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All around the company, logistics, innovations, technologies, systems and products, also for download as PDF.

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All around the company, logistics, innovations, technologies, systems and products, also for download as PDF.

Press releases 2024
iDISPLAY reaches new heights – Added functions for maximum increase in productivity
How about a display that works completely autonomously at the storage location? A digital rack label installed directly at the place of use that displays all the information about the item including filling quantity, availability, storage location as well as upcoming refills? Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG shows how this can be achieved with the new functions of iDISPLAY, which have been developed for complete digitalisation at the storage location in production.
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25 years of system innovation: iTERMINAL – Digital interaction point on the Kanban rack
How about a rack, which can be accessed in real time via an information board? A rack that signals, in combination with a display, the exact location of the required item? And all of this is centrally accessible on a monitor? Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG shows how this can be achieved with its newly developed iTERMINAL for complete digitalisation of the Kanban rack – directly on site, available at any time, all information in one place!
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Solid resonance – Würth Industrial Network closed the financial year 2023 with turnover of EUR 2.324 billion worldwide – of which over EUR 816 million are of Würth Industrie Service Germany.
The Würth Group, the global market leader in the development, manufacture and sale of assembly and fastening materials, generated sales of EUR 20.4 billion for the first time in the company's history according to its preliminary annual financial statements for 2023, thus setting a new record. Würth Industrial NetWORK, or WINWORK® for short, is also continuing to grow and recorded sales of EUR 2.324 billion in the financial year 2023. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG in Germany closed 2023 with sales of over EUR 816 million. Overall, the company can look back on a solid financial year despite the tense global economic and political environment.
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Würth Industrie Service is one of the "Digital Champions 2024"
As a leading expert in the supply of small parts to industrial customers, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG has been proving for over 25 years that digital, connected systems ensure excellent progress and pave the way towards Industry 4.0. And not only along the holistic supply of production and operating materials for around 20,000 customers, but also with the Würth Industrial Park, which is considered as one of the most advanced logistics centres for industrial supplies in Europe. In the "Digital Champions 2024" study conducted by DEUTSCHLAND TEST and FOCUS MONEY, the C-Parts partner emerged as the clear industry winner with first place in the category “building materials industry and building chemistry”.
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Germany's most innovative companies in 2024: Würth Industrie Service is one of them!
Distinctive ability to innovate, comprehensive system expertise and customised product development down to the smallest detail. For over 25 years, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG considers progress as the key to success and relies on automated, digitalised system solutions and highest product quality for more than 1,400,000 items in holistic supply of production and operating materials to more than 20,000 customers. Known for having one of the most advanced logistics centres for industrial delivery in Europe, the C-Parts partner has now been honoured as “Germany’s most innovative company in 2024” by Capital, the renowned business journal, and Statista, one of the leading data and analysis institutes.
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Würth Industrie Service exhibits at LogiMAT 2024 - The future of supply: One system for all parts!
Pure innovation: From March 19 to 21, 2024, companies will present their latest products at LogiMAT 2024 in Stuttgart. LogiMAT sets new standards as the largest annual intralogistics trade fair in Europe. The focus is on innovative products, solutions and systems for procurement, warehousing, production and distribution logistics - this year under the motto "Shaping change together". Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG will be presenting its integrated solutions for the supply of production and operating resources at its stand H31 in hall 1. The highlight of the trade fair will be the future of supply and how CPS®miSELF enables industrial customers to have one system for all parts - for A, B and C parts.
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Production meets Robotics – key factors for the production of the future
Whether procurement, storage or transportation: logistics is characterized by versatile and highly complex processes. Experts from Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG demonstrated how productivity and efficiency can be increased with the help of innovative technologies, automation and robotics at the "Production meets Robotics" event. On Thursday, February 8, 2024, more than 30 participants gathered at the Würth Industrial Park, which is known for having one of the most modern logistics centers for industrial supply in Europe.
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25 years as an industry partner – Würth Industrie Service celebrates its 25th anniversary
Visionary, courageous, consistent: Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co KG, the European market leader in supply of small parts to industrial customers, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The company’s anniversary marks a significant milestone in the history of the company, which was founded on 13th January 1999 as an independent subsidiary of the Würth Group with just 80 employees on an abandoned 120-hectare barracks in Bad Mergentheim - now known as the Würth Industrial Park. The C-Parts expert has grown continuously over the years and now employs around 1,800 people in Germany and around 6,600 in over 40 countries worldwide.
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Specialised press 2023
Best supplier in the field of logistics: Würth Industrie Service wins the Siemens Healthineers Supplier Award 2023
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG and Siemens Healthineers AG have been working hand in hand as close partners for over 20 years. On Tuesday, 13th June 2023, the C-Parts expert has been awarded with the Siemens Healthineers Supplier Award 2023 as the best supplier in the field of logistics on the occasion of the Global Supplier Day of the world's leading medical technology company. Würth Industrie Service impressed Siemens Healthineers with its intelligent logistics and system solutions for efficient C-Parts management, which are successfully used not only across Germany but also at international locations.
