Beumer: Logistics heroes support the Christmas business

Austrian Post operates a distribution centre in Carinthia, the heart of which is a sorting system from the Beamer Group, which processes up to 50,000 parcels before Christmas.

7 February 2020

At the heart of the new distribution centre is the new BG Sorter: the consignments are fed in dynamically.(Image: Beumer Group)

With 4,500 logistics heroes, the Beumer Group is once again supporting the top gift deliverer - i.e. Father Christmas - this year, for example in Wernberg in Carinthia.

This is because Österreichische Post AG operates a distribution centre there which, at peak times - such as before Christmas Up to 50,000 parcels can process 6,000 parcels per hour. The centrepiece is a Sorting plant of the Beumer Group.

The system provider has opened the new postal distribution centre in Wernberg. BG Sorter installed. The Powerful, energy-efficient system With its quiet operation, it can deliver up to 30,000 parcels, and even up to 50,000 in the run-up to Christmas.

"With our sorter, we can handle the largest possible product mix precisely and cost-effectively," says Kathrin Fischerbranch manager in Wernberg. "The Beumer sorter distributes the various parcel consignments gently, quickly and accurately."

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The system is also climate-friendly, thanks to energy-efficient drives in the BG Sorter. Servo-based, they reduce the power requirement and CO₂-emissions. With this efficient, friction-locked solution the contact pressure of the drive wheel automatically depending on the required drive force - even when braking. This increases the Efficiency of up to 90 per cent and increases the service life of the drive wheels.

More than three million employees in the logistics sector in Germany alone not only support Father Christmas, but also provide global flow of goods for the entire year for sure. At the Beumer Group, we are once again taking care of our customers in the run-up to Christmas. the 4,500 employees in Germany, Austria and many other countries to ensure that all wishes come true in time for the festive season.

[infotext]In Germany, booming e-commerce ensured that books, toys and cosmetics worth 13.2 billion euros found their new owners online in 2018 - that's a share of around 13 per cent of all Christmas gifts. And everything arrived on time for Christmas Eve, including quick orders and immediate deliveries. Around 330 million parcels were delivered across Germany during the 2018 Christmas period, according to the German Parcel and Express Logistics Association. At peak times, this sometimes equated to 18 million parcels a day[/infotext].

Source: Beumer Group