Venray, May 2023 | Childhood dreams and companies that start in a garret to grow into global players with tens of millions of euros in turnover annually, branches on several continents and hundreds of employees: that is also the story of Inther Group in Venray, the Netherlands, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Today, Inther has become internationally indispensable for the delivery of online retail and e-commerce orders from, for example, HEMA, Coolblue, Estée Lauder, Skechers and Blokker.    Starting point automation software In 1998 Martijn Herder (52) and Paul Hermsen (54) started Inther (a contraction of INTegrator and the first three letters of their surnames), convinced as they were of their ideas for better, integrated software solutions for companies that operate warehouses with fine-meshed distribution. 25 years later, that conviction has proven to be completely justified. Martijn: "Don't forget that online ordering and e-commerce hardly existed at that time." But progress was made soon after the start and the first projects were coming in. Locations were becoming too small, and more and more staff was needed.   Expansion to international hybrid system integration  Several relocations later, Inther now has more than 300 employees, located all over the world: The company has offices in Moldova, China, Germany, Belgium and the USA and projects are carried out from America to Australia. It is no longer just about supplying automation software. Paul: “We have developed into a hybrid system integrator. Inther designs, supplies, optimizes, and maintains complete intralogistics systems for the collection, packaging, storage, and sorting of goods in warehouses in the fine-meshed distribution. From an extremely detailed analysis in advance, design, realization, and delivery to 24/7 service and support worldwide. Our flexible software is still the soul and strength of the company and of every intralogistics system we build. Data is even more important today than in the past. But even though we still buy and integrate a lot of hardware externally, Inther has also made progress in this regard with its own production of, for example, improved conveyors and innovative robotized order picking systems, such as our GRIPP (Gantry Robotic Intelligent Piece Picker)”.    Positive future  Inther has been growing rapidly, especially in recent years. “The Covid pandemic has given the entire online ordering process worldwide a serious boost and our customers and therefore Inther also benefit from this,” says Paul. The list of renowned customers is therefore getting longer with new prominent names such as Picnic, BMW and Zeeman. “Even after 25 years and such growth, our strength remains business professionalism in an informal atmosphere. The latter still distinguishes us from competitors – we remain flexible and personally approachable,” says Paul.    About Inther Group The outlook for the future also remains positive, despite a calmer phase due to the current economic conditions. Martijn looks ahead: “We are currently living in uncertain times, with high inflation due to all kinds of increased costs, supply chain problems, and all kinds of social and political themes at play. Consumers have become a little more careful, both with online ordering and purchases in physical stores. As a result, our customers are momentarily also a bit more reserved. But consumers have experienced the convenience of online shopping (and returning) during Covid, and the feared (deep) recession will most likely not happen. In combination with the continuing labor shortage and our efficiency improvements in warehouse intralogistics for both retail and e-commerce, we are therefore positive about the future.” More about Inther can be found at www.inthergroup.com. 

It is no coincidence that Inther Group is launching a new corporate website just before Europe's largest logistics fair in Stuttgart (LogiMAT). “The new website contains more information and is more in line with the desired image”, says Raymond Poulssen, Marketing Manager at Inther Group.    Online upgrade  “The new website offers our visitors much more information in an improved structure than before and is therefore more in line with Inther's activities,” explains Poulssen. “Inther is no longer just the intralogistics software supplier it used to be. The fact that Inther has now specialized in fully integrated, hybrid system solutions is much more apparent on the new website. The extensive after-sales support after delivery of a project is now also displayed in more detail.”   Challenger  What immediately stands out is a completely different look and feel, also a conscious choice: “Inther exists 25 years in 2023. Quite a milestone, but despite all our experience, we are still that challenger in the intralogistics market against the established order. Young enthusiasts in an informal, enterprising, and personal atmosphere, yet very thorough and professional. We wanted to bring that feeling to the fore in our new website. Big headlines, lots of images, informal language and organic style elements, people in pictures, and more explanation about who we are and what we do. That is more in line with the experience that our customers find with us and have already found.”    However, with the launch of the website, the work is far from over. “It is common knowledge that a website is never finished. We also have many ideas and plans to further expand its content. As with the delivery of an intralogistics project, it also applies here: this is only the beginning,” concludes Poulssen.    Check out Inther Group's renewed website here.   About Inther Group Inther Group is an international and independent system integrator, specialized in sustainable hybrid automation solutions for warehouses in the fine-meshed distribution. We supply and maintain systems for collecting, packing, storing, and sorting goods, based on the modular and flexible Inther LC Warehouse Execution System. Inther distinguishes itself by its holistic approach from analysis, design, realization, and delivery to 24/7 service and support worldwide, and by its personal approach and accessibility.