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Storage and retrieval machines successfully brought in – Würth Industrie Service's high-bay warehouse takes shape!
46 metres long, weighing 22,5 tonnes, manoeuvred 100 metres over the roofs: A true work requiring precision, weighing several tons on the heights of Drillberg. The excavations for building a new automated high-bay warehouse with additional 59,000 storage spaces covering more than 4,000 square metres started as early as July 2022. Last Monday, 16th October 2023, the first storage and retrieval machines were brought in to take over the automated storage and retrieval of pallets in the warehouse. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG thus has its sights firmly set on commissioning in April 2024.
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Distributor of the year 2023 – Würth Industrie Service is one of them!
Service, quality of consulting, sustainability and much more: In a recent study, DEUTSCHLAND TEST, Focus Money and the IMWF Institute for Management and Economic Research examined which distributors in Germany are outstanding from the customer point of view. At the forefront is Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG, which personally assists its 20,000 customers with innovative, customised solutions in the area of comprehensive supply of production and operating materials. With the 1st place in the category of “building materials and building accessories (wholesalers)”, the C-Parts expert emerged as a clear industry winner.
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ORSY®mat at Lindauer DORNIER GmbH
Lindauer DORNIER GmbH, manufacturer of weaving machines and production systems for films and composites, discontinued its manual tool and materials distribution system and now relies on Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG for automated MRO supply using ORSY®mat vending machines since over two years. With this step, the technology leader DORNIER has set the course for future-ready and efficient materials management.
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Excellent Sustainability Award
For Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG, sustainability has many facets. Thus, the company has been able to make its mark on the study titled “Excellent Sustainability 2023” published by the F. A. Z. Institute along with the IMWF Institute for Management and Economic Research. Winning the first place in the category “Building materials and building accessories (wholesalers)”, the company has emerged as a future-conscious pioneer and is thus setting important benchmarks for sustainable business.
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Würth Industrie Service at A+A – The largest trade fair for safety and health at work
Because safety comes first: Three companies, expert in their field, will once again greet visitors at this year’s A+A from 24th to 27th October 2023 in Düsseldorf. At a joint booth A62 in hall 14, Würth MODYF GmbH & Co. KG, Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG and Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG will showcase their comprehensive portfolio of personal protective equipment and work clothes, appropriate stocking and storage systems for the same as well as automated supply solutions for indirect materials.
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Laboratory invests in the future – Würth Industrie Service relies on new testing options
State-of-the-art technologies, absolutely reliable test results, highest quality. All of this is offered by the test laboratory of Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG, which is specialised in fastening technology and is accredited for more than 50 test methods conforming to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 and which serves as an official and independent testing station for ensuring maximum product and process quality. In the area covering 800 sq. m., the highly qualified employees use the state-of-the-art testing devices to ensure seamless quality management. With the new testing options including a torsion test bench, scanning electron microscope and adhesive testing technology, the laboratory experts have their sights firmly set on customer requirements.
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Linde Hydraulics relies on the iPLACER® by Würth Industrie Service.
How about a small, battery operated module, which can automatically reorder C-Parts not only in production but also at the workplace, in assembly, in logistics or in maintenance? An invention, which is not only used as an ordering system but also as an inventory management system. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG shows how this can be achieved with its smart RFID module, the iPLACER®. Since last year, this technology is ensuring increased productivity at Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG in Nilkheim/ Aschaffenburg, Germany.
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Würth Industrie Service celebrates 10 years of ORSY®mat
These are the real superheroes of materials management: Currently, more than 1,800 vending machines cater to over 400 customers at 650 different storage locations to ensure all round and more productive materials management. This year, the family of ORSY®mat systems of Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG is celebrating its tenth anniversary. A milestone, which not only stands out in the history of the C-Parts partner, but is also significant, dating back to the 90s, in the history of the Würth Group.
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350 participants from 7 countries at Würth Industrial Park: Expert forum C-Parts Management 2023
At the sixth Expert forum C-Parts management, distinguished keynote speakers from industry, trade, science and consulting ensured a top-class exchange. On Tuesday, 13th June and Wednesday, 14th June 2023, 350 participants from 7 countries gathered together in the Würth Industrial Park in Bad Mergentheim at Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG to discuss trends, innovations and global challenges in the industry.
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Expanding the system of weighing technology – iSCALE pal for efficient production supply on pallets!
How about a pallet that manages your parts requirements almost completely independently and also reorders them automatically? Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG has shown how it can be done by adding the original pallet scale system iSCALE pal to its portfolio of fully automated C-Parts management solutions. iSCALE pal is a sensor-controlled scale in combination with a Euro pallet. On the basis of the weight, the system notifies the requirements of production materials and other items digitally - directly from the customer’s point of use to the ERP system of Würth Industrie Service and ensures an exact replenishment. The C-Parts partner presented the first prototypes of the system expansion live at LogiMAT 2023 in Stuttgart.
