Dematic has received an order from the French shoe and clothing brand ERAM to automate its new distribution center in Chemillé-en-Anjou in western France. The decision is part of the strategy to make the fashion division's warehouse and distribution processes more efficient and modern.

Intralogistics is a complex interplay of means of transportation, digital control levels and dynamic processes. What is needed is holistic orchestration that integrates and scales systems from different manufacturers while ensuring process reliability. A practical example: the Noerpel Group. Noerpel has been offering solutions in the transport and logistics sector for more than 140 years. The Giengen I site relies on the Anyfleet automation platform from Idealworks .

Numerous locations, diverse products, individual customer requirements - JRS, J. Rettenmaier & Söhne, specializes in the production of functional plant fibres and ships parcels as well as big bags from Rosenberg. By retrofitting the high-bay warehouse during ongoing operations, the company improved its delivery capability and doubled its storage capacity.

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Since April 2025, Efaflex has been a member of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB), one of the world's leading associations for sustainable construction.

In many workshops and production facilities, everyday working life looks the same: Screwing, assembling, repairing and producing - and it's easy to lose focus on order: Tools are scattered around, materials cannot be found and work routes are unnecessarily long. The consequences range from loss of time and frustration to falling productivity and real safety risks. Well-designed shelving systems provide a remedy here.

Unloading pallets, delivering building materials and documenting receipts, notes and signatures for the delivery of goods - previously with pen and paper, today via smartphone or tablet: the building materials retailer Stark Deutschland was impressed by the advantages of the SAP-based goods delivery app FIS/LastMile during its one-year pilot phase at the sales brands Raab Karcher, Muffenrohr and Melle Gallhöfer, so that it is now being rolled out to the entire company.

With its solutions, Fronius aims to set new standards in the charging of industrial trucks and automated guided vehicles. These enable users and manufacturers to seamlessly integrate vehicles, chargers and lithium-ion batteries in automated environments.

For KWM Weisshaar, the ability to deliver is a key promise to its customers. This is why the sheet metal specialist relies on Kasto's storage solutions, including for the retrofit of the Kasto Unigrip buffer storage system. After a short conversion period, it has since been running smoothly again and ensuring process reliability.

EP Equipment presented the EFL 10T high-voltage forklift truck at the IFOY Award 2025 Test Camp in Dortmund. The EFL-HV series, including the EFL 10T, is designed to combine the performance of traditional combustion engine equipment with the modern advantages of electric drives.

The TST Group wants to usher in a new era of truck electrification with a cooperative-oriented depot charging network. TST is building an ecosystem for charging heavy commercial vehicles and delivery fleets that covers all relevant aspects: from digital networking and guaranteed charging prices to standardized billing. The energy supply is to come from 100 percent renewable sources.

In the inland port of Emmerich, Tsubaki Kabelschlepp has overhauled the cable routing of a container gantry crane belonging to Contargo Rhein-Waal-Lippe. A pre-assembled Totaltrax solution was used, which the experts for energy chain systems delivered ready to use and put into operation in no time at all.

Automated warehouses offer numerous advantages, but the right choice of such systems poses many challenges. System integrator Klinkhammer Intralogistics presents five important stumbling blocks when planning automated systems and outlines strategies for avoiding them.

With the Reeltec and Festoontec product series, TKD Kabel offers a portfolio of robust cable solutions for cranes and hoists. The specialist for application-oriented cable solutions thus also supports the increasing digitalization and automation of port facilities.

Supply chain planning expert Slimstock has helped Sonepar Suisse AG, one of Switzerland's leading electrical wholesalers, to achieve significant efficiency gains in inventory and supply chain management.

With the new Autostore Essentials Software Package, Autostore has been providing its customers with a software package since March 2025 that bundles the requirements of modern warehouse automation in one suite. The aim is to reduce complexity, increase efficiency and optimize system performance in every phase of operation. The all-in-one software package is designed to provide new customers with a fast and scalable entry into the world of warehouse robotics.

For more than 15 years, the US fashion label Psycho Bunny sold its products almost exclusively through department store chains until Alan Brandman became the owner in 2021. Under his leadership, Psycho Bunny expanded internationally and opened stores in North America, the Middle East and Africa - a challenge for the company's intralogistics.

The energy chain specialist Igus presented its new energy chain called Glide-Chain at the Hannover Messe. It has been specially developed for gliding applications and is particularly suitable for travel distances of up to 30 meters, such as those found in indoor cranes. According to the supplier, its design ensures cost savings of 30 to 40 percent.

With the E3-5, Craemer is bringing a one-piece all-rounder heavy-duty range to the trade fair.

Epal Germany is focusing on solutions for efficient and environmentally friendly logistics at transport logistic 2025.

Liebherr is building a new logistics center in Tupelo, Mississippi. SSI Schäfer is responsible for supplying the intralogistics solution. Installation will start in September 2025 and the facility is scheduled to go into operation in 2027.