Matsmart –
Matsmart
It all began in 2013 when the founder of Matsmart saw how loads of perfectly fine food was thrown in the trash. Unnecessarily so. Back then it was only a simple e-business, some shelves, and orders that were packed late at night. Today it is an automated warehouse of 22,000 square metres.
Square metres –
22,000
Number of robots –
149
Rescued food in 2021 –
10,969 tonnes
Robots and solar panels
Matsmart’s climate-smart e-commerce warehouse in Örebro is the single largest investment the company has ever made. Tens of thousands of tonnes of food and consumer products are rescued every year from the warehouse. Up to 60% of the operation of the warehouse is powered by solar panels. The warehouse is 22,000 square metres and has 10,000 pallet spaces and 14 loading platforms.
There are 149 robots available in the warehouse to support the co-workers, and the picking capacity is about 6,000 order lines per hour. The automation is built with the AutoStore system from Element Logic.
Except being a very nice town, Örebro is an amazing logistics town with a strong position in e-commerce Sweden. Our warehouse is well-situated based on where our customers live, and it will be next to PostNord’s big terminal.
How the move happened
The initial contact was made in 2020 with a question concerning the municipality of Örebro’s preparedness in regards to getting existing staff to move along. We did not know which company it was at that time and place. In 2021, Matsmart is presented as the company to establish in Örebro. After a survey was conducted, it turned out that more than 60 people had expressed an interest in moving along to the Örebro region. A custom-made video based on the answers was produced to show how it is to live in the Örebro region. Together with the municipal and privately-owned housing companies, we have worked hard to meet the demands on apartments.
About 40 families have moved to the Örebro region in 2022.
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