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Taking supply security to a new level – Optimised RFID iPALLET
With its various RFID systems, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG has been ensuring maximum supply security along the entire value chain for over 20,000 customers for more than 10 years. In doing so, it is also essential to the company to focus on the further development of tried and tested systems. The C-Parts partner has demonstrated how it can be done with its intelligent iPALLET, which is a centralised and open RFID module that continuously scans its surrounding for transmitting the requirements, opening up new possibilities within the supply of production materials. With the latest option to add a casing or net for absorbing radiation, it has become possible to guarantee maximum security.
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New CPS®KANBAN flex – Modular Kanban rack for efficient material supply
In collaboration with Dringenberg GmbH Betriebseinrichtungen, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG presents the new Kanban rack CPS®KANBAN flex for a seamless, secure and efficient supply of production materials via RFID Kanban. In addition to the hitherto classic bin levels in the form of usual shelves, CPS®KANBAN flex opens up a possibility of levels without a base using modular shelves with rails. With this intelligent system solution, the two partners are setting the course for a holistic C-Parts management of the future.
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CPS®miSELF – The future of supply. One system for all parts.
There are often hundreds, even thousands, of parts in manufacturing companies that need to be managed and monitored at the same time. This is not only about handling C-Parts such as screws, washers, nuts and production-related MRO products like gloves, masks or goggles, but also about A- and B-Parts such as gears, headrests or backrests.
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Würth Industrie Service at LogiMAT 2023
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG at LogiMAT 2023. From 25th to 27th April 2023, different companies will present their latest products at LogiMAT 2023 in Stuttgart. LogiMAT sets new standards as the biggest annual intralogistics trade fair in Europe. The focus is on innovative products, solutions and systems for procurement, warehouse, production and distribution logistics.
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Progress through digitalisation – Würth Industrie Service is one of the "Digital Champions 2023".
Innovation and progress are the principles firmly embedded in the company strategy of Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG. Headquartered in Bad Mergentheim, Würth Industrie Service has one of the most modern logistics centres for industrial supply in Europe. The company has always been focussing on innovative solutions dedicated to automation, digitalisation and Industry 4.0. in the field of holistic production and equipment supply for around 20,000 customers. In the "Digital Champions 2023" study conducted by DEUTSCHLAND TEST and Focus Money, the C-Parts partner emerged as a digital pioneer with the second place in the category “building materials and building accessories (wholesaler)”.
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Positive resonance – Würth Industrial Network closed the financial year 2022 with turnover of EUR 2.263 billion worldwide – of which EUR 771,5 million are of Würth Industrie Service Germany.
The Würth Group, the global market leader in development, production and sale of fastening and assembly materials, has once again demonstrated its competitive strength in the financial year 2022 by achieving total turnover of EUR 19.95 billion, according to the preliminary consolidated financial statements. Even Würth Industrial Network, or WINWORK®, recorded a turnover of EUR 2.263 billion in financial year 2022. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG grew by 17,9 percent by achieving a turnover of EUR 771,5 million. Even though the market environment has been affected by uncertainties, the company can look back on a successful financial year 2022.
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Award-winning innovation pioneer: Würth Industrie Service is one of “Germany’s most innovative companies in 2023”.
Innovation is a steady driver for the growth and success of companies and is therefore of utmost importance. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG considers progress as the key to success and relies on automated, digitalised system solutions and the highest product quality for more than 1,400,000 items in holistic supply of production and operating materials for more than 20,000 customers. Known for having one of the most modern logistics centres for industrial delivery in Europe, the C-Parts partner has now been awarded as “Germany’s most innovative company in 2023” by Capital, the renowned business journal, and Statista, one of the leading data and analysis institutes.
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Würth Industrie Service at the Fastener Fair Global in Stuttgart: Fasteners by specialists
From 21st to 23rd March 2023, Würth Industrie Service will present its extensive product range, technical services and innovations along with the system solutions on efficient C-Parts management at booth 618 in hall 1 at the Fastener Fair Global 2023, Stuttgart.
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25 years of Kanban: WOLF and Würth Industrie Service celebrate Kanban milestone
For more than 25 years now, WOLF GmbH, one of the first Kanban customers of Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG, has relied on the intelligent Kanban supply solutions to achieve maximum security in process, quality and supply. At its main site in Mainburg, the heating and ventilation expert has been using one of the smartest replenishment methods for production materials for a quarter of a century to apply lean management for the inventories, automatically map the reorders and identify any fluctuations in demand at an early stage. An efficient value-added chain cannot be imagined without radio-controlled RFID technology. With the intelligent system solutions, including iSHELF®, iBOX® and iPUSH®, WOLF is setting important course for holistic C-Parts management of the future.
