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Dematic Multishuttle 2 Is Cradle to Cradle Certified Bronze
Rigorous assessment process by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute underscores importance of sustainable and transparent solutions
The Dematic Multishuttle® 2 has recently become the industry’s first Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Certified® shuttle-based automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS). The certification highlights how data-driven sustainability is progressing in the material handling industry. According to Dematic, a global leader in supply chain automation, the technology has received a bronze certification.
“We are so proud of this achievement. The Dematic Multishuttle 2 has been an essential part of our customer operations over the past two decades,” says Chris Steiner, a senior vice president for Product Management. “This distinction underscores our commitment to sustainable innovation across our entire supply chain and brings with it a responsibility to seek further improvement in our production systems.”
The Dematic Multishuttle 2 is a high-speed AS/RS that stores, buffers, consolidates and sequences inventory while increasing storage density. Following its market launch in 2006, the technology played a decisive role in the implementation of Industry 4.0 in logistics and has become a mainstay of Dematic’s automation portfolio.
The C2C certification process validates the product is safe, circular and responsibly made, meeting rigorous standards for material health, recyclability, renewable energy use, water stewardship and social fairness. The process evaluates whether lifecycle emissions are being satisfactorily reduced, how end-of-life recovery is being managed and ensures sustainability is built into the solution. The intensive assessment required all suppliers of components for the Dematic Multishuttle 2 technology submit their processes for the same transparent evaluation.
“From an evaluation standpoint, the Dematic Multishuttle 2 project has been technically demanding and highly interesting,” says Dr. Annette Winterl, the project lead for EPEA, an assessor of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute certification program. EPEA is a part of Drees and Sommer, a global consultancy that focuses on sustainable and ecological solutions.
Winterl adds, “With hundreds of components and a broad supplier network, it is among the most complex products we have ever evaluated. The Dematic Multishuttle 2 has shown that leading companies can drive innovation while embracing responsible material choices and transparent supply chains.”
The certification level – “Full Scope Bronze” – is specific to the Dematic Multishuttle 2 produced at the company’s production facility in Stříbro, Czech Republic and is valid through June 2028.
Susanne Felker, the project’s research engineer for Dematic adds, “The Dematic Multishuttle 2 demonstrates a very high material re-use rate and we have identified areas of opportunity to go further. Achieving this C2C certification marks the beginning of a continuous improvement of the technology and one which we aim to build upon.”
To learn more about Dematic’s circularity strategy as well as its overall vision for a more sustainable future, download its 2024 Annual Sustainability Report.
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