
Körber and Balyo work together
Körber and Balyo will jointly offer technologies for autonomous industrial trucks worldwide as part of a strategic partnership.

Körber and Balyo will jointly offer technologies for autonomous industrial trucks worldwide as part of a strategic partnership.

Inoculation line in the factory
At Hamburg-based intralogistics company Still, preparations for its own coronavirus vaccination campaign are in full swing. As soon as the legal and structural framework conditions allow, the vaccination line will open at the Billbrook plant.

Three models of the new reach truck are available at the market launch: the high-performance R-series model for demanding applications, the E-series with tilting cab and added driving comfort, and the flexible O-series for indoor and outdoor use.

New fork-lift AGV from DS Automotion
With a lifting height of up to 8.5 m and a load capacity of 2.5 t, the Arny driverless counterbalance truck complements the DS Automotion forklift truck family at the upper end of the range.

Jungheinrich presented its latest automated guided vehicle (AGV) at the beginning of May. The new EKS 215a can independently store 700 kg loads up to 6 m high.

Net assets of 248 million euros
Jungheinrich closed the first quarter of the 2021 financial year very well. All key financial figures increased, in some cases significantly, compared to the previous year.

Individual automation of material transports
With the LEO custom automated guided vehicle system, BITO-Lagertechnik Bittmann GmbH is supplementing its LEO Locative AGV range with a variant optimized for individual superstructures and processes.

Research project "Industrial Indoor...
Successful automation of warehouse processes requires large amounts of data. The "Industrial Indoor Localization" (IIL) research project, which ended in February 2021, focused on how this information can be obtained and standardized more easily.

In April 2020, the integration of the European companies Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift Europe (MCFE) and UniCarriers Europe (UCE) into the Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe Group was announced: An integration process is now also taking place in Germany.

The global travel-retail company Gebr. Heinemann is converting the intralogistics in its logistics centers to Jungheinrich trucks.

Linde Material Handling has been manufacturing counterbalanced trucks at its production site in Aschaffenburg since 1959. In March, the millionth truck rolled off the production line and has now been ceremoniously delivered to the customer company Colorobbia España S.A..

Automated series industrial trucks
Transport robotics manufacturer E&K Automation GmbH has been modifying selected Linde and Jungheinrich trucks for 25 years now. Now the Smart Move series has been updated.

Universal Robots (UR), the global market leader in collaborative robotics, has appointed Benjamin Völzke as Head of Field Application Engineering Western Europe.

Crown has received the Good Design Award for its reach trucks in the ESR 1000 series. The jury was particularly impressed by the technological innovations, including the newly developed Gena operating system and the Xpress Lower mast lowering function.

Toyota Material Handling Germany is starting the new financial year with a new member of management. On April 1, Reinhard Griep took over the responsibilities of his predecessor Mikael Jonsson as Head of Customer Service.

Webinar "AGVs for production logistics"
Which system is best suited for automated production supply and disposal? Still provided an answer to this question on March 30 during the webinar "Automated guided vehicle systems (AGVs) for production logistics".

Easily network internal production and logistics areas and efficiently supply points of need with replenishment of small load carriers - with the new Weasel Lite automated guided vehicle system from SSI Schaefer, this is possible without complex installation, according to the company.

The manufacturer-independent networking of automated guided vehicles has taken a major step forward. Six companies jointly tested the VDA 5050 interface with their vehicles at the AGV Mesh-Up.

At the end of the IFOY TEST DAYS 2021 from 22 to 26 March at the Dortmund Exhibition Centre, the award organization once again presented the "Best in Intralogistics" certificates for 2021.

Despite the coronavirus-related economic slump, Jungheinrich closed the 2020 financial year better than initially expected at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.