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Sensor-controlled weighing bin iSCALE of Würth Industrie Service deployed successfully for the first time at WISAR
Security is of utmost importance in the entire supply chain! Reliable processes play a significant role, especially in times of capacity and supply bottlenecks as well as rising transport and energy costs. At its Kloten site, WISAR, Wyser + Anliker AG relies on the intelligent supply solutions of Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG to perfectly connect all processes. The scale system iSCALE has been successfully deployed since August 2022 for digital storage management and uninterrupted replenishment within the production supply. Measuring the weight, the system notifies the requirements of production materials and other small parts digitally - from the customer’s point of use directly to the ERP system of Würth Industrie Service and, thus ensures exact replenishment. With the system being transferred from pilot phase to regular operation, WISAR now secures an almost independent logistical storage management for C-Parts.
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Specialised press 2022
Würth Industrie Service awarded the LOGISTRA best practice: innovations 2022 award for its scale system iSCALE
Würth Industrie Service GmbH Co. KG was awarded the LOGISTRA best practice: Innovations 2022 award for its Kanban scale system iSCALE. In the readers’ poll conducted by this logistics specialist magazine of HUSS group of companies, the company emerged as a winner in the category of storing/picking.
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Small-sized bin handling via RFID Kanban for optimised storage space
Modern, sustainable C-Parts management means far more than just supplying the required items. In fact, the supplier is now developing into a comprehensive partner who is integrated into the system-based process landscape, and creates the necessary basis to meet the requirements of Industry 4.0 through the use of integrated, automated systems and services. As a C-Parts partner, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG supports its customers in implementing fully automated and digitalised logistics processes, which shorten response times, detect fluctuations in demand and trigger reorders accordingly. As part of the latest pilot study, Würth Industrie Service now automatically delivers its small-sized bin (W-KLT®2.0 S) to LMC Caravan GmbH & Co. KG’s decentralised place of use using an RFID enabled mother bin or carrier bin (W-KLT®2.0 4315 or W-KLT®2.0 4115). Small-sized bin handling has been integrated into the existing and fully automated RFID Kanban system onsite and is already operational.
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Würth Industrie Service expands its state-of-the-art logistics centre for industrial supplies in Europe – ground-breaking ceremony for the new high-bay warehouse at the headquarters.
The expansion of the state-of-the-art logistics centre for industrial supplies in Europe has laid the foundation for the further growth of Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG, both at national and international level. The excavations for building a new automated high-bay warehouse with additional 59,000 storage spaces covering more than 4,000 square metres started at the end of July 2022. The official ground-breaking ceremony was held on Thursday, 4th August, 2022 marking the symbolic go-ahead for the construction. Around 30 invited guests, including Nina Warken, Member of the German Bundestag CDU/CSU, Christoph Schauder, District Administrator of Main-Tauber-Kreis, Manuela Zahn, 1st Deputy Mayor of Bad Mergentheim, Marcel Stephan, Head of Department for Economic Development & Urban Marketing of Bad Mergentheim, the planners and engineers involved and the Management of Würth Industrie Service, celebrated the milestone of the company. The commissioning is planned for April 2024.
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Fulfilling the objective of greenhouse gas-neutral energy supply on the hills of Drillberg: Würth Industrie Service commissions an additional photovoltaic system.
Climate change and the consequential natural disasters have already controlled the world, thus stressing the urgency of achieving climate neutrality even more. The use of renewable energy instead of fossil fuels is the most sought-after solution on the path to achieving greenhouse gas-neutrality. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG, an expert in the field of C-parts management for manufacturing industry customers, intends to lead by example and not only compensate for the rising CO2 footprint but also reduce it sustainably at the Bad Mergentheim location by implementing smart solutions. The company is contributing towards climate protection with the recent commissioning of an additional photovoltaic system. The sprawling plant covering an area of 2,500 square metres has an output of around 480 kWp, which equates to an estimated output of around 415,000 kWh per year. This output is enough to supply around 140 single-family households with electricity per year. At the Drillberg location, multiple photovoltaic systems are currently operational with a combined output of over 900 kWp and generated volume of over 800,000 kWh.
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An eye for detail – Accredited test laboratory of Würth Industrie Service relies on state-of-the-art technology with scanning electron microscope
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG gives highest priority to quality and safety. Specialised in connection technology, the test laboratory of the C-Parts partner is accredited for more than 50 test methods conforming to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 and serves as an official and independent test station for ensuring maximum product and process quality along the entire value chain. With an area of 800 square metres, it is equipped with latest test devices, which, together with qualified employees and end-to-end quality management, offer optimum conditions for reliable test results. With the new scanning electron microscope (SEM), the experts at Würth Industrie Service are now able to analyse components even more closely. For more than 20 years, Würth Industrie Service has been investing in state-of-the-art technologies for the highest level of quality.
