The Logistics Hall of Fame brought together top-class international experts for the first time at the ConnectChains conference at the Federal Ministry of Transport in Berlin for networking and knowledge transfer. The players in humanitarian logistics exchanged views on the greatest challenges and possible solutions.
Globalization and relocation are now causing increased criticism in some places. Disrupted supply chains during the pandemic have done the rest to reinforce this trend and promote the topic of "nearshoring" - an option that can be supported and facilitated by robotics.
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Conveying and lifting technology
In hardly any other industry has the demand for a flexibly expandable material flow been greater in recent months than in the energy industry: concerns about supply bottlenecks caused the demand for energy to skyrocket within a very short space of time.
Omron introduces the new V460-H Direct Part Mark (DPM) industrial reader. This rugged handheld reader offers advanced decoding performance and Ethernet network connectivity.
Software and identification systems
Automated and digital processes in dark warehouses increase productivity and optimize resources.
Visualization and simulation tools for scenario planning make it easier to cope with unexpected changes. "Logistics is constantly changing," says Ron Farr, Director Warehouse Sales EMEA at Yale Lift Truck Technologies.
Fully automatic storage system
Due to the high demand for heat pumps, the manufacturer of heating and air conditioning solutions Hoval is expanding production at its site in Slovakia with a fully automated storage system consisting of a pallet high-bay warehouse, conveyor technology and Autostore small parts warehouse.
Jakob Hatteland and Ingvar Hognaland, pioneers of Norway's first unicorn AutoStore, were inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame on November 29. The Logistics Leader of the Year Award was also presented at the reception. This year, the trophy goes to Germany.
ABB is expanding its SCARA range. The new IRB 930 enables the handling of more and heavier workpieces.
Supply Chain Management Software
The software manufacturer Setlog has been part of the Rhenus Group since October 24, 2023. Setlog was founded in 2001 by Guido Brackelsberg, Ralf Düster and Jakob Gielen and has since developed into a specialist for end-to-end supply chain management solutions.
The agricultural machinery manufacturer from East Westphalia has successfully automated the internal material flow at its plant in Paderborn despite difficult local conditions, thereby achieving considerable efficiency gains.
Lufthansa Cargo invests around 500 million euros in construction and modernization measures at Cargo City North at Frankfurt Airport
Internal heavy load transportation
Hubtex has further developed an SFX electric platform truck for the Austrian company Binder for the in-house transportation of raw materials, semi-finished and finished bulk material processing plants.
Pacurion, a digital trading platform for load carriers, has developed an AI-based service that enables customers to buy Euro pallets quickly and easily - in quality classes new to C.
Pssbl.Robotics, a start-up founded jointly by Schubert and Weiss, aims to simplify the introduction of robotics in mechanical and plant engineering.
Together with the German integrator Hörmann Intralogistics, Caja Robotics facilitates operations at the fulfillment center of Versandmanufaktur GmbH in Bochum.
At the beginning of October, one of the largest connected photovoltaic systems on the roof of an industrial property in Germany and Europe was connected to the grid.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics has successfully validated SSI Schaefer's Wamas WMS (Warehouse Management System) software.
The Board of TGW Future Privatstiftung, the sole owner of TGW Logistics, has announced the appointment of Dr. Henry Puhl as the new Chief Executive Officer.
Conveying and lifting technology
Maximum efficiency, performance and system availability - Stöcklin Logistik has expanded and modernized the existing, fully automated high-bay warehouse in Oensingen in accordance with these requirements of the Bell Food Group.
