Hänel Office and Industrial Storage Systems, as one of the leading providers of intralogistic solutions worldwide, has made major contributions to the development of automated storage and materials handling through its many inventions and patents.

GEM Products, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

The compact and systematic storage of stainless steel latches, handles, barrel bolts and pipe brackets in the Hänel Lean-Lift® saves enormous amounts of floor space. 

L. H. Dottie, Commerce, California, USA

The company relies on a Hänel Lean-Lift® as the key system for distributed storage in its wholesale warehouse. The vertical system is used to store various items in small batches. 

Earnhardt Ford, Chandler, Arizona, USA

The Hänel intralogistics solutions were installed to utilize valuable floor space more effectively. The Hänel Lean-Lift® and Rotomat® systems fully utilize the vertical space available – from floor to ceiling.

DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

A compact Hänel Lean-Lift® in the production area is used for the heightoptimized storage of hardware, bolts, brackets, and similar items. 

Tetra Pak®, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico

The vertical Hänel Lean-Lift® systems provide an enormous amount of storage capacity. All kinds of spare parts are neatly organized and readily available within a small storage system footprint.

Brose, Colón, Querétaro, Mexico

The Hänel Lean-Lift® has a height of nearly 9 m and can handle a total load capacity of 60 tons – the system holds spare parts needed for production machinery.

Lumietri, Hänel Storage Systems Channel Partner, Mexico

Lumietri can now look back on 17 years of business success. The company has made a name for itself in the Mexican market with Hänel intralogistics solutions

Traditional supply chains are undergoing fundamental change as a result of Industry 4.0. Efficient intralogistics solutions and the optimization of picking processes are decisive factors that are having an impact in this era of change.

Another highlight is the convenient set of filter functions for the Hänel Solution Finder.

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The clear and practical layout of the calendar will help you plan and organize your schedule. 

Medical Technology Business | FR

The Lean-Lift® systems are operated with the compact Hänel MP 12 N controller. The systems are easy to use thanks to a wide range of functions.

BJ Logistics | Sillingy, FR

A cluster comprised of three Lean-Lift® systems, each equipped with two access points, is operated through two floors for maximum utilization of the vertical space available in the warehouse.

Cultura | Périgueux, FR

The Hänel Rotomat® also bolsters corporate identity with its modern design and orange color – the customized system blends in perfectly with the overall layout and design of the retail store.

Cayer Barrioz | Pringy, FR

The efficient and compact Hänel Rotomat® was installed to replace static shelving so that more floor space would be available for manufacturing purposes.

LIEBHERR France SAS | Colmar, FR

Heightoptimized storage and the Hänel multifunction containers ensure that even the most diverse parts can be stored compactly and efficiently, with high cost-effectiveness. Hänel multifunction containers always retain their shape and are absolutely distortion-free.

Hänel Office and Industrial Storage Systems, maker of dynamic lift solutions, and the SAP consulting firm prismat have formed an international alliance to promote digitization in the intralogistics market.

CeMAT 2018 International Trade Fair

The Motto Logistics 4.0 meets Industry 4.0 was used to integrate CeMAT in the Hanover Fair this year. The coupling of both events thus gave thousands of visitors to the Hanover Fair a chance to experience CeMAT as well. 

Augmented Reality

The live presentation of order picking with augmented reality (AR) devices and the Hänel Lean-Lift® drew a lot of attention at CeMAT.

Smart Picking

With web devices that make order picking easy and flexible

Visual Operation

Hänel PictureControl, HänelSoft® and the new MP 14 N controller for innovative visual system operation!

Powerful Features

Hänel offers a wide range of options for building customized storage solutions to satisfy unique customer requirements. 

Digital Connected

Hänel controllers have four different modes of operation to support integration in your network

Hänel Precision Gears – our sister company – at the Hanover Trade Fair

To complement the Hänel presence at CeMAT, Hänel Precision Gears participated in the Hanover Trade Fair with a brand-new stand and impressive exhibit of the company’s high-quality products.

A Hänel Rotomat® storage system on the production floor serves as a material depot for adhesives and edge trimming mounted on reels. This material is fed into automated edging machines during the gluing and finishing process for furniture surfaces.

A Hänel Rotomat® is operated in the company workshop as a central provisioning system for machinists. All tools, equipment, measuring devices, etc. are stored centrally in the area where they are needed.

Fast access, maximum storage volume and lower costs with the Hänel Rotomat® storage carousel.

Der Hänel Rotomat® sorgt für eine organisierte Lagerung auf engstem Raum. Zudem wurden in der Produktion die Zugriffszeiten auf Einzelteile, wie Elektronikkomponenten, Normteile und feinmechanische Werkstücke, für die Montagetechnik verkürzt.