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Line Walk to save costs and increase productivity of C-Parts in drawing and special parts
There is no doubt that C-Parts such as screws and nuts are indispensable for manufacturing companies. In addition to norm and standard parts, customised special and drawing parts are also increasingly in demand for a wide variety of requirements. And Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG fulfils this requirement: be it turning, milling, cold forming, stamping, lasing, edging or bending – we offer “all from one single source”. Considering the wide range of products, it is important to make the right choice with regard to quantity, quality, price and efficiency. This is exactly where the company comes in with its Line Walk and takes cost savings and increase in productivity of C-Parts in drawing and special parts to a completely new level.
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Fifth Expert Forum C-Parts Management at Würth Industrial Park
With the onset of pandemic, attendance events were forced to be put on hold and held online. At last, this seems to be a thing of the past. On Tuesday, 21st June and Wednesday, 22nd June 2022, more than 375 participants from more than 10 countries gathered together for the fifth Expert Forum C-Parts Management at Würth Industrial Park in Bad Mergentheim to discuss trends, innovations and global challenges in the industry. Among the top speakers there were speakers from ISS World Services A/S, Lauda Dr. R. Wobser GmbH Co. KG, Vitra Deutschland GmbH and ALTREX B.V. as well as Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, who has co-developed the Cradle to Cradle principle. According to Prof. Dr. Braungart, the principle applies to all products and is based on perfect cycles, so that ultimately there is no waste.
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Personal protective equipment from head to toe – intelligent supply concepts of Würth Industrie Service at Elster.
There are always visible and invisible dangers in our working environment. Professional occupational safety is therefore a prerequisite for safe and legally compliant work. According to the motto “all from one single source: product, system and service.”, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG offers optimum supply systems in the field of personal protective equipment (PPE) with intelligent ORSY®mat vending machine models and ORSY® shelving systems for a secure, automated and demand-based supply of MRO products. As a long-standing partner, Elster GmbH at the Mainz-Kastel site, sets the course for the efficient supply of auxiliary and operating materials for all requirements related to personal protective equipment with the current implementation of the innovative weighing system ORSY®mat WGT.
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Innovations for the production of tomorrow – Würth Industrie Service is one of Germany’s most innovative companies
As a comprehensive C-Parts partner, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG reinvents its supply of production and operating materials for around 20,000 customers every day. The company has always focused on innovative solutions in the fields of automation, digitalisation and Industry 4.0. For its innovation commitment, Focus and Focus Money awarded the C-Parts partner the DEUTSCHLAND TEST seal of “Germany’s most innovative company in 2022”, making it one of Germany’s innovation elite. With the 1st place in the category of “building materials and building accessories (wholesalers)”, the company emerges as a clear industry winner.
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Würth Industrial Network closed the financial year 2021 with turnover of 1.911 billion euros worldwide – of which 663 million euros are of Germany
Würth Industrial Network, or WINWORK®, reported a turnover of 1.911 billion euros worldwide in the financial year 2021. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG grew by 23.7 percent with a turnover of 663 million euros in Germany, thus reaching a historic record. The company looks back on a successful financial year 2021, despite a market environment confronted with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ABG relies on automated C-Parts management – 1000th RFID Kanban customer of Würth Industrie Service
Procuring C-Parts is one of the rather unpopular purchasing activities. They represent just 5% of the purchasing volume, but claim 75% of the procurement efforts and process costs. In other words, C-Parts are work, but no pleasure. However, with a well-thought out C-Parts management, secure and automated supply process can be designed. Additionally, much of the efforts involved can be reduced and used for value-adding activities in the core departments. ABG Allgemeine Baumaschinen-Gesellschaft mbH shows what a smart and efficient solution can look like. With the implementation of the intelligent pallet box iBOX® in January 2022, the company of the Volvo Group is the 1,000th RFID Kanban customer of Würth Industrie Service GmbH Co. KG.
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Specialised press 2021
Intelligent shelves for reordering automatically – RFID technology of Würth Industrie Service proving its worth for more than 10 years
In 2008, the first pre-series models were tested for the customer projects in industrial Kanban and the solutions were deployed under the brand CPS®RFID shortly thereafter. On 9th September 2021, the RFID system family as well as the intelligent shelf iSHELF® of Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG celebrated the tenth anniversary. By now more than 10000 modules are used in industrial production for decentralised material supply.
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New colleague of steel performs exceptionally – 1,000,000th bin picked up
In the age of digitalisation, robots are more involved in the processes of production, logistics and trade. Through new technology such as Machine Learning, the capabilities of robots are expanding and their possible applications are becoming more diverse. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG has also discovered this potential! Since 2016, the company has been already deploying a total of eight robots in the most modern logistics centre for industrial supply in Europe at Bad Mergentheim. In the beginning of August 2021, a milestone was beaten and the millionth bin was picked up by “robotic hand”.
