Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) have long been used in logistics and production areas. Now they are conquering the healthcare sector.

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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Poland has opened a new branch in Toruń. The company is thus continuing to invest in the strategic expansion of its general cargo network in Poland, which transports up to 10,000 pallets a day.

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The high-tech company Trumpf and one of the leading manufacturers of automated storage systems, Stopa, intend to work even more closely together in the future. The two companies have now announced an agreement to this effect.

Families with seriously ill children are dependent on special support, such as that offered by the Munich Outpatient Children's Hospice. But the helpers also need help. That is why WEKA continues to support the AKM with a family sponsorship.

SWAN, project house for SAP logistics, can look back on a successful year. Despite the economic and political challenges, the company expects a 13% increase in turnover compared to the previous year by the end of the year.

In the "Autodrone in Production" project, researchers at the Institute of Integrated Production Hanover (IPH) have developed a drone that can fly autonomously in unknown indoor spaces.

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Automated packaging solution with integrated control from Omron and B Electrical Engineering ensures scalable processes and high-quality contract manufacturing of FMCG goods such as luxury body care products or confectionery.

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Well-functioning intralogistics is characterized by a reliable storage and picking system that not only ensures seamless process chains in internal operations, but also optimizes them where possible.

Linerless, self-adhesive labels are ecological and efficient - and are available from Mediaform in top quality in many versions. The new Bixolon XL5-40CT, a desktop model whose siliconized print roller guarantees clean label printing, is available for printing them.

The topping-out ceremony for the expansion of a logistics center took place in the Hodenhagen Nord industrial estate. From 2023, Kuehne+Nagel will bundle the global spare parts business of Vestas, a provider of sustainable energy solutions, in Hodenhagen.

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On January 1, 2023, logistics service provider XSTAFF will open a new location in Hamburg, taking into account the continuous growth of recent years and at the same time sending a clear signal for the future.

In Hecklingen, a small town in the Harz foreland south of Magdeburg, Logivest has leased a warehouse measuring around 7,600 square meters to the logistics service provider Samsung SDS.

Ledvance, a supplier of light sources and luminaires, has transferred part of its European warehousing to the hands of the international full-service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.

Reduce your own CO2 footprint sustainably and be less dependent on rising electricity costs? The decision to install a photovoltaic system on the roof of its company headquarters in Beckum was not a difficult one for Beumer. The company now covers around 20 percent of its total energy requirements in Beckum with self-generated green electricity.

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The work to electrify the rail-side infrastructure of Germany's only deep-water container port, JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven, has now been completed on schedule and just in time for Deutsche Bahn's timetable change.

After just eight months of construction, the Noerpel Group celebrates the inauguration of its new logistics site in Giengen an der Brenz in Baden-Württemberg, around 30 kilometers north-east of Ulm. Judith Noerpel-Schneider opened the 45,000 square meter terminal together with Lord Mayor Dieter Henle.

Dachser is setting the course for future growth in its Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) business field with long-term personnel decisions. Dr. Tobias Burger will succeed Edoardo Podestà as COO Air & Sea Logistics and member of the Executive Board on 1 January 2024.

Once again this year, the renowned EcoVadis evaluation platform has awarded the Hamburg-based intralogistics company Still the gold sustainability certificate. The company stands out particularly in the evaluation areas of "environmental management" and "labor and human rights".

Mushiny, a provider of complete solutions for the use of autonomous mobile robots, is continuing its successful entry into the European market by setting up its own subsidiaries. Mushiny Robotics Europe, based in the Lower Saxony municipality of Stuhr near Bremen, is the first of these.

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The life's work of Oliver Richter (1920-2014) was honored at the annual gala reception of the Logistics Hall of Fame on November 29.