Grantham, UK: Magnavale’s £130m automated warehouse under construction in Easton, Grantham, is on schedule for completion late this year. The project, which began in 2022, will include 101,000 frozen pallet positions in a 45-metre high building facility along with several floors in the low-bay area for services such as contract packing.
To date, racking installation in the high-bay area is now over 75% complete. All 13 automated cranes have been installed and await final completion of the remaining racking structure. Plant rooms are built out and equipment installation is underway. Building services and oxygen reduction systems are also being installed behind these main works, Magnavale says.
In the project’s low-bay area, 20 loading docks near completion alongside conveyors, racking, and monorail systems that will enable automation. Across five floors, fit-out continues, adding a new office building featuring curtain walling and a completed roof.
Amanda Cogan, chief operating officer, said: “We are pleased with the progress so far on what will be the most advanced and efficient temperature-controlled store in Europe. The Easton facility is particularly important to us, not because of the size or advancement, but because of the role the site will have on Lincolnshire’s food production and partners in the surrounding area.”
Magnavale’s Easton warehouse is alongside an existing 44,000 pallet positions already onsite. The automated cold store will operate solely on renewable energy, making it an environmentally sustainable solution for the modern cold storage industry.
