PROMAG S.A. has supplied warehouse equipment to two distribution centers of Tenneco Automotive Polska. This is another major installation for the automotive industry completed by the Company in 2015, following projects for Ronal and POLMOstrów.
The automotive industry has taken a particular liking to the Polish market. According to PAIZ data, the automotive sector is the second largest in Poland in terms of generated turnover. Companies in the automotive industry are directly or indirectly responsible for 8.6% of the GDP generated by the Polish economy. According to a report summarizing the development of the logistics industry in Poland in 2015, it is the industry that ranked 3rd in terms of warehouse investments.
One of the companies that invested in optimizing its warehouse space in 2015 is Tenneco Automotive Polska from Rybnik. The enterprise belongs to the American concern Tenneco, based in Illinois, which manufactures automotive parts for, among others: BMW, Daimler AG, Fiat, Ford Motor, General Motors, Harley-Davidson, Mazda Motor, Nissan Motor, Porsche, Renault, Suzuki, Toyota Motor, Volkswagen Group, and Volvo Truck.
Tenneco Automotive Polska modernized its warehouse facilities in two locations – Rybnik and Stanowice. Before the investment, storage was carried out in a traditional way on the floor in load units such as gitterboxes, half-pallets, and sheet metal coils. The designer and supplier of the new warehouse equipment was PROMAG S.A., which was the only one to provide comprehensive service including a logistics audit, design, supervision of building expert opinions, delivery, assembly, and training.
At the logistics audit stage, Tenneco was presented with several alternative solutions and rack layouts. Ultimately, selective pallet racks filled with grating and equipped with pallet backstops were chosen, adapted for operation with VNA system trucks, which the company leases. The chosen modernization variant was optimized in terms of technical and economic aspects. Thanks to the investment implemented by PROMAG, Tenneco increased its storage capacity by as much as 70% within its existing location resources. Direct access to every stored load unit was also obtained, and the time-consumption of logistics operations was reduced. Thanks to the new organization of warehouse work, detailed technical solutions adapted to the specifics of the stored goods, and training support, work safety and the safety of stored products were also significantly improved, which was one of the priorities for Tenneco.