On course for artificial intelligence
The Otto Group has entered into a strategic partnership with AI specialist Covariant. At the start, more than 100 robots will be implemented to strengthen logistics.
The Otto Group has entered into a strategic partnership with AI specialist Covariant. At the start, more than 100 robots will be implemented to strengthen logistics.
While the first hydrogen trucks are in practical operation with users, Hylane is continuing to expand its rental business: With Iveco, the Cologne-based company has gained an additional established manufacturer as a partner.
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Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks is expanding its multi-award-winning warehouse technology range with a robust, compact new forklift truck series with a driver's platform and a wide range of functions.

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Logistics specialist Johann Mader is further expanding its contract logistics business area for customers in the automotive sector.
Pharmaceutical wholesaler Nomeco relies on a new solution for deliveries with seamless track-and-trace functions to optimize the shipping of medicines throughout Denmark.
Synchronizing two independent processes without great effort - Item shows how this works using the range extender as an example. The intelligent combination of cobot, linear and conveyor technology with high-resolution signal processing enables cost-reduced and simple implementation.
The largest photovoltaic system on an industrial building in Germany to date is the hallmark of the new "C3 Bremen" logistics center in the Freight Village of the Free Hanseatic City.
Logisticians are used to high cost pressure. After all, nothing works without the right timing and adherence to deadlines. But the demands continue to rise: while it used to be considered punctual to deliver on the agreed day, today the calculation is down to the minute. It won't be long before the high customer requirements can no longer be met without artificial intelligence (AI).
Truck & Rail Container Logistics uses the CS Connect transport management system to digitize, automate, cooperate and streamline.
With Nexy, Steute has developed a radio-based automatic material retrieval system (AMS) that ensures a seamless flow of data and information in intralogistics and production.

Knapp presented robotics for automation and digitalization at LogiMAT 2023. The focus was on the Robotic Warehouse and how customers benefit from innovative zero-touch fulfillment technologies. The aim is to increase the level of automation and minimize the number of manual work steps.

The logistics service provider is planning 60,000 square meters of service and logistics center and an administration building with 5,000 square meters of floor space near Munich Airport.
Jürgen Schäfer, CSO of the Wago Group for many years, has retired from the operational business of the supplier of electrical connection and automation technology after 24 years.
Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots (AMR), appointed Jean-Pierre Hathout as President of the company with effect from May 1, 2023.
Paper manufacturer Franz Veit has made its intralogistics operations much more efficient with the help of Linde Material Handling and Ernst Müller Fördertechnik.
At a meeting, the Supervisory Board of Schaeffler appointed Sascha Zaps (48) as a member of the Board of Managing Directors of Schaeffler and as the new Chief Industrial Officer with effect from May 1, 2024.
Autonomous mobile robot (AMR) or driverless transport system (AGV) - if you want to automate your intralogistics transport processes, you seem to be faced with a choice between two different technologies.
When Stanley Kubrick brought the monumental science fiction film "2001 - A Space Odyssey" to the big screen in 1968, it was only natural that an artificial intelligence played a leading role: HAL 9000.

Fronius, technology specialist for battery charging technology, welding systems and solar energy, sets a milestone in automated pallet transportation. In a partnership development project with Knapp, the first Open Shuttle Fork goes into operation at the Fronius site in Sattledt.
The Heilbronn-based sports retailer Intersport Deutschland has expanded its central warehouse together with Körber Supply Chain in recent years.