To increase storage capacity and speed up access to tools, raw materials and documents, Pomtava has been using Hänel storage solutions for many years with great success.

Employees of all abilities work side by side when retrieving items from the Hänel Rotomat® and packing them for delivery. Thanks to its intuitive operation workers can fill orders independently, quickly and accurately.

The Hänel systems are installed centrally in the production area. Employees are able to retrieve machine parts on demand – precisely when and where they are needed. There is no need to walk back and forth during retrieval, and that saves time and reduces machine retooling time.

Our Christmas card this year highlights the augmented reality trend in storage technology – and invites you to embark on an inspiring journey to the virtual world of Christmas with Hänel.

Both Hänel Rotomat storage systems are fully integrated in the production processes. Fast access to finished gears and other components is of vital importance, along with systematic and space-saving storage.

The Hänel Lean-Lifts® provide storage capacity from the floor to the ceiling and contain components needed for manufacturing, as well as spare parts and accessories for customers.

The vertical lift at Rosenbauer was designed so that the vertical height of the building could be used to full capacity, and that also includes the basement height of three meters.

Eight Hänel Lean-Lifts® – processing up to 8,000 item picks each month – support employees in filling and shipping orders quickly and reliably.

One Hänel Multi-Space® serves as the primary tool depot for high-tech production processes. The three-axis Hänel system is used for storing and provisioning a wide range of tools, metrology devices and consumables.

The cluster of six Hänel Lean-Lifts® in the tool department makes sure that the right tools are available for all of the workbenches as needed.

Pfeiffer Metal Technology relies on a Hänel Lockomat® lift system for storing cutting tools and equipment used to process profile aluminum.

The Hänel Lean-Lift® serves as the central tool dispensing system at the Zetec manufacturing facility. Cutting tools, tool holders and special drills are just a few of the many items that are efficiently and ergonomically provided to employees.

The clear and practical layout of the calendar will help you plan and organize your schedule.

To gain insights into the many tool storage and provisioning options available, we suggest that you read our new brochure 'Efficient Tool Storage and Organization with the Intelligent Hänel Intralogistics Solutions'.

Two Hänel Lean-Lifts® are located at the center of the manufacturing facility for the central storage of small parts. The vertical lifts have a height of some nine meters and are equipped with 160 Hänel multifunction containers that provide more than 6,000 storage positions.

Two Hänel Rotomat® storage systems serve as an integral part of an ultra-modern Industry 4.0 production site operated by Bosch.

Two Hänel Rotomat® storage systems are used in the packaging department to speed up shipping at the company site in Balingen, Germany.

To reduce the costs of freight and logistics, six independent sales and logistics centers in Europe were relocated and consolidated at the company site in Endingen/Kaiserstuhl, Germany. This project also included the integration of four Hänel Lean-Lift® systems that had previously been used as a stand-alone solution in the central warehouse.

Four Hänel Lean-Lifts® with premium color finishes support employees in Hamburg every day.

On August 5 1996 Industore installed its first Hänel Rotomat® industrial lift system at BASS Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent.

The fully equipped Demo Centre serves as a forum where customers and prospects can see Hänel systems in action – the Hänel Rotomat® office carousel, the Hänel Lean-Lift® and the intelligent Hänel microprocessor controllers are demonstrated live in Cardiff.

To store large components safely and reliably, two Hänel lifts were equipped with an extra-high access point.

Intelligent integration of three Hänel lift systems for storing spare parts at world’s leading railway technology provider.

Two Hänel Lean-Lifts® help resolve the constantly growing need for more space in the service centre.

The lifts are protected by automatic sliding doors and an access control function integrated in the MP 12 N controller. An authorized code is required to access the systems.

The 12 Lean-Lifts® are linked up with the company’s ERP system via an SQL database.

The mission of the company is to produce technologies that improve people’s lives. To improve its own operations, Hewlett Packard invested in four Hänel Lean-Lifts® that make life easier for employees.

Both parts and finished components are kept in the storage systems. The Hänel Lean-Lifts® provide a safe environment for storing sensitive items and devices.

The motto of CeMAT 2016 the world’s foremost intralogistics trade fair – was ”Smart Supply Chain Solutions.”

The 12-inch high-resolution touch display supports maximum ease of use with a screen having plenty of space to show vast amounts of information.

For managing various types of Hänel storage systems, as well as conventional warehouse solutions, HänelSoft® is the perfect WMS for meeting the challenges of the future.