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iSCALE - The new scale system
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. Kg is adding the innovative scale system iSCALE to its portfolio of fully-automated C-Parts solutions. iSCALE is a sensor-controlled scale, which is directly connected with the Kanban bin and is independently movable. As a result, it can be used flexibly in the industrial environment: at the assembly line, material storage, Kanban location or directly at the workplace. On the basis of the weight, the system notifies the requirements of production materials and other small parts digitally - from the customer’s point of use directly to the ERP system of Würth Industrie Service and ensures an exact replenishment. Because certainty is of utmost importance in the entire supply chain!
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Re-inventing oneself everyday – Würth Industrie Service awarded as top innovator 2021
Innovation and progress are the principles firmly embedded in the company strategy of Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG headquartered in Bad Mergentheim on the grounds of former Deutschorden barracks that are rich in tradition, and having the most modern logistics centre for industrial supply in Europe. The company has always been focussing on developing innovative solutions dedicated to automation, digitalisation and Industry 4.0. As a result, the C-Parts partner convinced the jury at the 28th round of the innovation competition “TOP 100”, and is thus, among the innovation elite of Germany's small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Manufacturing expertise onsite: Systemwerk in Boxberg boosts innovative and technological skills of Würth Industrie Service
Innovation processes take place in an environment of increasing customer requirements, high pace of innovation and constantly changing competitive and market environment. This demands high level of strategic and long-term action. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG regards the forming of cooperation as a key to success, as it enhances its capability for innovation by working together with competent partners as well as opens the opportunity of entering into new market segments. With the new Systemwerk in Boxberg, a production facility, all the expertise and production activities related to ORSY®mat vending machines for automatically supplying auxiliary and operating materials are bundled for all the companies of Würth Group.
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MRO products with system – ORSY®mat vending machines in global use at Danfoss
Danfoss has been relying on the flexible ORSY®mat vending machine solutions of Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co.KG for the supply of indirect materials for several years now. The reliable vending machines ensure a fully-automated and contactless procurement and considerably reduce the costs and time through decentralised provisioning. With the implementation of the innovative ORSY®mat WGT weighing system for all the requirements related to personal protective equipment of the employees as an addition to the already used vending machines, another project was successfully installed on 11th March, 2021 in Danfoss’s factory in Parchim.
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Intelligent shelves for reordering automatically – supply security through RFID technology
Saving time and money is proving to be more topical than ever owing to constantly and rapidly growing markets. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG helps its customers to overcome these challenges by automating and digitalising the logistics processes in C-Parts management. An automated reordering process, timely identification of demand fluctuations, shortened response times: in other words, maximum supply security with production material. By using RFID technology, AGCO | Fendt is now benefiting at the production site for building loading wagons in Waldstetten.
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Würth Industrie Service closes the fiscal year 2020 with 536 million euros of turnover
Despite the market conditions being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG was able to achieve a turnover of 536 million euros in the fiscal year 2020. “Last year was particularly challenging in all aspects.” states Rainer Bürkert, Member of the Central Managing Board of the Würth Group. “The Coronavirus forced us into a temporary lockdown. We had to take extraordinary steps to maintain operational efficiency in all of the business units, ensure delivery capacity of our logistics as well as fully support our systems in C-Parts management and, above all protect our employees.” clarifies Mr. Bürkert.
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Move forward together – Increase productivity in intralogistics through the new RFID system iPLACER®
The partners STILL GmbH and Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG have shown that Industry 4.0 can function smoothly at the forklifts and industrial trucks specialist’s plant in Hamburg. There, iPLACER®, a self-sufficient RFID module, is being used for a seamless supply of production materials. It was possible to implement the new system without time-consuming retrofitting of existing processes as well as without costly programming. The system was officially transferred from its pilot phase into regular operations in the STILL’s plant in Hamburg just in time at the end of the year.
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Specialised press 2020
WIS Virtual Experiences – Interactive experience of system and product solutions
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG encourages digital transformation and has created innovative options in recent years for interactively networking with the customers. Using WIS Virtual Experiences, a virtual showroom, the company presents supply solutions and the product range centred around efficient C-Parts management to its customers and business partners. Apart from interactive experience of range of products, the showroom also offers suitable setting for individual customer visits. In this way, the company closes the gap between telephone and video conference and the experience of face-to-face meetings while completely ensuring “social distancing“, which is of utmost importance in the present scenario. For it is undeniable and remains constant: personal contact with the customer has utmost priority.
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Innovation through cooperation: Würth Industrie Service and Fraunhofer allow systems to communicate – Digital. Real. Transparent.
