Collaboration of robots and workers to improve factory logistics

Klefer, with its 200 employees, manufactures elevator doors in its premises of 12 000 m2 in Kilkis, Greece. In the past 20 years it has established a firm position in the domestic and international market and has an annual turnover of EUR 90 million. Now it plans to expand its production capacity.  Thanks to expertise and highly automated machine tools, the manufacturing process could easily accommodate even larger orders, if only shop-floor logistics didn’t slow down the process. Raw materials and half-finished parts are transported by trolleys and forklifts operated by warehouse workers and machine operators.   Read the full story here: http://www.l4ms.eu/content/collaboration-robots-and-workers-improve-factory-logistics