AutoStore – Weekly Recap

AutoStore is a warehouse automation specialist focused on automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), and this weekly summary covers a series of strategic and operational updates that underscore its expanding role in e-commerce and logistics. During the week, the company highlighted both a major customer deployment milestone and its evolving approach to software, artificial intelligence, and service-based business models.

Operationally, AutoStore showcased the recent expansion of its ASRS at Arvato’s Hams Hall facility in the UK. The system, implemented with partner Kardex, now delivers over 26,000 orders per day and has increased storage capacity by 30%. Notably, the expansion was completed in roughly three months while the facility remained operational, demonstrating the scalability and modularity of AutoStore’s technology. With Arvato reporting more than 10 AutoStore installations, this site serves as a reference for supporting fast-growing global brands and high-volume e-commerce fulfillment, reinforcing the company’s position in mission-critical logistics environments.

Strategically, AutoStore continued to emphasize its shift beyond hardware into software, AI, and orchestration. The company is promoting an advanced, orchestration-centric warehouse management approach tailored to complex, multi-tenant 3PL facilities that serve over 100 customers and blend automated and manual operations. This strategy aims to help logistics providers maintain scalability and service levels while managing diverse client needs in a single, unified environment.

AutoStore also outlined its vision for AI-driven “intelligent order fulfillment,” which focuses on real-time decision-making for order prioritization, batching, and resource allocation. By automating complex decisions and allowing staff to focus on exceptions, the company targets higher throughput, accuracy, and resilience amid labor constraints and demand volatility. In parallel, AutoStore highlighted broader robotics trends, including drones, autonomous mobile robots, and the integration of AI, IoT, and analytics, while stressing the growing importance of the Robotics-as-a-Service model that shifts customers from capital expenditures to operating expenditures.

Taken together, these developments suggest AutoStore is deepening its role as an integrated automation and software partner, leveraging scalable deployments, data-driven capabilities, and recurring service models. The combination of strong customer references, expanding installed base, and increased focus on software and RaaS supports the company’s long-term positioning in high-growth warehouse automation and e-commerce fulfillment markets. Overall, the week reflected steady progress in both execution and strategic alignment with structural logistics trends.