Innovations in a company take place in an environment of increasing customer demands, high pace of innovation and constantly changing competitive and market landscape. It demands high level of strategic and long-term action. The companies regard the forming of cooperation as key to success and also as one of the approaches for dealing with increasing complexity. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG too utilises innovation cooperations and networks extensively to enhance its capability for innovation, expand its skills and enter new market segments by working together with competent partners. It is primarily about developing the company in its role as one of the comprehensive partners in C-Parts management. For this reason, digital transformation is considered as the pioneering driving force. Challenging times particularly highlight the importance of digital and automated business processes. Würth Industrie Service relies consistently on high level of supply security with innovative solutions.
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Full speed ahead in the new year − Würth Industrie Service closed financial 2019 with sales volume of EUR 582 million
In terms of economics, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG can look back on an eventful year 2019 and continues its course of the last years against the backdrop of the current economic situation. The company trading with modular C-parts solutions with a focus on all needs of manufacturing industry customers reported a sales volume of EUR 582 million in 2019, corresponding to an increase of 2.5 percent.
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The new ORSY®mat WGT. Automatic material supply with weighing system for MRO requirements
The new ORSY®mat WGT weighing system, where WGT stands for weight, from Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG is one of six automatic vending machine models offering secure, automated supply of tools and operating materials in industrial production and maintenance. The latest vending machine system features integrated weighing technology and is particularly suitable for simultaneous retrieval of multiple items, retrieval of individual items within a packaging unit and fully automated re-ordering of MRO products.
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Specialised press 2019
Additive manufacturing technologies open up new potential: New service added to supply of C-Parts
Additive manufacturing, which is much better known to most people as 3D printing, has been in use in plastics engineering for many years. However, the method offers potential for many further applications: architecture, design, medical engineering, packaging or mechanical engineering. The services offered by Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG are specifically geared towards machinery and plant engineering. Thanks to these services, initial samples, prototypes, certified serial parts, spare parts and tools come from a single source from batch size one — a quick and cost-efficient supply process, not just for C-Parts.
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New reference book of Würth Industrie Service published C-Parts Management: Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow.
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG is the publisher of the new reference book ”C-Parts Management. Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow.“ that will be available by the end of July. Apart from offering basic know-how about C-Parts and C-Parts management, the book constitutes a comprehensive work of reference for employees, manufacturing companies, customers and business associates as well as for schools, universities and colleges.
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Tradition and Innovation: Expert Forum on C-Parts Management at Würth Industrie Service
On June 25th and 26th, 2019, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG carried through the third Expert Forum C-Parts Management at Industriepark Würth in Bad Mergentheim, which was attended by 500 participants. On the occasion of the 20th company anniversary, the event was under the motto: “Tradition and Innovation”.
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Award for Best Logistics Brand 2019
The winners of the reader and expert survey on the “Best Logistics Brands 2019” organized by German magazine LOGISTIK HEUTE and the German logistics association BVL were honored at a festive award night in Berlin on 10 April 2019 — and Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG was among the award winners. Würth Industrie has again taken second place in the bins category for its developments and innovations.
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Specialised press 2018
Growth continued - Würth Industrie Service closes business year 2018 with sales of EUR 567.7 million
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG can look back on a pleasing year 2018 and again continues its growth of the past years. The supplier of modular C-Parts solutions for the manufacturing industry increased its sales in 2018 by 12.5 percent to a record value of EUR 567.7 million.
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New WIS platform by Würth Industrie Service launched
To make C-Parts management more efficient for industrial customers, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG developed a new system. The WIS platform (Würth Industrie Service) features a user-friendly interface combining all functions of a Kanban system with full transparency of all processes. Thanks to its multilingual layout, the system can be used at production sites in several countries.
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600th RFID customer of Würth Industrie Service
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG implemented a new RFID Kanban system for the French manufacturer of camping equipment and motor homes, Trigano, at their Mamers location. This intelligent solution safeguards efficient supply of C-parts to production. With the most recent project for Trigano, Würth Industrie Service has now equipped 600 customers with this solution all over Europe.
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CPS®miLOGISTICS: One system for all suppliers.
Würth Industrie Service has devised a new system to meet individual customer requirements that go beyond its own product range. With CPS®miLOGISTICS, not only standard and special parts, but also non-Würth items are integrated into the C-Parts management system and incorporated into the efficient Kanban supply from Würth Industrie Service.
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Sales record 2017: Würth Industrie Service exceeds EUR 500 million mark
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG can look back on an exceptionally successful year 2017. Reporting double-digit growth of 11 %, the customers’ reliable partner for C parts management generated sales of EUR 504 million for the very first time. The number of employees rose to 1,489. In 2018, Würth Industrie Service strives to achieve similar growth rates, mainly investing in staff and the further development of digital solutions in C-Parts management.
