16-5-2019 / Padua, Italy
Alì Supermercati S.p.A.
The Alì supermarket chain is one of northern Italy’s leading food retailers. The company provides its customers with high-quality, fresh produce from selected suppliers in more than 110 stores. In order to secure its own long-term growth, Alì has invested in a new logistics centre. A fleet of 350 electric forklift trucks is responsible for the internal transport of goods.
These forklifts are part of a rental package with a full-service contract, which also covers the traction batteries. The company relies on innovative battery-charging technology from Fronius to ensure that these load carriers are charged efficiently and reliably. The specialist also installed the Cool Battery Guide Easy information and management system for Alì. This significantly improves battery pool utilisation by intuitively guiding employees to the battery that has been fully charged for the longest and is therefore the coolest. This maintains capacity for as long as possible.
Using the Selectiva battery charging systems and the Cool Battery Guide Easy allows us to minimize overheating during charging and the different loads on the batteries, thus ensuring the continuous availability of our forklift trucks, all at a significantly lower operating cost
Luca Canola, Project Manager at Alì