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.

Sparck Technologies, formerly Packaging by Quadient, is strengthening its sales department in Germany. Mechanical engineer Fabian Mütherich (29) has been supporting the specialist for automated packaging systems as a sales engineer since December 1.

Despite the persistently difficult market environment, the Krone Group generated sales of EUR 2.2 billion in the 2020/2021 financial year (1 August 2020 - 31 July 2021), which is above the previous year's level (around EUR 1.9 billion).

An AutoStore system is being built in an existing warehouse in Liezen to support e-commerce processes. The project is being implemented by Hörmann Logistik.

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In order for system integrator Witron to keep pace with its previous growth, company founder and owner Walter Winkler decided at the beginning of 2019 to significantly increase production capacity in Parkstein.

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According to the daily newspaper "HAZ", Deutsche Messe AG is considering postponing the Hannover Messe from the end of April to the summer.

The new Managing Director of BVL will be Dr. Martin Schwemmer, currently Senior Consultant at the Fraunhofer Working Group for Supply Chain Services SCS at Fraunhofer IIS in Nuremberg.

Crown, one of the world's largest material handling solutions companies, recently bought back one of its first electric counterbalance trucks built in Ireland in 1968.

E-commerce has experienced significant growth worldwide during the pandemic. Fleet operators need to mitigate the impact of the driver shortage by improving the productivity and retention of existing drivers.

The logistics company Deutsche Post DHL Group is selling the rights and know-how for the production of its StreetScooter electric vans to the international consortium ODIN Automotive S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg).

With a good 4,700,000^{m3 of refrigerated} and deep-freeze capacity, Kloosterboer is a leading logistics service provider for temperature-controlled food in Western Europe.

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What is SWF Krantechnik's outlook for 2021? materialfluss asked Managing Director Christian Heid.

With the iGo neo, Still has had a technology on the market since 2016 that turns series production vehicles into autonomous assistants for their operators. The intralogistics provider is now launching a series of further innovations for the OPX iGo neo horizontal order picker.