"We are starting the new year optimistically and expect the positive trend to continue in 2022. The order books are already well filled.

FAB Fördertechnik und Anlagenbau from Waldshut-Tiengen has been commissioned by Grieshaber Logistik to implement a cross-building concept with a conveyor bridge that can be dismantled quickly.

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The news almost got lost in the back and forth regarding the Hannover Messe: The 30th German Material Flow Congress, planned for March 31 and April 1, 2022 in Munich, has been canceled and postponed to 2023.

In order to be able to process the sharp increase in online orders on time, the Swiss retailer Coop set up and commissioned an e-commerce warehouse in Altishofen with SSI Schaefer within two weeks.

The order books are well filled - at least at AR Racking. However, the transportation chains that have been affected by the pandemic and trade conflicts are a cause for concern.

Antje Lochmann has been appointed Managing Director of the Freight Forwarding and Contract Logistics divisions of Geodis in Germany.

The two companies Kuehne+Nagel and Lufthansa Cargo have agreed on an exclusive partnership to promote and use power-to-liquid aviation fuel.

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The former Commercial Director for Conventional Solutions for the EMEA markets, José Manuel Lucio, has been appointed as the new Managing Director of AR Racking with effect from January 1.

"We have launched two new products this year that we are very proud of: the Rent-a-Robot program for AutoStore as the world's first distributor for the rental of AutoStore robots and the RiCO-bot picking robot ...

42 nominees. Seven categories. The decision is up to you, dear readers of materialfluss, the specialist medium for intralogistics and logistics!

Both the "On-Site Service Program" and the "Extended Warranty Program" are now available for TSC brand industrial printers and Printronix Auto ID brand industrial enterprise printers.

By modernizing a crane system, Stahlbau Schauenberg increased the logistics capacities of an extended external warehouse at the Ihringen site in southern Baden.

"2021 is already by far the best year for us in terms of incoming orders. The order books for high-bay warehouse and AutoStore projects are full to bursting, ...

The Hannover Messe will take place from May 30 to June 2 in 2022 and not in April as previously planned.

From a total of 29 applicants, the judges selected 14 devices and solutions from 12 manufacturers for the race for the most innovative intralogistics products and solutions.

The Ecovium Group and Mantis join forces as providers of Supply Chain Execution (SCE) solutions on an international level and combine platforms for transportation, shipping, customs and warehouse management.

"In terms of business development, I expect 2022 to be characterized by continued high demand for automation solutions. ...

Batch sizes are getting smaller, product life cycles shorter, assembly lines and production lines are giving way to modular concepts. Fast material flow concepts are necessary for their realization - with freely navigable automated guided vehicles.

Daimler Truck was able to significantly increase its Group sales in the past financial year. At 455,000 units, around 20% more trucks and buses were sold worldwide in 2021 than in the same period of the previous year.

"On the one hand, we are entering 2022 with a very high order backlog and, on the other, the project pipeline is very promising...