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Automated Merging and Sortation

Automated Merging and Sortation

High-performance merging and sortation solutions

Optimize the flow of goods through your distribution center with automated transport, merging and sortation solutions designed to maximize throughput, improve accuracy and support long-term operational performance.

Combining proven technologies, intelligent controls and decades of engineering expertise, our sortation experts design, integrate and support scalable systems tailored to your operation.

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FORTNA—Your trusted sortation experts.

For decades, FORTNA has helped leading distribution operations optimize the movement of goods through high-performance transport, merging and sortation systems.

Built on the engineering heritage of VanRiet, OCM und MHS, our specialists combine deep operational knowledge with proven technologies to design and integrate sortation solutions that deliver reliable performance at scale.

With more than 500 installations worldwide, we help organizations improve throughput, increase flexibility and maximize long-term operational performance.

Supporting the complete outbound flow

Our solutions optimize every stage of the outbound process, creating a continuous, automated flow of goods throughout your facility. Supported processes include:

  • Product transport
  • Merging and routing
  • Automated sortation
  • Order consolidation
  • Shipping preparation
  • Cross-Docking
  • Returns handling

Proven across industries:

  • Courier Express Parcel (CEP)
  • eCommerce & Retail
  • Third-Party Logistics (3PL)
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • Spare Parts Distribution
  • Flower & Plant Distribution

FORTNA sortation solutions.
Designed around your operation.

Every distribution center has unique throughput requirements, product characteristics and operational objectives. Our modular sortation portfolio enables us to design the right solution for your application.

Cross-Belt-Sorter

Designed for high-speed parcel operations requiring maximum throughput, precise diverting and outstanding sorting accuracy across a wide range of package sizes.

Cross-Belt Sorter

Gleitschuh-Sorter

A versatile solution for medium to high throughput applications, offering quiet operation, flexible layouts and reliable handling of diverse products.

Gleitschuh-Sorter

IQ-Grid - Wheel Sorter

A compact, bidirectional solution for small and medium sorting applications where flexibility and efficient use of space are essential.

IQ-Grid

What makes FORTNA different?

Decades of experience designing complex sortation and material flow systems for distribution centers across multiple industries.

Best-fit solutions using our proven portfolio of conveyor and sortation technologies, complemented by carefully selected premium partners where appropriate

Integrated controls synchronize conveyors, sorters, scanners and automation technologies to maximize throughput, visibility and system reliability.

Your partner beyond go-live.

FORTNA Lifecycle Performance Services help maximize uptime, extend equipment life and maintain peak operational performance throughout the life of your system. Delivering world class services to maximize uptime, ensure operational performance and increase system longevity for distribution and sortation solutions.

Customer success.
Proven performance in the field.

GLS

An integrated sorting solution combining cross-belt and linear technologies enables GLS to efficiently process regular, small and non-conveyable parcels within a single international hub.

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Coolblue

A scalable automated sortation solution increased throughput and provided the flexibility required to support continued growth and peak season demand.

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DPD Slovakia

A future-ready parcel sorting solution increased hourly capacity while reducing parcel handling time by up to four hours, improving both operational efficiency and customer service.

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The Sortation Experts you can count on.

Whether you’re building a new distribution center, expanding capacity or modernizing an existing facility, our sortation experts can help design the right solution for your business.

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FAQs

A sortation system can handle a wide range of products, including parcels, flyers, small packages, retail items and bulk goods. It efficiently manages items of varying sizes, weights and shapes, directing them to designated destinations.

A sortation solution integrates with the warehouse environment by connecting to warehouse execution systems (WES) to drive greater levels of automation. It receives item data, directs products to designated locations, and synchronizes with conveyors, scanners, robotics and other automated equipment.

Choosing the right sortation solution involves assessing your throughput, product types and space constraints. Evaluate accuracy, scalability and integration with existing systems. Match the technology to operational needs, ensuring efficiency, reliability and flexibility.

In sortation systems, SCADA and control software like WCS (warehouse control system) actively monitor conveyors, sensors and sorters in real time. They detect jams, misreads or misrouted items, automatically adjusting operations. They coordinate scanning, routing and sorter logic, ensuring items go to the correct destinations while logging events for error tracking and rapid intervention. 

A sortation system's throughput depends on its type, design and load. Typical conveyor-based systems can handle 1,000 items per hour, while high-speed automated systems can process up to 30,000-50,000 items per hour. Throughput is influenced by item size, weight and sortation complexity, as well as system configuration.