Automation is playing an increasingly important role in today's warehouses, and software is the key. The acquisition of S&P adds a state-of-the-art intralogistics software suite to Element Logic's expertise.
Knapp Germany celebrates its 15th anniversary this year and looks back on its beginnings and successes.
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Rhenus Warehousing Solutions India has opened a new multi-user facility in Bhiwandi, India. With an area of around 28,000 square meters, it is one of the largest warehouses in the greater Mumbai area. This strengthens the company's role as one of the most important players in integrated logistics in the country.
One and a half years after the takeover by the SLS Group (now renamed Life Logistics Global), Transco Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH is dropping its company name at the turn of the year and will operate as Life Logistics Freight GmbH from January 1, 2023.
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The general cargo cooperation IDS Logistik is further expanding its network capacities in the capital region in order to accommodate the increasing volume of consignments with service and quality.
Since 2016, Wilo, manufacturer of pumps and pump systems, has been relying on the expertise of intralogistics specialist Torwegge to modernize its production and logistics facility in Dortmund. The site is now the pump manufacturer's flagship, partly due to its conveyor technology.
AR Racking's Danish strategic distributor, NC Nielsen, completed the design and installation of the new warehouse for fashion group DK Company in Ikast, Denmark, in an exceptional nine weeks, managing the project from design to completion.
Generation change at Krieg in Heimsheim: Andreas Krieg handed over the management of the company to Florian Becker on October 1, 2022. The company, which specializes in workplace systems and office furnishings, intends to focus even more strongly on its manufacturing expertise in the future.
The KION Group is strengthening its site in Reutlingen and is planning to expand its local plant. The intralogistics group is investing an amount in the double-digit million euro range for this purpose.
The Greven-based logistics service provider Fiege is strengthening its presence in the Netherlands. In the new logistics center in Zaandam, the subsidiary Fiege B.V. consolidates a large part of its customer business in the consumer products sector.
SEH Engineering has inaugurated its new SkyCube technology world in Ostrhauderfehn, East Frisia. Visitors and potential customers can experience conveyor technology such as the innovative Skyrail electric monorail system live.
The Seifert Logistics Group (SLG) celebrated the opening of its newly built logistics center in Ulm. With a festive customer event on November 18 and an employee and family party on November 19. More than 350 guests and 800 employees and their families came together at the Ulm North Logistics Center to toast the company's success story.
With the PTV Truck Navigator G2, the PTV Group is launching the next generation of its navigation app for trucks. The app is based on the TomTom Navigation SDK (Mobile Software Developer Kit) and therefore contains up-to-date online maps and user-defined truck routes.
With remote services, intralogistics specialists can access highly automated warehouses in real time and rectify faults. The trend is not just to react to problems, but to proactively analyze data and simulate scenarios in order to provide customers with maximum availability. The example of the TGW Logistics Group shows why these services are worthwhile.
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Schmitz Cargobull has delivered the first climate-neutral vehicle combination consisting of an M.KO truck body and a hydrogen-powered truck to its customer hylane. The body, manufactured at the Schmitz Cargobull production plant in Lithuania, is equipped with a multifunctional floor, two load securing rails and a tail lift, thus completing the hydrogen-powered motor vehicle from Hyundai.
Less manual handling for greater work safety for the ship's crew: this is ensured by a debris removal platform on the Vox Amalia ship from Van Oord.
Automation is both a blessing and a curse: it ensures competitiveness and eases staff shortages. However, the increasing use of robots also increases energy requirements and therefore the product carbon footprint.
TGW Logistics Group is further expanding its solution expertise in the field of mobile robotics and is entering into a partnership with Safelog. As a system integrator, TGW is thus expanding its robotics portfolio under the name Quba.
The intralogistics provider Still is responding to the general change with a smart brand orientation, an expanded product portfolio and a focus on tailor-made solutions.
Bito-Lagertechnik is expanding its product portfolio with a warehouse software solution for the digital control of warehouse processes and inventory management. With PULPO WMS, the specialist for warehouse technology and intralogistics solutions now offers a warehouse management system that is tailored to the requirements of warehouse processes in e-commerce and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as an easy-to-implement and easy-to-use best-practice solution.
