Order management presented the family business Reichwald + Co with a challenge: incorrect allocation of the mostly heavy components could quickly become a time factor.

"We are optimistic, as we are currently experiencing very high demand for robot and IT-supported automation projects.

On December 27, 2021, the former editor-in-chief of the trade magazines "Transport" and "materialfluss", Torsten Buchholz, passed away after a serious illness.

With the SFX series, Hubtex develops compact, self-propelled platform transporters for indoor and outdoor use.

Agilox appoints new top management. Helmut Schmid will take over the role of CEO in January 2022, succeeding the previous CEO Franz Humer.

"2021 was a challenging year, not least due to the enormous price increases for our primary products and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But all in all, we ended the year satisfied and remain positive about the coming year 2022.

Applications for the German Logistics Award 2022 are now open. It is awarded annually in October at the German Logistics Congress in Berlin.

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AM Logistic Solutions would like to provide more clarity in terms of warehouse planning and system selection with a white paper.

"I am encouraged by the prospect of positive business development in our industry. Automated intralogistics and e-commerce, in whatever detailed form, will fit together perfectly in the coming years.

New in Craemer's range of plastic pallet boxes: the SB3 and the large-volume CB3 High, which the manufacturer claims are extremely robust.

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50 kilometers of cable, 32 charging stations for electric vehicles, 2,800 LED lights: The third car rack ("P3") at the 547,000 square meter BLG AutoTerminal Kelheim has been successfully integrated into ongoing operations.

The logistics service provider JCL Logistics presents itself with a new slogan, a new mission statement and a new vision.

Michael Schreckenberg teaches at the University of Duisburg-Essen as Professor of Physics of Transport and Traffic. Once a year, he addresses the readers of materialfluss, formerly LT-manager, with a critical and humorous expert article on transport policy.

I am encouraged by many developments for 2022. The coronavirus pandemic has shown how important intralogistics, and with it automation, is - and not just because of the shortage of skilled workers.

The Federal Cabinet has approved the appointment of the Federal Government Commissioner for Rail Transport and the Federal Government Coordinator for Freight Transport and Logistics proposed by Federal Minister Volker Wissing.

Walther Faltsysteme GmbH in Kevelaer underwent a management change at the beginning of the year: Dominik Lemken and Thomas Heilen became the new managing directors on January 1.

Hans-Bernd Effing joins the OLS management team and assumes responsibility as COO. Navid Thielemann will continue to lead the company as Managing Partner and CEO.

How did crane manufacturer KULI Hebezeuge experience the second year of the pandemic? materialfluss spoke to Managing Director Dr. Oliver Kempkes.

Dematic has responded to what it describes as increased demand with a new company organization for the EMEA region, which has been in place since 1 January. Bernard Biolchini has been appointed EVP.