
Ergonomic further development of the GPC, MPC and TC series
Crown has revised the design of several order pickers and tow tractors as part of its ongoing model update.

Crown has revised the design of several order pickers and tow tractors as part of its ongoing model update.

BLG's first driverless transport system
The BLG Logistics Group is investing in an automated guided vehicle system (AGV) from Jungheinrich at its Bremen site.

In future, all operating businesses will be directly represented on the Executive Board of KION GROUP AG. At the beginning of the year, the Group's Supervisory Board appointed Hasan Dandashly (61) and Andreas Krinninger (53) as additional members.

TÜV Hessen has awarded Toyota Material Handling Germany the "Safe against Corona" quality seal.

The finalists for this year's IFOY Award (International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year) have been announced. In the ninth round of the competition, the jury selected 17 trucks and solutions from a field of 36 applicants.

From the house of Asti Mobile Robotics
The ASTI Mobile Robotics Group has developed the EBOT platform line for e-commerce. The robots pick up shelves, transport racks and containers and navigate using SLAM and QR codes.

Second German intralogistics company admitted
Jungheinrich has joined the "50 Sustainability & Climate Leaders" initiative, a group of the world's leading companies in the field of climate protection and sustainability.

The coating of forks and transport equipment offers various advantages: A lot of damage is caused by slipping or vibrating transported goods. Scratched or damaged surfaces on sensitive loads are the order of the day. More and more forklift truck users are therefore opting to coat forks with polyurethane, rubber or GrippFix. Fork manufacturer Vetter has now expanded its coating service.

More and more companies want to utilize the advantages of lithium-ion batteries in forklift trucks and warehouse equipment for their intralogistics processes. But is this also possible in temperature-controlled environments, for example in cold stores?

Conveyor technology for incoming and...
Feintool System Parts Obertshausen GmbH, a specialist in components for the automotive industry, has commissioned Jungheinrich to build an automated narrow-aisle warehouse at its Obertshausen site.

The development of the first automated series industrial trucks to intelligent transport robotics solutions is closely linked to the company history of E&K Automation GmbH from Rosengarten.
Augmented reality creates high added value in international AGV projects, says Dr. Stefan Rehling, Technical Managing Director of Strothmann. In this guest article, he reports on the practical application of this modern method of digitalization.

Trumpf and Jungheinrich will be working together in future on intralogistics solutions for networked sheet metal production. The two companies have announced an agreement to this effect.

In 2020, Still is once again supporting the Mittagskinder Foundation, the Kultur Palast Hamburg Foundation and the Wilhelmsburg Production School with a donation of 5,000 euros each. Managing Director Thomas A. Fischer handed over the donations to the three institutions at Still's Hamburg headquarters.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jungheinrich AG's Annual General Meeting could not be held as an in-person event this year. As a result, the traditional meal for shareholders following the Annual General Meeting was also canceled. Jungheinrich has now donated the money saved to the Hamburg food bank in the form of a forklift.

Intralogistics provider and battery...
KION Battery Systems (KBS), a joint venture between the KION Group and BMZ Holding, has started producing lithium-ion batteries for industrial trucks. In summer 2019, the intralogistics provider and the battery manufacturer announced a strategic partnership and the establishment of their own production facility in Karlstein am Main, the headquarters of the BMZ Group.

Jungheinrich will focus on increasing profitability, efficiency and sustainability in the coming years. The company announced this on the occasion of the presentation of its new Strategy 2025+ in Hamburg.

An exciting new children's book has been published just in time for Christmas. "The Forklifts and their Secret Superpowers" is the result of a collaboration between forklift truck manufacturer Combilift and Irish author Emer Conlon.

The transport robotics specialist also designs solutions for outdoor transport automation, for example for area linking.

PLANT-MY-TREE" environmental project
The Hamburg-based intralogistics provider Still is supporting the Plant-My-Tree reforestation project. On November 18, the first of a total of 1,000 trees were planted in the reforestation area in Hohenaspe near Itzehoe.