Salomon Automation

Name

Salomon Automation

Legal name

SSI SCHÄFER GmbH & CO KG

Website

https://ssi-schaefer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Thane

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Intralogistics Systems Sales: Sale of modular warehouse storage, picking, and conveying systems ranging from manual to fully automated solutions. Revenue generated from design, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning of complete intralogistics installations.
2. WAMAS Software Licenses: Proprietary warehouse management and control software (WAMAS) sold as licenses with lifecycle support. Includes WMS, WCS, material flow systems, and specialized modules for robotics, conveyor control, and warehouse optimization.
3. Professional Services: Implementation, consulting, planning, and simulation services for warehouse automation projects. Includes system integration, project management, and deployment services as general contractor.
4. Maintenance and Lifecycle Services: Ongoing maintenance contracts including reactive, preventive, and predictive maintenance services. Life cycle management and secure remote access services for operational continuity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Salomon Automation (SSI SCHAEFER) provides integrated intralogistics solutions encompassing modular warehouse storage, picking, and conveying hardware systems combined with the proprietary WAMAS software suite for warehouse management, control, and material flow optimization. The company offers end-to-end services including planning, consulting, simulation, implementation, and lifecycle maintenance, serving enterprise customers across e-commerce, retail, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrial sectors globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WAMAS: Proprietary software solutions for warehouse management, warehouse control, material flow systems, robotics, and lift & store operations.
• FastBots Solution
• RackBot System
• SSI CMMS
• Weasel Lite Designer

Products and services

• WAMAS Software Solutions Proprietary warehouse management system (WMS), warehouse control system (WCS), and material flow system (MFS) software suite for managing intralogistics operations. Includes modules for overhead conveyor control, robotics integration, lift and store operations, control center monitoring, and emulation center for testing. Sold as licenses with lifecycle support to enterprise customers.
• FastBots Solution Flexible fleet of autonomously moving robots controlled intelligently, dynamically scalable and integrable into existing warehouse processes for dynamic material flow handling. Provides mobile robotic automation for intralogistics operations.
• RackBot System Bot-roaming technology enabling higher storage density in semi-automated picking warehouses, including the RackBot System Elevate for free-roaming pallet shuttle operations. Designed for high-density automated storage and retrieval.
• SSI Piece Picking (Robotic Picking)
• AGVs and AMRs Automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots for material transport in warehouse and production logistics environments. Capabilities include navigation, load handling, and integration with warehouse management systems.
• WAMAS Firefly Image Recognition AI-based image recognition technology for quality control and automation in intralogistics processes, balancing technology freedom with security constraints. Enables automated visual inspection and quality assurance.
• SSI CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)
• Lifecycle and Maintenance Services Comprehensive maintenance services including reactive maintenance, preventive services, life cycle management, predictive maintenance, secure remote access, and warehouse safety management. Supports operational continuity for installed warehouse automation systems.
• Planning, Consulting, and Simulation Services Consulting-led services including warehouse planning, layout design, and simulation using the WAMAS Emulation Center for testing automated solutions before deployment. Provided as part of general contractor project delivery.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% productivity increase
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Moffett AutomationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025SSI SCHAEFER and Moffett Automation partnership combines SSI SCHAEFER's global integration expertise with Moffett Automation's high-density pallet storage systems and free-roaming shuttle technology. The partnership delivers free-roaming pallet shuttle systems for high-performance warehouses.
• BD Rowa™coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024Partnership since 2015, recently extended for three years with option to extend to 2030. BD Rowa™ provides automated storage and retrieval solutions that integrate with SSI SCHAEFER's intralogistics portfolio.
• DS AUTOMOTIONcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023DS AUTOMOTION became a full member of SSI SCHAEFER Group, bringing additional AMR and robotic technology capabilities to the SSI SCHAEFER intralogistics portfolio.
• GeekpluscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSSI SCHAEFER and Geekplus partnership implements forward-looking logistics concepts, combining SSI SCHAEFER's system integration expertise with Geekplus's robotics and AMR technology for warehouse automation.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Manhattan Associates: Manhattan Associates is a leading supply chain and warehouse management software vendor whose WMS and warehouse execution products integrate with SSI SCHAEFER's WAMAS stack as well as compete for the same software wallet in large distribution centers.

Emerging players

• Symbotic: Symbotic provides AI-driven, robotics-based warehouse automation systems primarily for large retailers and wholesalers; its integrated platform approach overlaps with SSI SCHAEFER's general-contractor automated warehouse model and represents a fast-scaling competing architecture.
• Geekplus Technology: Geekplus is a fast-growing AMR and smart logistics provider partnering with SSI SCHAEFER; it offers goods-to-person, picking, sorting and moving robots that increasingly compete with SSI's RackBot and FastBots offerings in fulfillment and pharma deployments.
• AutoStore Holdings: AutoStore pioneered cube-based AS/RS with autonomous robots; it competes with SSI SCHAEFER's shuttle and storage solutions in micro-fulfillment and retail/e-commerce deployments and is often integrated alongside traditional intralogistics vendors.

Direct peers

• Dematic: Dematic is one of the largest global suppliers of integrated intralogistics solutions — automated storage, conveying, sortation, picking and WMS/WCS software — directly competing with SSI SCHAEFER for large enterprise warehouse automation projects across the same verticals (retail, grocery, pharma, e-commerce, manufacturing).
• TGW Logistics Group: TGW designs and implements highly automated warehousing and distribution centers, including shuttle systems, conveyors and Pick Center solutions, frequently competing head-to-head with SSI SCHAEFER in European grocery, fashion and industrial projects.
• KNAPP AG: KNAPP is a family-owned Austrian intralogistics specialist delivering shuttle-based storage, order picking, conveyor and warehouse software for retail, pharma, food and industrial customers — a close functional peer to SSI SCHAEFER's WAMAS-driven automated warehouses.
• Swisslog: Swisslog (a KUKA subsidiary) provides AS/RS, conveyor, picking, AMR and WMS/WCS-based intralogistics systems targeting the same enterprise customers and verticals as SSI SCHAEFER, including pharma, food retail and e-commerce, with very similar solution architecture.

Broad incumbents

• Daifuku Co., Ltd. Daifuku is a large, diversified Japanese material handling and intralogistics incumbent offering AS/RS, conveyors, AGVs, sortation and cleanroom systems globally — overlapping with SSI SCHAEFER's warehouse automation portfolio but spanning a wider set of industries and geographies.
• Honeywell Intelligrated: Honeywell Intelligrated, part of Honeywell's Productivity Solutions business, provides integrated order fulfillment, conveyor, AS/RS, robotics and WMS/WCS — a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities to SSI SCHAEFER, particularly in North American retail, grocery and e-commerce.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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