Two new surface gripper variants are specially designed for use in confined spaces. The target groups are intralogistics specialists, but also glass and wood processors.

Kardex is presenting an innovative way of order picking at LogiMAT (April 25 to 27). The company will be showing trade fair visitors its latest developments in the area of "Natural User Interface" as part of a live demonstration on the stand and invites all interested parties to informative background discussions.

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In Germany, DHL Supply Chain opened its largest, fully automated warehouse with robot picking for Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf.

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The symbolic ground-breaking ceremony marked the start of construction of a new office building at SICK. The company is building new office space of around 9,300 square meters for over 500 modern workplaces. The anticipated construction costs amount to around EUR 29 million. Completion is planned for the first quarter of 2025.

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ABM Greiffenberger will be presenting complete drive solutions at LogiMAT (April 25 to 27). The system provider adapts these to specific applications and customers - always in close and cooperative partnership with the customer.

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As part of Combilift's 25th anniversary celebrations, the Irish materials handling specialist is donating its 75,000th truck - an Aisle Master articulated forklift - to Convoy of Hope, a non-profit organization for humanitarian aid and disaster preparedness.

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For decades, the Swiss industrial company Georg Fischer (GF) worked with three different warehouse management systems at its GF Piping Systems division sites in Schaffhausen.

Claus Bischoff will become the new CTO of the global automation specialist Lenze on May 1. He succeeds Dipl.-Ing. Frank Maier, who is leaving the company on April 30 after 14 years on the Executive Board and 18 years with the company.

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The aisles between the high racks in narrow-aisle warehouses are narrow and special requirements apply when handling long loads. Logistics specialists must therefore take specific safety precautions.

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Premiere for the IFOY Award: The world's largest intralogistics award cooperates with the Transfer Festival of the Digital.Hub Logistics and the Fraunhofer Institute for Logistics and Material Flow IML.

Panattoni celebrated the completion of the shell of the City Dock Leonberg near Stuttgart with a topping-out ceremony on March 22, 2023. Trumpf, a high-tech company from Ditzingen near Stuttgart, is moving into the new City Dock, which offers its customers manufacturing solutions in the fields of machine tools, laser technology and electronics.

The German Road Haulage, Logistics and Disposal Association (BGL) and the FreightTech company Timocom are intensifying their long-standing cooperation.

Anyone can now nominate personalities or groups of people for inclusion in the Logistics Hall of Fame or submit an application.

Torwegge will be showcasing various conveyor technology solutions from its product portfolio at this year's LogiMAT. Among other things, the system provider for internal material flow will be showcasing its well-known FlexO rollers.

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The Nosta Solutions service division has been operating as an independent GmbH under the umbrella of the Nosta Group since January of this year. COO (Chief Operating Officer) Jan Steinacker bundles the Supply Chain Consulting and New Business divisions in the new company.

Lifting columns from RK Rose+Krieger are typically used for the electrical height adjustment of (assembly) workstations, medical facilities or complex systems in mechanical engineering.

Fipa has expanded its range to include the highly wear-resistant monoflex bellows suction cups from the SP-BX1 and SP-BX2 series. The cup material combines the elasticity of rubber with the durability of polyurethane.

With the takeover of air and sea freight forwarder ACA International, Dachser is expanding its own Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) network by six locations "down under".

On February 28, 2023, ifm acquired CMS Automatisierungstechnik in Linz, Austria. The company is thus strengthening its activities in the field of cloud-based machine diagnostics.

Craemer presents a closed plastic pallet box. The new HB3 is likely to attract interest wherever hygiene plays a special role - in technical and logistical processes in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, for example, as well as in the food and cosmetics sectors.

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