challenges: High turnover. “Drive-Trough” operation. Transparent and reliable truck costs. Reduced emissions.

Solution: Consistent deployment of electric counter balance trucks. Service contract incl. planning, handling and monitoring of service, maintenance and inspection.

Products: RX 60-45, STILL Full Service

Company: Large company, over 90 years of experience, 1200 employees.

Challenge: Need-based equipment at two sites belonging to KANN GmbH. Solution: Tailor-made leasing range for STILL diesel and hybrid forklift trucks.

STILL products: RX 70-35 hybrid, RX 70- 45, material flow range, tailor-made leasing range.