In a world where everything is constantly changing, strong values and trust matter. Partnerships matter. The KNAPP Group provides intelligent logistics solutions for data-driven value chains, uniting technological know-how with its long-established experience in diverse industries.
KNAPP brings new technology to warehouse logistics, working with its customers globally to develop customized solutions. It specializes in the wholesale, healthcare, fashion/apparel, general retail, food retail, industry, and service sectors. To date, it employs some 7,200 staff in 62 locations worldwide, shaping the future-oriented industry of intralogistics.
Launched in 1952 as a two-person company in Hart bei Graz, Austria, the company has grown into one of the world’s most robust and innovative partners for integrated logistics solutions. The KNAPP Group has become a one-stop automation and digitization solutions provider.
“Here, powerful robotics meets intelligent software,” says Chief Executive Officer, Gerald Hofer. “With our range of intelligent automation solutions, including shuttles, bots, pocket sorters, AMRs, WMS, WCS, analytics tools, and more, we’ve got every step of your value chain covered – from production and distribution to the point of sale – with the highest efficiency and while saving resources. We consider ourselves a partner to the industry; this means that our customers’ challenges are also our challenges, and we overcome them together.”
Intelligent Logistics Creates Added Value
KNAPP is adamant that networked, intelligent value chains – in which all the logistical cogs engage perfectly with each other – provide the answer to the challenges of today. “Innovation and KNAPP are inseparably linked,” concurs Franz Mathi, KNAPP’s Chief Operations Officer. “With our technologies, we are changing the world of logistics over the long term. It may sound simple, but this requires utmost precision. Our solution: Intelligent end-to-end logistics including software.”
From production to distribution to the last mile or point of sale: KNAPP offers intelligent and profitable automation solutions for the entire value chain. In this way, customers can develop logistics processes with intelligent technologies sustainably, simply, and economically.
Tailored-Made Partnerships
“Our strategies and corporate culture are essential elements of our success,” shares Chief Financial Officer, Christian Grabner. “Good partners are good listeners and cater to individual goals and requirements. That’s why KNAPP doesn’t deliver off-the-rack systems. KNAPP takes the time necessary to understand what customers really need and works closely with them to develop a tailor-made solution.
KNAPP aims to translate the individual character of customers’ businesses and companies into efficient logistics processes. In doing so, it relies on the following principles: Listen; ask questions; understand; and, implement.
The company operates by the adage, ‘Good solutions adapt to changing requirements.’ KNAPP’s solutions are easily scaled in terms of performance and size. That’s how it can ensure that customers can make the best use of its system at all times and have sufficient capacities for seasonal peaks and growth. These are tailored to customers’ logistics requirements and goals: complete solutions, including software, from a single source. From XS to XXL or from a semi-automatic starter solution to a high-performance fulfillment center.
Innovation is in the DNA
What drives KNAPP is its passion for developing new solutions for the ever-evolving demands in production and logistics. They don’t say: “We’ve always done it this way.” They say: “New challenges – bring them on!”
Since its founding in 1952, KNAPP has been an innovator. In the 1960s, founder Günter Knapp invented the first autopicker for pharmaceutical wholesalers. Since the 1980s, the company’s been delivering all-in one solutions, including software. In 2002, KNAPP pioneered shuttle technology, thanks to the OSR Shuttle™. Today, software forms the foundation for intelligent logistics processes. Its intelligent portfolio includes cloud-based software, robots with AI, analysis tools, and predictive maintenance.
At the heart of KNAPP’s longevity is its focus on people and their needs. Those are the driving force behind the trends and requirements in the value chain. The company’s technologies translate these needs and global trends into intelligent and profitable logistics processes. Simply.
We are KNAPP Benelux, part of KNAPP AG with headquarters in Graz, Austria (www.knapp.com). KNAPP is your technology partner for intelligent value chain management. The KNAPP group provides all-in-one solutions for automation and digitalization. KNAPP Benelux stands for sales, solution design, project support and service in the Benelux. Excellent service and long-term collaboration make KNAPP
the strong partner behind the success of their customers in the sectors healthcare, retail, food retail, fashion, wholesale and industry.
