Summary of our market study

The French shelving market is valued at between €450 and €600 million, while the total materials handling market is over €3 billion.

The global racking market is estimated at over $9 billion.

Manufacturers are increasingly integrating warehouse management software and innovative systems such as pallet shuttles.

E-commerce, with annual growth of over 13%, is a major driver of demand.

Intelligent shelving with features such as electronic labeling and RFID technology are making their appearance in the retail sector.

Demand trends in the shelving market

Italy is a major producer, exporting most of its production. France has a significant foreign trade deficit in this sector.

Demand for shelving is highly varied, and comes from a variety of segments, such as industry for heavy storage, logisticians, the retail trade for display and storage of goods, offices for archiving and e-commerce.

The sector is split between large and medium-sized companies and a large number of very small businesses. Automation and intelligent storage solutions are gaining ground.

Players in the shelving market

  • Averys: holding company with a broad portfolio of brands recognized for their expertise in industrial storage solutions.
  • Duwic and Feralco: renowned for their industrial shelving solutions.
  • Interroll: supplier of material handling solutions and systems.
  • Mecalux France: technological innovations and warehouse optimization software.
  • Stow International: pioneers in the development of storage solutions
  • Gravittax and Elvedi: customized shelving solutions
  • HMY: retail shelving specialists
  • Provost and Rayonor: general-purpose shelving manufacturers
  • Prodex and SSI Schaefer: integrators of large-scale storage solutions
  • Manutan, general distributor

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A shelving also known as the gondola is a piece of furniture intended to be used of storage space which can be found in both warehouses and retail stores. From sizes and inventions different, shelving has also evolved over the past two decades, as Daniel Joly, General Manager of Mecalux France, pointed out in an interview: "For[20 years, our business] has not stopped growing change ».

The designed shelving is nowadays more complex technologically since they must now integrate software products of warehouse management and of the innovations such as the Pallet Shuttle, which optimizes the work of operators.

The sector, which is a market linked to the handling market, must therefore modernize forced march, forced to adapt to warehouse automation and the requirements of new customers: time savings and efficiency. Companies offering traditional shelving (static and dynamic) are under threat in a sector that has experienced a significant increase in the number of shelves strong increase in recent years, which has particularly benefited integrators.

 

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