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Industry 4.0 and the challenges it faces
Digitize, but how? Networking across the company's borders is increasingly coming into focus. Companies must constantly reinvent themselves and change their business model in the face of global competition, rising customer expectations, and the high speed of innovation. The associated changes in the intralogistics processes are the focus of the interview with Ralph Szepanski from "The Business Debate" and Rainer Bürkert, Executive Vice President of the Würth Group, for Handelsblatt and Wall Street Journal.
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Specialised press 2017
Certified expertise - First continuing education seminar for future PPE product specialists at Würth Industrie Service
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is not only useful, but indispensable for employees. Whether the aim is to protect your eyes, ears, hands, skin or yourself from falling, or you are talking about safety shoes- or clothes - PPE is needed wherever people take protective measures to ensure health and safety at work. This is just one of the reasons why especially industry businesses should pay close attention to this topic. In this connection, qualification plays a decisive role. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG recognized this need early on and formed a team of PPE experts for its customers already back in 2007. Their expertise was now backed up further by the seminar for future PPE product specialists that was organized by TÜV SÜD Akademie. From November 27th to December 1st 2017, 16 employees participated in this in-depth further education seminar at Industriepark Würth in Bad Mergentheim.
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First Expert Forum C-Parts Management
Logistics: the motor behind Industry 4.0

More than 500 invited guests from around the world met for the first Expert Forum C-Parts Management at Industriepark Würth in Bad Mergentheim to discuss the challenges of Industry 4.0, digitalisation and autonomisation in the industrial sector and logistics industry. There are already numerous technological innovations in the logistics industry. Clear trends here are collaboration and self-organising processes. Apart from representatives from Kärcher, KUKA, STILL and Würth, the top-class speakers included Prof. Dr. Michael ten Hompel, for whom logistics play the central role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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Space for 150,000 pallets - Würth Industrie Service’s extended logistics centre starts operation
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG has expanded its European logistics centre in Bad Mergentheim. A new fully automatic high-rack warehouse has raised capacity by more than 49,000 pallet storage slots to currently around 650,000 storage locations, 150,000 of them for pallets alone.
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Expansion of logistics centre is coming to an end: storage and retrieval machines integrated into new high-bay warehouse
On Tuesday, 28 March 2017, the storage and retrieval machines were delivered and installed for Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG’s new high-bay warehouse at Würth Industrial Park in Bad Mergentheim.
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Würth Industrie Service successfully closes financial year 2016
Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG successfully expanded its sales volume to EUR 455 million in the financial year 2016. The planned targets could be achieved thanks to a 7.1 percent growth rate.
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Specialised press 2016
Würth Industrie Service wins the international German Packaging Award 2016 in the "Logistics and material flow" category
The winners of the showcase event, the German Packaging Awards 2016, have been chosen. An independent expert jury selected 34 of the best packaging solutions out of more than 200 entries from Germany, France, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland and Switzerland. Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG was awarded the German Packaging Award 2016 in the "Logistics and material flow" category for its solution in the field of Kanban bins.
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A commitment to Europe - Expansion of the Würth Industrie Service logistics centre
On 21 July 2016, the ground work began in advance of construction of the most modern logistics centre for industrial supply in Europe at Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG. This moment was marked with an official ground-breaking ceremony featuring 30 invited guests, including Mayor Udo Glatthaar, member of the German parliament Margaret Horb, the planners and engineers involved, as well as Würth Industrie Service management.
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Würth Industrie Service wins second place for Best Logistics Brand of 2016 in the containers category
On 20 April 2016, Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG was presented with an award as one of many winners in the reader and expert poll "Best Logistics Brand 2016" in Berlin for the category containers. At a festive award ceremony, LOGISTIK HEUTE and Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) e.V. awarded the representatives of the victorious brands the trophy for Best Logistics Brand.
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Specialised press 2014
iBin®WP – direct and connected supply to the workstation
Industry 4.0 was the central subject at the LogiMAT 2014 trade show in Stuttgart and is likely to turn the industries of intralogistics, logistics and materials management upside down in the years to come. The new iBin®WP heralds an industrial revolution in C-Parts management: Industry 4.0, where human beings are in the center of a cross-linked world of systems. Würth small-load carrier W-KLT®2.0, flexible W-KLT®Clip and the intelligent iBin® camera module make up the basis of this. Together, they stand for the iBin®WP (workplace) and make up a fully networked workstation.
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Specialised press 2013
iBin – Stocks in Focus: iNFORMATIVE. iNNOVATIVE. iNTELLIGENT.
Bad Mergentheim/Main-Tauber-Kreis. On January, 16th 2013, Würth Industrie Service is the first C-Part partner to present a visual ordering system which will revolutionize the entire Materials Managements sector. It is now possible, for the first time, to transfer filling level, quantity and information of articles automatically to the inventory management system via integrated camera using RFID technology on a bin level. This means that not only is consumer-controlled supply of small parts for production requirements possible on a just-in-time basis, but C-Part supply is also executed by real time transfer via image format: simply iNTELLIGENT!
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