NEW BUSINESS UNIT

STOPA Anlagenbau GmbH (Stopa), Europe’s leading premium manufacturer of automated storage systems for sheet metal and long goods, has founded a strategic business unit, stolzer Parksysteme (stolzer), which bundles the company’s parking systems activities. stolzer develops innovative electro-mechanical parking systems and thus addresses the growing demand from the real estate and construction industries for space-efficient, sustainable and reliable parking systems. Sarah Lembke holds the commercial power of representation (Prokura) for the business unit. The real estate economist previously headed the parking systems department at Stopa and previously worked in business development at parking space manager APCOA for almost nine years.

“The construction and real estate industry is currently facing a number of challenges that are closely linked to issues of space scarcity and sustainability. With our parking systems, we reduce land consumption and sealing, particularly in new construction projects but also in existing developments, and thus offer an innovative, sustainable alternative to the traditional parking lot, underground garage or multi-storey parking lot. Focusing our activities in a separate business unit is the consequence of the increasing demand for such innovative solutions,” says Michael Stolzer, Managing Partner of Stopa.

Parking systems are cost-neutral in life cycle considerations
“In the past, project developers often focused on the short-term exit and therefore also on the production costs of parking spaces. Today, developers are increasingly developing for their own portfolio. If you look at the entire life cycle, the construction costs of parking systems are amortized due to the reduced operating costs, among other things, while their numerous advantages come into play,” says Lembke.

Ongoing costs such as winter maintenance, lighting, cleaning and personnel are significantly lower or non-existent with parking systems. In view of the persistently high cost of land, the systems’ lower land consumption alone ensures savings. In addition to the purely monetary benefits, parking systems reduce traffic searching for parking spaces and thus also emissions and land sealing. At the same time, they increase the parkers’ sense of security thanks to direct access to the bright, barrier-free transfer area. The use of parking systems minimizes the risk of damage and accidents, as human error when entering and exiting parking spaces is virtually eliminated.

In addition, the e-charging functionality can be intelligently controlled in the parking system, thus also facilitating the corresponding grid supply of properties. At the same time, this significantly increases the number of charging points compared to conventional parking.

Suitable for new and existing buildings
Parking systems are ideal for new-build projects as well as for developments in existing buildings. Thanks to the wide range of possible applications, projects can be realized that would not be possible with conventional parking solutions. Areas that were previously unusable can also be used for this purpose. References already installed and active include parking systems in historic buildings in Spain or Portugal as well as in new buildings in the USA.

German mechanical engineering expertise for real estate
The pallet technology-based parking systems are based on around 40 years of Stopa expertise, which stolzer Parksysteme draws on worldwide. This is reflected in the safety and technical maturity of the products. Regular and targeted maintenance ensures the smooth operation and quality of the parking systems.

“Thanks to our many years of experience in the field of modern, automated storage technology, which has proven itself day in, day out in industrial applications around the world, our systems are extremely reliable. The parking systems work electromechanically – i.e. without maintenance-prone hydraulic technology – and our service teams are available in the event of a fault,” says Lembke.

Different variants for numerous applications
stolzer has five basic variants of parking systems, which can be individually adapted and in some cases combined. A distinction is made here between semi-automatic systems, which expand the available parking spaces to up to three times the number of parking spaces and in which the vehicle is parked directly on the platform without a transfer space, and fully automatic systems, in which the car is driven onto a parking pallet in the so-called transfer space, which is then moved to its destination together with the vehicle. then moved to its destination together with the vehicle. Depending on the application, up to several hundred cars can be parked above, below, next to and behind each other in one system. With stolzer parking systems, e-charging points can be expanded to save space and intelligently controlled with dynamic load management.

About stolzer Parksysteme
stolzer Parksysteme develops and installs innovative electro-mechanical parking systems. The focus is on optimizing parking space, minimizing parking space requirements and providing convenient access to (e-)mobility. The pallet technology-based systems are designed to maximize user satisfaction and minimize life cycle costs. stolzer Parksysteme is active worldwide – including in Germany, Spain, Portugal and the USA. As a brand of STOPA Anlagenbau GmbH, one of Europe’s leading companies for automated storage systems, stolzer parking systems benefit from the latest and most reliable technology used by industrial companies worldwide. The company draws its expertise in product quality and process reliability, process automation and software development from 40 years of practical experience with complex designs and over 2,000 systems installed worldwide on all five continents. www.stolzer.com