The number of parcels transported in Germany each year is expected to rise to around 5.7 billion by 2025. This is why parcel delivery companies such as dpd are actively working on sustainable delivery concepts. As part of the VanAssist cooperation project, an autonomous electric delivery vehicle has been developed. Tests with the VanAssist vehicle in daily road traffic are already planned.
Germany is the most automated economy in Europe: robot density - i.e. the number of industrial robots per 10,000 employees - has risen to a new record of 371 units (2020).
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EGLO Leuchten GmbH, the global market leader for home and outdoor lighting, modernized its warehouse management system in its four central warehouses in Europe with SAP EWM by Knapp.
The Südzucker Group focuses on quality: this applies to the manufacturing process as well as to the intralogistics processes. This requires partners such as sensor expert Leuze.
Dematic expands the logistics center of Julius Blum GmbH near the Polish city of Poznan.
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Bowe Intralogistics, a division of the cross-industry automation specialist Boew Group, has expanded its range of solutions with a pocket sorter.
Demand for space in the logistics real estate sector has been increasing for years, with drivers such as e-commerce, the coronavirus pandemic and the expansion of regional stockpiling structures fueling demand.
DB Schenker continues its growth course in Europe. The German company today announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of Grupo Loserco and Transportes Santos Campos, two leading land transportation companies in Spain.
The development continues: the smart, automated production of the future will require transport robots that have capabilities such as autonomous journey planning and people recognition, are capable of learning and can "think for themselves".
Torwegge GmbH & Co KG is launching a new development on the market with the FlexO rollers.
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The company HoBohTec in Garrel, Lower Saxony, has developed a system for collecting turkey eggs.
The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) has revised the quality classification and exchange conditions in cooperation with retailers, freight forwarders, pallet service providers and repair companies.
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Products such as the "Billy" shelving unit from furniture manufacturer IKEA have been reaching customers in the Vienna area in zero-emission electric vehicles since October.
At the company headquarters in Hermaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Hauff-Technik built a new automated logistics center with intralogistics specialist Klinkhammer.
Tunnel construction competition
Swissloop Tunneling, the team of students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich supported by Gebrüder Weiss, took second place in the "Not-A-Boring-Competition" tunnel construction competition on September 12 in Las Vegas.
