
Logistics Hall of Fame: Deadline for proposals ends on May 14
Proposals for inclusion in the virtual Logistics Hall of Fame or the TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year can be submitted until Friday, May 14.

Proposals for inclusion in the virtual Logistics Hall of Fame or the TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year can be submitted until Friday, May 14.

The digital event materialfluss world + conference took place at the end of March. You can find the videos of all the webinars, keynotes and the materialfluss PRODUCT OF THE YEAR award ceremonies here.

At the end of March, things went virtual at materialfluss: numerous exhibitors presented themselves at the digital event materialfluss world + conference, and visitors were able to learn a lot about modern intralogistics during exciting webinars.

Relaunch of the corporate website
WEKA BUSINESS MEDIEN, home of the trade journals materialfluss, Industrial Production, Kunststoff Magazin, LABO, engine and Baugewerbe, has relaunched its corporate website.

Logistics as a driver of digital innovation
On April 15, the annual "Logistics Day" offers the public the opportunity to gain an insight into logistics processes and technologies at free events.

The 19th Hamburg Logistics Days will be postponed to February 1 and 2, 2022 due to the current coronavirus developments.

Planning security instead of slogans such as "Come to us, we'll take care of your health" - The German Logistics Association is relying on a two-phase model for the German Logistics Congress in the second year of coronavirus.

As a result of the corona crisis, Deutsche Messe AG recorded sales of EUR 100 million and a loss of EUR 83 million last year. The mandate of trade fair boss Jochen Köckler was extended early for a further five years.

The online training platform Elucydate from WEKA MEDIA has been awarded the grade "very good" by the eLearning Journal.

The organizers of the Material Flow Congress are taking a very smart approach: The traditional event will be held digitally for one day on March 18, with a "real" congress to be held again in 2022.

FACHPACK, the trade fair for packaging, technology and processes, will take place on the regularly scheduled date from 28 to 30 September, the organizer predicts.

It's usually the small ones who say: "It's not the size that counts - it's the technology." This is how you could sum up this year's materialfluss ranking of the "Top 20 system integrators with the highest turnover and relevance for the German market". "Not quite true," the big players will claim, "we can also do technology."

Michael Schreckenberg teaches at the University of Duisburg-Essen as Professor of Physics of Transport and Traffic. Once a year, he has addressed the readers of LT-manager with a critical and humorous expert article on transport policy. A tradition that the editors of materialfluss are now only too happy to continue.

Donation for the Outpatient Children's...
WEKA FACHMEDIEN, WEKA BUSINESS MEDIEN and WEKA MEDIA PUBLISHING have been supporting the Ambulantes Kinderhospiz foundation as family sponsors for several years now. A family sponsorship was also taken over for 2021 with a check for 6,500 euros. This will secure the care of a family for a whole year.

Interesting discussions with guests, interactivity, entertainment and tips on making sushi. The first Kitchen Talk for the supply chain and logistics scene offered all of this in a livestream on November 12.

Anders Karlsson, a member of the IFOY Awards jury, died suddenly on September 30 at the age of 50 at his home near Linkoping, Sweden, it has now been announced.

Connecting people, getting them talking to each other, building networks and watching them grow is what this special person, who passed away at the beginning of November, enjoyed doing.

Is it in a deep sleep or in a general state of shock? The fact is: it seems to be quiet in the industry, I think too quiet.

Christmas is still a long way off at the beginning of November, but my colleague Marvin Meyke and I are already looking forward to it like children under the Christmas tree.

Even though the coronavirus pandemic has pushed many future topics and plans into the background, companies are working on initiatives to increase sustainability.