FKI Logistex Funded

FKI Logistex® has been awarded a contract with the Army & Air Force Exchange Service to upgrade the material handling system at the company’s Dan Daniel distribution center near Newport News, Virginia.

Under the new contract, FKI Logistex will revamp the existing system at the facility, originally installed in 1995. The project will include a state-of-the-art cross-docking system with eight incoming and 68 outgoing lanes, a UniSort® XV high-speed shipping sorter, two vhswEDGE™ multi-lane high-speed merges, and 33,000 feet of photo-eye Accuglide™ accumulation conveyor. To broaden the range of products distributed by AAFES, a 34-inch wide conveyor will replace the existing 27-inch conveyor. The system upgrade will also include the addition of five-sided bar code scanning for redundancy.

“FKI Logistex is proud to be given another opportunity to work with AAFES in support of our troops,” says John Westendorf, president, FKI Logistex Warehouse and Distribution, North America.