# Tier 1 automotive supplier awards AS/RS contract to Daifuku for UK facility

A Tier 1 automotive supplier signed a contract with Daifuku to construct an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) at its UK manufacturing facility, to be installed during 2020 and ready for start of production in early 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-06-18
- Where: United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: automated storage and retrieval system
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Daifuku](https://endata.com/companies/16943.md)

## Sources

- [logisticsmatters.co.uk](https://www.logisticsmatters.co.uk/article/tier-1-automotive-supplier-awards-as-rs-contract/), 2020-06-18: "The AS/RS will act as a buffer between the Tier 1 supplier’s manufacturing cell and the automotive manufacturer’s assembly line."

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