Interroll adds new German site

In addition to already successful solutions such as the Modular Conveyor Platform (MCP), Interroll will launch innovative products and solutions in the area of conveyors and sorters in the first quarter of 2019.

"Interroll is taking into account the high growth momentum for conveyors and sorters by choosing to develop a second, significantly bigger factory in Kronau. In this way, we are securing fast delivery times for our customers and end users well into the future," says Jens Strüwing, executive vice president Products and Technology in the Interroll Group. Effective emergency measures have been introduced at the Sinsheim site in order to increase production capacities; these measures will remain in place until the new factory opens in Kronau.

"With the new factory, we are not only creating new capacities. We are also completely restructuring our production priorities," continues Strüwing. "This means that we are doubling our production space for conveyors and sorters in Europe and investing specifically in a higher level of automation."
 
According to the plan, conveyors, such as the MCP, which has already been extremely successful around the world and is currently assembled in the Sinsheim factory, will be assembled in Kronau. The capacities that this frees up in Sinsheim will then be directed toward the expanded production of sorters. The new factory will also be home to the global Center of Excellence for conveyors.
 
The new site will be part of the "A5 Quarter" construction area in Kronau. The municipal council in Kronau has already decided in favor of the acquisition of this property. It offers excellent links to the transport network and to international airports and is located close to both the existing Interroll factory in Kronau and the Sinsheim site, which will only have positive effects on the established delivery chains.

"Even though we are moving, our employees will remain in the same region, which offers an excellent environment for us as an industrial company. There is a high level of education and in the market there is a perfect mix of skilled employees for future growth on-site," says Bernhard Kraus, managing director of Interroll Automation in Sinsheim, who is responsible for planning the new factory.