
IFOY AWARD excludes Russia
The IFOY organization has excluded Russia from participation in the IFOY AWARD. Representatives of Russia on the jury and the advisory board are relieved of their duties until further notice.

The IFOY organization has excluded Russia from participation in the IFOY AWARD. Representatives of Russia on the jury and the advisory board are relieved of their duties until further notice.

Interview with Linde Material Handling's...
Just over a year ago, Andreas Krinninger, head of Linde Material Handling, was appointed to the Executive Board of the KION parent company and the responsibilities of the brands were reorganized.

The European research project IMOCO (Intelligent Motion Control) aims to bring the vision of autonomous transport vehicles in production halls and warehouses within reach.

"I am encouraged by the people I work with every day. It's the good, personal interaction with customers, suppliers, colleagues and business friends that gives me confidence for 2022."

Three orders in three years - a fact that stands for customer satisfaction. STEA Stahl- und Metallbau GmbH, based in Weiding, was won over by Beutlhauser for the first time in 2019.

Linde Material Handling over 2022
"There are a number of developments that make me optimistic for 2022.

Combilift has big plans for 2022
"The year 2021 exceeded most expectations and there will be more demand for FFZs and AGVs in 2022 due to increasing e-commerce and demand for industrial goods.

The industrial truck manufacturer Baoli, which is part of the KION Group, has launched a new electric hand pallet truck.

The vehicles in the WAV 60 series can now be ordered with two different lithium-ion battery configurations.
Combilift, a specialist manufacturer of handling solutions, has officially launched its latest product, the Combi-XLE model, as a further addition to its range of electric models.
CJ Lang & Son, based in Dundee, Scotland, delivers everyday items to its customers. The logistics specialist has now switched to Fronius loading technology for its goods handling.

Clark has relaunched the GEX and GTX series. The three- and four-wheel electric forklifts with 48-volt technology and load capacities of 1.6 to 2 tons are now also available with a lithium-ion battery (Li-Ion).

Intralogistics providers position themselves
From a total of 29 applicants, the judges selected 14 devices and solutions from 12 manufacturers for the race for the most innovative intralogistics products and solutions.

Freely navigable automated guided vehicles
Batch sizes are getting smaller, product life cycles shorter, assembly lines and production lines are giving way to modular concepts. Fast material flow concepts are necessary for their realization - with freely navigable automated guided vehicles.

With the SFX series, Hubtex develops compact, self-propelled platform transporters for indoor and outdoor use.

I am encouraged by many developments for 2022. The coronavirus pandemic has shown how important intralogistics, and with it automation, is - and not just because of the shortage of skilled workers.

Crown, one of the world's largest material handling solutions companies, recently bought back one of its first electric counterbalance trucks built in Ireland in 1968.

With the iGo neo, Still has had a technology on the market since 2016 that turns series production vehicles into autonomous assistants for their operators. The intralogistics provider is now launching a series of further innovations for the OPX iGo neo horizontal order picker.

Germany is the most automated economy in Europe: robot density - i.e. the number of industrial robots per 10,000 employees - has risen to a new record of 371 units (2020).
Where previously there were only AGVs and FTFs, today there are also AMRs, MRs, aAGVs, IGVs and other terms that are largely the product of marketing.