Automated Guided Vehicles and Laser Guided Vehicles (AGV/LGV) are well-established tools of the trade in the paper industry - but today they come with the latest technologies built-in. AGVs deliver the goods and users reap the benefits in all sorts of applications, right through the manufacturing process

Over the years, AGVs have earned a reputation as safe, reliable and efficient workhorses of the paper industry. AGVs excel at transporting awkward and difficult-to-handle loads with a wide range of weights and sizes. They do it safely and without drivers. AGVs deliver the goods and the benefits through the whole manufacturing process, from goods-in to goods-out.

The photo shows just one typical example of AGVs transporting paper reels in a newsprint works.
But our paper industry capability also includes reel-clamp vehicles for automated and super-efficient transport, handling and warehousing; typically carrying paper reels that weigh up to 4 tonnes and block stacking them over 4 meters high.And at the top end of the spectrum, we have AGVs that carry super-heavyweight or jumbo paper reels that weigh-in at 20 tonnes. AGVs can be standard trucks or they can be tailor-made for the job. But whichever type of AGV is needed, the outcome is the same; the customer benefits. Flexibility, reliability and above all safety are built-in. Running a 3-shift day and 7-day week, the results are always good; higher productivity, lower operating costs, a healthy return on investment and a safer working environment.

E&K AUTOMATION delivers integrated materials handling & storage systems, process automation & optimization systems, order picking systems and is a European market leader in Automated Guided Vehicles. With both AGVs and LGVs of every shape and size working in just about every sector of industry, E&K AUTOMATION delivers the goods.
With over 43 years experience in the AGV business and hundreds of installations running thousands of vehicles, E&K AGVs serve the paper industry and way beyond.
And now our MES-CON OS software suite integrates and controls the flow of material and the use of transport resources in the whole workplace. MES-CON OS can be used to identify optimization potential and implement improvements, to highlight and eliminate inefficiencies, to increase utilization and to improve quality. MES-CON OS; for total control. So for transport and handling systems that deliver more and cost less, plus unlimited access to the widest range of AGV & LGV technologies, contact E&K AUTOMATION.