Despite a promising start to the year and a positive sales trend, Interroll is lowering its outlook for the operating result in the first half of 2022.

Lufthansa Cargo has opened its new art storage facility at the Frankfurt hub, continuing the modernization of its largest airfreight hub. At ^155m2, the ARTcube now has twice as much space available for the secure and professional storage of valuable works of art.

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Panattoni, a project developer for industrial and logistics real estate in Europe, is letting Panattoni Park Freiburg Süd in Neuenburg am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg, to Hornbach before construction has even begun.

Full-service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has expanded its overnight express offering and acquired OptimNet Solutions, a provider based in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

A bicycle campaign launched by logistics company Gebrüder Weiss at the beginning of April has met with a great response: the original goal of circumnavigating the globe was achieved after just 45 days. The campaign will run until September in aid of a reforestation project in Togo.

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The Magdeburg-based FAM Group, a provider of conveyor systems and loading technology, is now wholly owned by the Beckum-based Beumer Group. The purchase agreement signed at the beginning of May was legally completed on June 9, 2022.

In addition to his role as CEO of Hamburg-based Opheo Solutions, Dr. Stefan Anschütz will also strengthen the management of Städtler Logistik with immediate effect. He will manage the business of the Nuremberg-based logistics specialist together with Michael Reichle.

The new software from Mobile Industrial Robots is designed to perform transport tasks faster and more efficiently and optimize integration with other systems. It also ensures improved cyber security.

The flourishing online trade is leading to changes in order structures and calls for more efficient processes. Ferag AG presents an approach with the further development of its Skyfall technology. It connects the pocket sorter system directly to the automated warehouse.

It has now been announced that MHS Global (MHS), a provider of automation technology and system integration for material flow, and Fortna, a provider of software and system solutions for warehousing and distribution, merged in April to form a multi-billion dollar group offering a broad spectrum of parcel, warehouse and distribution and lifecycle services.

DHL Supply Chain, Deutsche Post DHL Group's specialist contract logistics division, is putting a new, highly automated fulfillment center into operation in Bergkamen for its customer IKEA.

The Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Finland, has awarded Prof. Michael Henke an honorary doctorate.

After a construction period of just over two years, Winterhalter + Fenner AG's new central warehouse in Wallisellen went into operation at the end of June 2020. The high-bay warehouse, the first of its kind in Switzerland to be built using timber construction, is part of a compact, highly dynamic overall system in which the flow of goods is routed over three storeys.

Despite a wide range of challenges, the Hekatron companies will close the 2021 financial year with a turnover of around 215 million euros. For the fire protection experts and EMS specialists, this means continued growth and an increase of 5.5 percent compared to the previous year.

After a two-year break, embedded world is back in Nuremberg. In parallel, the embedded world Conference and the electronic displays Conference invite visitors to exchange ideas.

With the Gebhardt SpeedSorter line vertical crossbelt sorter, the Gebhardt Intralogistics Group is primarily targeting courier and parcel service providers as well as e-commerce providers.

Demag Cranes & Components will take over the automation of incoming goods and the feeding of the production areas for processing raw materials for Wilhelm Layher GmbH & Co KG in its new plant.

Under the project title "value chAIn", Krone is currently using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze optimization possibilities in terms of product and process quality, performance and availability.

P3 Logistic Parks, developer and owner of logistics properties in Europe, is planning around 140,000 square meters of logistics space in the JadeWeserPort freight village (GVZ) in Wilhelmshaven, Germany's only deep-water port.

The interim management duo Thilo Konig and Bernd Reckmann have started with the task of driving forward the necessary further development of Antalis Verpackungen. Astrid Voss will now build on this and take over the management of the company together with Bernd Reckmann.