The latest generation MP 12 N-H/HostWeb controller also doubles as a terminal for a wide range of ERP systems. Synchronization problems, such as those stemming from redundant data storage, are prevented.

Hänel controllers are holistic solutions for efficient intralogistics. In stand-alone mode, the complete warehouse management software is already integrated in the controller.

The MP 12 N series can be integrated directly in enterprise networks – these controllers communicate with different kinds of ERP systems without the need for additional middleware.

The effective energy consumption of automated material and file handling systems has a major impact on operating costs, amortization and not least on environmental protection.

Some 30 companies participated in the demonstrations conducted in the special exhibition area. Hänel Office and Industrial Storage Systems partnered with viastore SOFTWARE and contributed a Lean-Lift® to the intralogistics concept presented in the exhibit.

More than 100 sales organizations in the United States, Canada and Mexico are recognized as authorized Hänel partners.

Located centrally in the company’s production area, one Hänel Lean-Lift® stores all of the spare parts needed to keep manufacturing equipment and machines up and running.

Fast provisioning of operating room material on demand is guaranteed because one Rotomat® storage system is located just a few steps away from the OR area.

Thanks to the “goods to man” principle, there is no need for employees to stoop and lift heavy items, nor is there any ladder climbing when retrieving parts. The items requested are picked from the storage system and placed on carts where they are packed for shipping.

M & M International relies on dependable Hänel storage technology for its inventory of valve components. Two heavy-duty Hänel Lean-Lifts® and one Hänel Rotomat® storage system are in operation.

Unlike conventional shelf and rack solutions, automated vertical storage systems utilize the full height capacity of the warehouse building. In addition to providing enormous space savings, the systems also ensure that medical instruments, prostheses and supplies are protected from dust and contamination.

Products from TAM International are used worldwide. The company operates five Hänel Lean-Lifts® at its headquarters in Houston, Texas.

Optimal overviews and accurate inventory control with HänelSoft® warehouse management software.

The Hänel vertical lifts are equipped with multifunction containers, making them ideal for automated small parts storage. Job orders are displayed directly on the HänelSoft® terminal and can be processed there.

In conjunction with intelligent TIKOS control software, the Hänel Multi-Space® proved to be an efficient alternative to a conventional laundry sorting system – and it reduced investment costs considerably.

At its site in Altstätten, Switzerland, the company has a total of seven Hänel Lean-Lifts® in operation to support intralogistics processes. Five of the systems are installed in an enclosed shaft located at the center of the warehouse.

In the past the storage of sensitive reference samples of medications was a manual process – today six vertical Hänel Rotomat® systems are used.

Today three Hänel Rotomat® systems store the ingredients needed for developing soup and sauce recipes, all within an extremely small footprint, and with fast and convenient access.

The microbiological fermenting process that enriches the beer is carefully maintained through an efficient electronic heating unit that keeps the temperature at a constant 28 degrees Celsius in the Rotomat®.

In addition to the two storage systems already in operation, the company expanded storage capacity in 2011 by installing two more Lean-Lifts®. Since then, the parts warehouse has been optimized again with two Hänel Lean-Lifts®, all with a height of nine meters.

Hänel Office and Storage Systems has maintained a very successful business partnership with Headland Machinery for more than 10 years. Nearly the entire Hänel portfolio and several system versions can be seen in the Headland showrooms in Melbourne and Sydney.

12 Hänel Lean-Lifts® with a customized special premium finish and designed for smooth and efficient logistics are the eye-catching highlight of the Brezan distribution center.

When moving to its new headquarters on Doornhoek in Veghel, SIBO also integrated six Hänel Lean-Lifts® in its order distribution center. Some 5,000 different items are stored at this site.

For storage and order picking processes, Paul Meijering Metalen keeps these items in eight Hänel Lean-Lifts® installed in a new warehouse. The systems have a height of nine meters and are configured compactly.

VBH offers a complete line of hinges and locks for installation in doors and windows. Three Hänel Lean-Lifts® are used for the central storage of small parts in the warehouse located in Oosterhout.

The Hänel Lean-Lift® is a first-class, high-tech system for storage organization and materials handling that saves time, storage space and costs, and it makes the overall workflow more efficient.

We make every effort to provide you with many videos on our website that show Hänel systems in action at customer sites.

Hänel storage systems allow dealers to store tools, spare parts and documents at a central location in the service department.

For better efficiency and cost-effectiveness, the Jung Volkswagen dealership in Sinsheim stores all of its standard and special tools in a Hänel Lean-Lift®.

Sensitive material is safeguarded with locking mechanisms and access codes. Many hospitals rely on Hänel systems for the ergonomic storage and provisioning of surgical instruments and equipment needed in operating rooms.

