WWW.MADEIN.IE « MARCH 2021 « 15
creating an additional 4,00 ambient pallet
spaces from a 75m x 30m x 15m extension.
With additional warehouse space also
came the additional need for machinery
to support its expansion and to meet
growing demands. As such, it turned to
Jungheinrich to explore potential
options and proceeded with two EKX 516
VNA trucks, the new generation of
high-rise stackers.
To support the 15-metre high racking,
A third-generation familyrun
business for over
seventy years, Lynas
Food Service provides
over 6000 ambient,
chilled, frozen and
non-foods products to organisations
and services across Northern Ireland,
the Republic of Ireland and Scotland,
including many large hotel chains,
restaurants, schools and prisons. As a
fast-growing company, the wholesaler
was outgrowing its existing warehouses,
and had limited capacity to take on new
customers and opportunities at its current
rate. With a specific need for more pallet
spaces, in 2019, the company made
the decision to expand its warehouse,
HANDLING
SYSTEMS
Jungheinrich UK is helping to support the expansion of the largest
family-operated Foodservice Company in Ireland, Lynas Food
Service, through the deployment of a range of intelligent materials
handling equipment across several sites.
Maurice Devenney, Group Facilities and
H&S Manager at Lynas Food Services
was impressed with Jungheinrich’s VNA
trucks: “Jungheinrich’s VNA order
pickers were exactly what we needed.
Especially from a health and safety point
of view, with these machines, the
operator is eye level to the pallet no
matter where he is placing it, whether
it’s two meters high or 15 meters.
“With other available options, the
/WWW.MADEIN.IE