Jungheinrich revolutionizes India’s logistics operations, to increase its footprint in India

Mumbai, 18th March 2023: Jungheinrich, a German large in the sector of warehouse tools and intralogistics, with a decade lengthy presence in India, opens its new built-in facility in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra. The facility contains Equipment & Spare Parts Warehouse, Workshop & Training Center for its all-electric forklifts vans and warehouse tools. What units Jungheinrich aside is its concentrate on automation and its environmentally sustainable method.

The Indian marketplace for materials dealing with tools is at present round 20,000 models a 12 months and is probably going to develop at double-digit CAGR for the foreseeable future. The firm, moreover initiating the modernisation of warehouse working in India, is all set to considerably increase its capability with an intention to meet the rising demand for forklift vans and different such warehouse tools in India. “Our intention is to set the pattern for modernization in Indian logistics sector. As a part of this rising eco-system Jungheinrich now plans to place itself as an ‘automation resolution supplier’ by introducing new machines in the Indian market comparable to Automotive Guided automobile (AGV),” says Manojit Acharya, India Head of Jungheinrich.

India’s warehouses are nonetheless dominated by diesel spewing forklifts and old-technology warehouse tools working in an archaic labour intensive go-down tradition. With its concentrate on automated options and all-electric forklift vans and tools, Jungheinrich goals to change that. This change to a extra power environment friendly and time saving mode of working is crucial if India is to forge forward with its bold modernization and industrial mannequin.

“The massive thrust the current Government is giving the logistics sector has impressed us to not solely increase our current capability but additionally to have a long run focus with an intention to increase our total footprint,” says Manojit Acharya.

To additional cement the management place in India, the corporate is planning to make appreciable and significant additions to its product line. Christian Erlach, Member of Management Board of Jungheinrich AG, mentioned, “Besides increasing our capability, we’re additionally bringing in a brand new line of merchandise for the Indian market and in the method considerably increase our current market share. All the merchandise that Jungheinrichbrings to the Indian shore come from our state-of-the-art factories in Europe and China”.

The metropolis of Bhiwandi in Maharashtra continues to be the bottom as Jungheinrich increase its presence in the nation. The metropolis being a hub in logistic warehousing together with a powerful buyer base and a close-by sea port presents an ideal place for total clean functioning of its complete operations.

Environmental and sustainability mannequin

As a publicly listed family-owned firm, ecological, social and financial accountability is the main focus of all Jungheinrich’s enterprise actions. Keeping this in thoughts, the German intralogistics large brings into India solely the electrical based mostly equipments with a decrease carbon foot print. In addition to electrical motors and drive controls, Jungheinrich additionally manufactures matching lithium-ion batteries and chargers. Almost all vans can be found with lithium-ion know-how. These batteries moreover providing the benefit of much less rechargeable time and longevity are additionally far much less damaging to the surroundings. Further, the corporate has plans to arrange photo voltaic panels in the subsequent one 12 months in order that the warehouse works absolutely on a renewable power mannequin.

The firm in its bid to additional assist the surroundings vegetation a tree for each tools it sells.

“Another main factor that we do in the route of environmental sustainability is recycling all our previous tools. We refurbish our tools from our quite profitable rental market and resell them. This is a large step in the direction of decreasing our carbon footprint and it saves an enormous variety of assets which might in any other case have ended as scrap or waste,” informs Manojit Acharya.

Manojit Acharya provides additional, “This is an especially surroundings pleasant possibility as a result of reconditioning used tools saves about 80 p.c CO2 in contrast to new manufacturing.”