# Alpha Manufacturing extends STOPA automated storage system to 10 bays

Alpha Manufacturing has extended its STOPA automated material handling and storage system from four to ten bays, running 62m down its factory near Stafford, with total investment close to £4 million.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-11-06
- Where: near Stafford, United Kingdom
- Value: $5.30M (4.00M GBP)
- Starts operating: Jul 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 207 pallet spaces, over 600 tonnes of material
- Products: automated storage and retrieval system
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Alpha Manufacturing](https://endata.com/companies/51044.md)

## Sources

- [machinery-market.co.uk](https://www.machinery-market.co.uk/news/28472/Alpha-extends-Stopa-automated-storage-system), 2020-11-06: "Following Alpha Manufacturing’s investment in a STOPA four-bay automated material handling and storage system... the company has extended to a 10-bay system that now runs 62m down the centre of its factory near Stafford."

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