St. Gallen Canton Hospital in Switzerland relies on six Hänel Rotomat® systems. Two of these have been in operation for more than 20 years. That reflects the proven quality of the systems and the excellence of Hänel service and maintenance.

In 1957, Hänel was the first manufacturer in Europe to start series production of filing carousels based on the Ferris wheel principle. And Karl-Bruno Hänel played a key role in this development.

Be sure to drop by and experience Hänel live.

Since effective software is a key element in efficient intralogistics, Hänel placed a special focus on software solutions at CeMAT 2014.

Hänel has succeeded once again in expanding the dimensions of typical storage solutions. The new extra-wide version of the Lean-Lift® has a width of up to 16.01 ft.

The specialists at Hänel focused their expertise on three major objectives when developing this software:

High functionality
Transparent user guidance
Optimal price-performance ratio

The latest generation of the MP 12 N-HostWeb controller has now become an SAP user terminal. Synchronization problems, such as duplication of data storage, are avoided.

As a recognized partner, the Hänel company has met the criteria of Blue Competence, a sustainability initiative of the VDMA, since December 2012.

The effective energy consumption of automated material and file handling systems has a major impact on operating costs, amortization and not least on environmental protection.

To meet growing business and storage demands, especially for spare parts and components, Vogel expanded its floor space up to some 6,000 m2. The Multi-Space® from Hänel plays a decisive role in the efficiency of the new warehouse infrastructure.

Here you will find information and videos about the company and the many manufacturing techniques and services available.

This brochure also provides you with details about advanced Hänel processes and the skilled employees responsible for our wellknown precision.

Watch the making-of video to see each step involved in producing the Hänel Christmas Card.

Hänel storage systems are high-quality, reliable and durable systems. The high reliability is the basis for a market in used Hänel storage systems. Time and again, however, used machines that are not authorized by Hänel are offered by dealers (within and outside the EU).

The international aerospace industry is yet another sector in which Hänel is a reliable partner when it comes to optimizing storage processes.

The compact design enables up to 60 % more filing capacity to be created on a minimal footprint by making use of the available room height.

The integration of the disabled into working life is more important today than ever. To achieve long-term integration, appropriate measures need to be taken.

The Economics Ministry creates specially adapted workplaces for people with disabilities. In this regional authority all the office supplies are organized centrally in a Hänel Rotomat® office carousel.

These 20 years have flown by. There have been ups and downs, but in a time when our society is undergoing constant change, these 20 years have been marked by mutual trust and shared successes.

So it is no surprise that Hänel Precision Gears refuses to compromise not only in production but also in its administration, and relies on the time-proven Hänel Rotomat® office carousels.

The design flexibility of the Hänel Rotomat® system enabled the carousel to be integrated through three floors in a previously unused corridor.

The branch in Bulle operates two Hänel Rotomat® office carousels. Several thousand customer dossiers are archived and managed there in hanging folders.

Five Hänel Rotomat® office carousels are used to archive the personnel files of more than 5,000 employees. The documents need to be quickly retrievable at any time.

BStU

17 vertical carousels from Hänel were tailored to the complex storage situation of the agency.

Retirement pension insurance for state employees

The Hänel Rotomat® office carousel saves space and affords user-friendly access to the required files close to the workstations.

Local police headquarters in Meschede

The local police headquarters in Meschede relies on the Hänel Rotomat® 600 for its administration work – the carousel for vertical hanging folders

Department of Justice for North Rhine-Westphalia

The Department of Justice in Düsseldorf has to keep countless files in a very limited space, since floor area is at a premium in the heritage-protected building in the centre of the city.

Public Transport of Geneva (TPG)

The personnel files of some 1,900 employees are safely archived and managed in the Hänel Rotomat® office carousel.

Hänel meets Blue Competence criteria

Under the headline “Blue Competence: Engineering a better world!” the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung profiled a number of companies with their respective contributions to sustainability...

Hänel controllers as SAP terminals

Hänel attaches great importance to enabling the storage lifts to interface directly with customer ERP software. 

Hänel CleanStore

The effective, space-saving storage concept in low-particle clean-rooms with time-proven Hänel Rotomat® or Lean-Lift® technology.

Hänel Rotomat®

Hänel started series-producing filing carousels (the first manufacturer in Europe to do so) over 50 years ago – and you reap the benefits of this long experience.

Hänel Lean-Lift® – Storage down to –80°C

For many years Hänel’s product range has included future-oriented solutions for storage in air-controlled environments in the form of the ClimateStore® systems.