
E&K presents new transport robot
With the new Vario Move transport robot, E&K Automation, supplier of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), aims to set new standards.

With the new Vario Move transport robot, E&K Automation, supplier of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), aims to set new standards.

EK Automation brings automated guided vehicles up to the state of the art in terms of electronics and mechanics, adapted to changing tasks, and thus helps them to achieve a new life cycle.

With the AGV Connect product line, Schmale Logtec has designed an integrated solution for connecting AGVs and their sources and sinks.

The Danish robotics companies Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) and Universal Robots (UR) are investing 36 million dollars in a new cobot center. They will continue to develop and produce collaborative robots in the Danish city of Odense.

MLR, the specialist for automated guided vehicles (AGVs), is bringing the new Caesar PN-1.0 MYk platform truck to Stuttgart. The new device is specially tailored to the needs of the automotive industry and is an extension of the "Caesar" series.

This year at LogiMAT, Solving will be presenting an automated guided vehicle (AGV) from a current customer project in Germany.

In addition to the live demonstration of two different automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in close cooperation, visitors to the trade fair can expect a digital overview of the Linz-based manufacturer's AGV range.

EK Automation has created its own standard with Vario Move and is coming to Stuttgart with the new industrial truck.

Andrea Alboni is the new Regional Sales Manager D/A/CH at Universal Robots (Germany) GmbH.

Arvato Supply Chain Solutions is driving forward the automation of its sites: an AGV has recently taken over all floor-level pallet transports in the healthcare sector at the Harsewinkel distribution center.

Logistics fulfillment company grows
The American logistics fulfillment company 6 River Systems continues to drive its growth and opens its European headquarters in Frankfurt am Main.

Helmut Schmid, Head of Western Europe at Universal Robots, is now also in charge of the Northern Europe region for Universal Robots. In addition to the DACH and Benelux countries, he is now also responsible for all UR activities in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.

The establishment of the Solving Group in Germany and Central Europe continues. In the summer, the company moved into its own premises in Ratingen.

Geek+ is known in Asia as a robotics specialist. Now the start-up is increasingly setting its sights on Europe. materialfluss spoke to Jackson Zhang, Global Vice President and President Europe and Thomas Meyer-Jander, Vice President Marketing (Europe) and Sales (DACH) about the next steps on the German market.

At automotive supplier Continental in Frankfurt, an automated guided vehicle system (AGV) from MLR is used to transport semi-finished parts from the high-bay warehouse to the assembly lines.

Cooperation with Gideon Brothers
DB Schenker has introduced autonomous robots from the manufacturer Gideon Brothers at its Leipzig site as part of a pilot project.

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DS Automotion presented the SALLY courier at med.Logistica 2019. This is an innovative solution for the fast, secure and fully documented transportation of small consignments of goods within medical facilities.

Andreas Drost from Ludwigsburg-based MLR System GmbH is one of three board members in the Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) division of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association.

Mobile Industrial Robots wants to push ahead with its expansion in the DACH region and the Benelux countries. To this end, the company has opened its first German office in Eschborn.

Geek+, provider of intelligent robotics solutions and supply chain services from a single source, has made organizational and structural progress in its expansion into Europe. Among other things, a Head of Sales has been appointed.