The group manager for Kasto, Volker Bühler, here describes the widening choice of automation systems on offer to minimise labour costs and increase production output from the company's circular sawing and bandsawing machines. The production solutions are available in the UK and Ireland through the firm's subsidiary in Milton Keynes.

A demand for energy-efficient solutions in every industry is becoming an issue, due to rising electricity costs, with logistics and distribution being no exception. KASTO has developed an energy recovery and storage system for its German-built industrial warehouses, used globally for automated storage and retrieval of bar, tube, sheet, plate and other materials.