Fehr warehouse systems
MATTER PRO for large quantities
MATT BOX modular storage system for smaller shops
(l-r) Thomas Lehner and Marcel Lehner of Fehr, Raffaele Fiore and Giuseppe Rotondi of Matter
Marcel Lehner and Raffaele Fiore sign the agreement.
The majority shareholder of Fehr Lagerlogistik AG in Winterthur, Switzerland has announced the acquisition of Matter srl in Italy. Both companies are providers of AS/AR systems for intralogistics in a variety of metal and other market segments, from mills to service centers, large production companies to job shops.
According to majority shareholder Thomas Lehner, CEO of Fehr, "We see this acquisition representing a new day in AS/AR for industry. Together, we can offer a comprehensive range of equipment and services to the market."
Fehr, founded in Switzerland in 1949 by Hans Fehr, is today owned by the Lehner family. From warehousing logistics, through automation and special handling functions, the Fehr team of experts provide a smooth movement of materials from stainless steel, tool steel, tube & pipe, aluminum, plastic or wood and other specialty materials handling needs, for its customers. Fehr systems are available in various configurations and offer robotic materials handling, automated sheet and long product picking, robotic saw cells and laser-guided loading/unloading.
Fehr operates numerous production facilities and warehouses worldwide. The company's honeycomb system is considered one of the fastest AS/AR systems in the market for large quantities. Fehr Warehouse Solutions in Charlotte, NC, is the North American base of operations for the company.
Matter, founded in Bibbiano, Italy, in 1992, specializes in the design and installation of technically advanced, vertical intralogistics solutions for the steel industry, especially for bars, tubes, billets, sheets, dies and components handling with vertical storage. The company is fully integrated in its engineering, software design, industrial automation, full fabrication and system integration. It supplies the industry with its MATTER PRO series of customized systems for large quantity handling, as well as its MATT BOX modular storage systems for smaller quantities, aimed at eliminating outside materials storage for the job shop and contract manufacturers.
As Giuseppe Rotondi, CEO at Matter, noted, "We see the synergy of this relationship as a great opportunity to serve both our markets with a more comprehensive suite of equipment and services."
Matter USA counts major U.S. metal service centers, manufacturing operations and numerous job shops among its diverse customer base.
Both companies provide fully integrated and application-specific materials handling solutions with state-of-the-art material management interface, data communications and automatic transport devices. Furthermore, both companies work daily on projects for existing and greenfield locations.
For more information contact:
David Veldung, President
Fehr Warehouse Solutions
4801 Chastain Avenue, Suite 140
Charlotte, NC 28217
704-666-8448
info@fehr-usa.com