CLog 3.0: COOP and WITRON launch third building stage

CLog 3.0: COOP and WITRON launch third building stage

Norwegian grocery retailer COOP Norge SA and WITRON have maintained a successful and trusting partnership for more than a decade. This collaboration is embodied in the full-range logistics center near Gardermoen Airport in Oslo. Covering 84,000 square meters, the facility currently supplies 1,200 stores with more than 13,000 different dry, fresh, and frozen items. At its core is WITRON’s OPM system, featuring 42 COM machines operating across all temperature zones. In early November 2025, COOP signed a contract for the project CLog 3.0 to expand its highly automated facility by adding 12 additional COM machines along with all upstream and downstream logistics technology. This third building stage will increase the total COM machine count in the logistics center to 54 and boost throughput to 690,000 picks per day.

50 percent less workforce - 50 percent fewer truck trips

54,600 different dry, fresh, and frozen items

Letters of intent signed for new highly automated logistics center in Kungsbacka

Axfood plans to establish a new highly automated logistics centre to be completed in 2030 which will ensure higher capacity and efficiency for the Group’s future growth in southern Sweden. Letters of intent have been signed with Witron to use the company’s automation technology and with the Municipality of Kungsbacka to locate the logistics centre to Frillesås.

Successful outcome of a company-wide supply chain transformation

At its distribution centers in Brisbane and Sydney, Coles uses state-of-the-art WITRON technology to pick 1.6 billion sales units annually from a dry goods range comprising 19,000 different items. More than 90 percent of these items are picked either fully automatically or at semi-automated workstations. The WITRON solution has fundamentally transformed not only the processes in the distribution centers but also enhanced efficiency and product availability in the stores. Working conditions for Coles’ employees have also significantly improved. As a result, nearly 18 million kilograms of manual lifting and carrying have been completely eliminated each week across the entire supply chain. By halving the required footprint compared to a manual warehouse, the ecological impact has been substantially reduced - enabling the implementation of a business model that is both economically viable and environmentally sustainable. A third, even larger logistics center is already under construction in Melbourne.

TJ Morris and WITRON deepen partnership

The British family-owned enterprise TJ Morris awarded WITRON the order to design and implement a circa 1 million sf2 distribution centre for food and non-food products. The highly automated facility in Doncaster is designed for a daily picking capacity of 646,000 cases and will supply over 300 stores from a range of 10,000 different dry goods from mid-2028. The signing of the contract is a particular vote of confidence, as a TJ Morris distribution centre of similar size will be put into operation by WITRON in St Helens in May 2025, and WITRON have already received the contract for the Doncaster Distribution Centre.

ASCLA Award: Prestigious Recognition for Coles and WITRON

In mid-November 2024, the SCLAA (Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia) celebrated outstanding achievements in the fields of logistics, transport, and supply chain with a prestigious gala event in Sydney. A highlight of the evening was the coveted “Automation, Robotics or Emerging Technology” award, presented to the WITRON Group for its exceptional work in designing and implementation of the state-of-the-art, highly automated dry goods logistics center for food retailer Coles in Redbank (Brisbane). Fellow winner, Portalink Pty Ltd was also recognized in this category for their own remarkable contributions. Widely regarded as Australia’s premier logistics event, the evening brought industry leaders together for an inspiring night of recognition and achievement.