Sappi is a global leader in providing eco-friendly packaging solutions made from wood fibres sourced from responsibly managed forests and plantations.
The company offers a wide range of products, including packaging, speciality papers, graphic papers, and casting papers.
To better understand Sappi’s international presence, let’s take a look at some numbers: the company has over 12,400 employees in over 35 countries and operates production facilities on three continents (10 in Europe, 4 in North America, and 5 in Southern Africa). Production stands at around 10 million tonnes of paper annually, which is then sold and distributed to direct and indirect customers in over 150 countries.
Sappi’s ambition has driven the company to aim for further growth and to pursue increasingly challenging objectives. To achieve this, it was necessary to renew and expand its warehouse structure, so that it could improve storage capacity, operational efficiency, and customer service.
These are Sappi’s main challenges:
At ROSSS, we identified the appropriate solution to meet Sappi’s needs: a self-supporting and automated warehouse, an absolutely state-of-the-art engineering feat.
This steel giant for paper storage is capable of storing heavy rolls up to 2,500 kg/m, with a total capacity of 10,900,000 kg.
Designed according to the most rigorous fire engineering standards to ensure internal implosions, the facility has the following characteristics:
Our intervention led to significant benefits to the company, including:
