As Switzerland's largest online retailer, Digitec Galaxus stocks nearly everything for almost everyone, with around seven million products. The Operations Center in Wohlen will be equipped with the unique pouch sorter ferag.skyfall. The new solution marks an important step for the company to ensure an increased picking volume in the near future.
Initial contact with the Digitec Galaxus project team at the LogiMAT trade fair in 2022 heralded the start of the new partnership between the Swiss online retailer and the intralogistics specialist. "Super Booster", as the project was named in reference to the considerable increase in performance it represents for Digitec Galaxus, was developed over a period of 1.5 years in close cooperation. It is impressive proof of the successful collaboration between Ferag and Digitec Galaxus. The solution has it all: conveying, buffering, sorting and picking are all functions that Digitec Galaxus will be able to perform in future with maximum throughput thanks to ferag.skyfall. At least 1.3 million parcels will leave the warehouse every month from 2025.
Ferag's expertise and Digitec Galaxus' clear specifications formed the basis for this pioneering milestone. The integration of the ferag.skyfall pouch sorter into the existing, complex material flow systems in the main operations center in Wohlen, Switzerland, represented a significant challenge, which was mastered by both sides with comprehensive expertise.
"Just in time for the start of the year, two traditional companies are sending out an important signal for Switzerland's economic landscape," says Tommaso Ramundo, CEO of Ferag. "The launch of the ferag.skyfall pouch sorter is a milestone for both companies, underlining the efficiency and performance of Digitec Galaxus' logistics solution."
Ferag specializes in the development of total intralogistics solutions in the areas of production, e-commerce and omnichannel for a wide range of industries as well as for postal and 3PL automation. The Swiss family-owned company, which has been on the market for over 65 years, is also one of the world market leaders in the development, design and distribution of material flow systems for a wide range of industrial applications. Innovative conveying and sorting solutions for intralogistics are also a consistent and sustainable further development of Ferag processing systems developed for print media production. Software and automation solutions are developed in-house and implemented by Ferag's own teams. Headquartered in Hinwil/Zurich, the Group is represented in more than 20 countries by its own sales and service companies and employs around 650 people worldwide.
