DB Schenker deploys Geek+ robots at new e-commerce logistics hub in Spain

DB Schenker, a supply chain management and logistics service provider, has opened an automated e-commerce facility servicing its retail customers in Spain, Portugal and France.

Operations in the 50,000 m2 warehouse in Guadalajara have started with 150 employees in newly created jobs, and more than 200 robots.

The site is equipped with a goods-to-person picking system to handle around 120,000 units per day based on autonomous mobile robots (AMR) provided by Geek+.

adidas is the main customer.

Alfredo Alcalá, DB Schenker's Contract Logistics Product Manager in Iberia, says: "DB Schenker is committed to serving the e-commerce sector with its innovative power and proven reliability.”

“The automated solutions of our Guadalajara operations were installed in a record time of only four months and already proved their stability and flexibility around Black Friday and the Christmas season. We are proud to meet the expectations and the confidence of a customer as important as adidas.”

The warehouse is situated in the Henares industrial park, located 50 kilometres from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport and 60 kilometres from the centte of Madrid with a connection to the main A2 and R2 highways.