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AutoCase™ Wins Third Place in materialfluss “Product of the Year 2026” Awards
The AutoStore solution is recognized for enabling automated case handling within the grid, helping warehouses simplify inbound, storage, and fulfillment.
The AutoStore solution is recognized for enabling automated case handling within the grid, helping warehouses simplify inbound, storage, and fulfillment.
NEDRE VATS, NORWAY (March 12, 2026) – AutoStore™, the global leader in technology-driven, intelligent order fulfillment solutions, wins third place in the materialfluss “Product of the Year 2026” awards for AutoCase™, its automated case-handling solution for the AutoStore grid.
The reader-voted award recognizes innovative intralogistics technologies that deliver clear operational benefits for warehouse and fulfillment operations.
AutoCase™ automates case handling within the AutoStore system, enabling cartons to move directly into, through, and out of the grid. The solution helps warehouses manage inbound storage, buffering, and outbound case flows within the same system.
In many warehouse environments today, incoming cartons are opened and items are manually transferred into storage bins before they can enter automated picking workflows. AutoCase removes this manual step, allowing cartons to be inducted, stored, and retrieved automatically within the grid.
By combining case handling and piece picking in one unified system, companies can manage both cartons and individual items within the same AutoStore installation. This simplifies workflows while supporting operations such as inbound storage, order consolidation, buffering, and outbound preparation.
Read more about AutoCase here.
Like all AutoStore components, AutoCase follows the platform’s modular design. Companies can integrate the module into both new and existing AutoStore grids without major system changes.
This allows operators to expand automation into case handling while continuing to use their existing AutoStore infrastructure.
“We are pleased to receive third place in the materialfluss Product of the Year 2026 awards,” says Peter Bimmermann, Managing Director of AutoStore System GmbH.
“With AutoCase we expand the AutoStore platform toward end-to-end automation. The solution closes an important automation gap in material flow operations and allows customers to manage cartons and individual items within the same high-density system.”
About the materialfluss Product of the Year awards
The materialfluss “Product of the Year” competition recognizes innovative solutions across the intralogistics industry and is organized annually by the editorial team of materialfluss. The awards are based on a reader vote and highlight technologies that deliver clear operational benefits for logistics, manufacturing, and retail companies.
Patrik Wallgren AutoStore, patrik.wallgren@autostoresystem.com
AutoStore™ combines automation, software, and AI to enable Intelligent Fulfillment across the entire lifecycle. Founded in Norway, we’ve grown into a global technology company delivering advanced technology that automates and orchestrates order fulfillment. Our goal is simple: to ensure orders arrive faster than ever, with minimal environmental impact — helping brands exceed customer expectations.
Today, we have more than 1,900 systems in over 65 countries and continue to grow as a global community of employees, partners, customers, suppliers, and connected technologies. Our fulfillment solutions simplify operations, and by listening closely to our community, we continuously innovate to meet the industry’s most complex needs. With AutoStore™, brands gain speed, efficiency, improved workplaces, and significantly more floor space.
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