Swisslog secures major order from Slovenia

Krka entrusts Swisslog with another automated warehouse project

Buchs/Aarau, 2 August 2012 – Krka, a leading manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals based in Slowenia, has commissioned Swisslog to design and implement an automated high-bay warehouse. The order value amounts to approximately MEUR 18 (approx. MCHF 22). Swisslog had already delivered a similar solution for Krka about 10 years ago.

Krka has been recording strong business growth in the past years. The automated warehouse to be delivered by Swisslog will support a new production facility that Krka is building at the company’s headquarters in Novo mesto. “We are pleased to providing our longtime client Krka once again with a high-performance logistics solution that meets its needs,” explains Daniel Hauser, Managing Director Warehouse & Distribution Solutions at Swisslog Switzerland.

Swisslog’s services include the installation of materials handling equipment such as stacker cranes, conveyor systems and automated guided vehicles. It will also provide the software and controls and assume responsibility for the overall integration of systems. Swisslog will support Krka in the start-up of the new high-bay warehouse which is planned to be operational in the second half of 2014. Krka produces and sells prescription pharmaceuticals, non-prescription products and animal health products in over 70 countries.

Calendar:
20 August 2012: Publication 2012 Half-Year Result
7 March 2013: Publication 2012 Annual Result
11 April 2013: General Meeting of Shareholders 2013
29 May 2013: Investor Day

About Swisslog
Swisslog is a global provider of integrated logistics solutions for warehouses, distribution centers and hospitals. Its comprehensive services portfolio ranges from building complex warehouses and distribution centers to implementing Swisslog's own software and technology to intra-company logistics solutions for hospitals.

Swisslog’s solutions optimize customers’ production, logistics and distribution processes in order to increase flexibility, responsiveness and quality of service while minimizing logistics costs. With years of experience in the development and implementation of integrated logistics solutions, Swisslog provides the expertise that customers in more than 50 countries around the world rely on.

Headquartered in Buchs/Aarau, Switzerland, Swisslog currently employs over 2 000 staff in 20 countries worldwide. The group’s parent company, Swisslog Holding AG, is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (security number: 1232462, Telekurs: SLOG, Reuters: SLOG.S).
Note: Swisslog refers to an order as “major order” if its financial volume exceeds the threshold of MCHF 20.
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