Schaefer Systems International, Inc.

Schaefer Systems International, Inc. is the North American operating arm of the German-based SSI Schaefer Group, a privately held, family-owned global company. The parent company was founded in 1937 by Fritz Schaefer to produce sheet metal products. The U.S. headquarters is in Charlotte, North Carolina. The global SSI SCHAEFER Group has approximately 10,000 employees worldwide across more than 70 offices and 10 manufacturing facilities.

Schaefer Systems International provides a wide range of intralogistics, material handling, and warehouse automation products and services. The company's offerings include automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), automated guided vehicles, warehouse management software, and picking solutions. It also designs and manufactures physical storage products like plastic containers, pallets, shelving, and pallet racking systems for diverse industries including e-commerce, retail, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals.

As a large operating company, Schaefer Systems International, Inc. has a litigation posture focused on its own operations. The company's one tracked case shows it as a plaintiff. This suggests a defensive posture, where the company is preemptively challenging a patent assertion rather than initiating infringement claims as a primary business strategy. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, where the company is headquartered.

The company's single tracked case is Schaefer Systems International, Inc. v. Aloft Media, LLC et al., filed in 2022. In this suit, Schaefer sought a declaratory judgment that it did not infringe on patents held by Aloft Media. Aloft Media is described in legal commentary as a non-practicing entity that has filed numerous patent infringement lawsuits related to website technology. Schaefer filed the action in its home jurisdiction after receiving a demand letter from Aloft Media.