
Pasta for southern Germany: DB Schenker transports for ALDI
Supply secured: DB Schenker is providing ALDI with short-term support in the procurement of several hundred tons of pasta for over 650 of the discounter's stores in southern Germany.

Supply secured: DB Schenker is providing ALDI with short-term support in the procurement of several hundred tons of pasta for over 650 of the discounter's stores in southern Germany.

Expansion of the soldering portfolio
At the beginning of the year, Simon Hegele Gesellschaft für Logistik und Service mbH initially acquired 65% of the shares in Kilian Metallverarbeitung GmbH.

The Alfred Schuon Group has opened its new logistics center in Wildberg/Sulz am Eck. In addition to office space, the transport and contract logistics company has 9,000 square meters of logistics space at its disposal.

Due to the measures taken by the authorities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the vast majority of stores had to close. In Göttingen, the logistics service provider Zufall is supporting retailers with city logistics.

Since mid-March, customers and auditors no longer need to be on site at the logistics centers to take stock.

New management team introduced
Bernhard Simon, CEO, and his deputy Michael Schilling will join the Board of Directors of the logistics service provider in 2021 after 31 years. Burkhard Eling will become the new CEO of the family business.

The Hannover Messe has been canceled for this year and will not take place again until 2021. After the Hannover Messe had to be postponed from April to July due to the spread of coronavirus, the organizers have now finally pulled the ripcord.

The parcel and express service provider DPD is expanding its service during the coronavirus pandemic and continuing to deliver reliably. With new processes for contactless parcel delivery, the company also wants to protect the health of deliverers and consignees.

As part of its global real estate strategy, ID Logistics is revitalizing one of its German locations.

Combating capacity bottlenecks
Logistics service provider Geodis responds to COVID-19-related capacity bottlenecks with extensive expansion of existing services.

The operator of Europe's leading freight exchange, the IT company Timocom, is expanding the access options to its logistics system in times of crisis.

The Wirth Group, together with the pfenning Group and the town of Philippsburg, is supporting food logistics with a short-term and flexible solution so that the population can continue to be supplied.

Logistics service provider B+S receives the Lean and Green Award for its action plan to reduce CO2 emissions.

As more and more logistics and intralogistics specialists are working from home due to the spread of the coronavirus, we refer to the ePaper editions of LT-manager.

There has been a change in the BVL's leadership: at its meeting on March 12 in Stuttgart, the BVL Board of Directors bid farewell to its honorary Chairman of the Board, Robert Blackburn, with thanks and recognition. In addition, the BVL Executive Committee is being restructured with an expansion.

Gebrüder Weiss can look back on a successful 2019: the transport and logistics company further expanded its market position in Europe, the USA and Asia and once again invested extensively.

The logistics service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics will in future be responsible for the entire contract logistics of the US toy manufacturer Jakks Pacific throughout Europe.
Family businesses are a driving factor when it comes to innovation and progress, as logistics and fulfillment service provider Loxxess shows. With Smile, the company developed a solution for e-commerce and achieved one of the three finalist positions in the German Logistics Award 2019.

Kuehne + Nagel and XPO Logistics have signed a binding agreement on the sale of a major part of Kuehne + Nagel's UK contract logistics business. The sale comprises the business units Drinks Logistics, Food Services and Retail & Technology.

Rhenus High Tech acquired all the shares in Simon Hegele Hightech Transport & Service GmbH, a subsidiary of the Simon Hegele Group, on February 20.