According to the Timocom Transport Barometer, which is based on freight data from 46 European countries, the first quarter exceeded the previous year's figure by a total of 58% after a quiet start.

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Irish forklift truck manufacturer Combilift has reached another milestone in the company's history when the 60,000th truck left the production line at the company's headquarters in Monaghan.

SSI Schaefer, solution provider of modular warehouse and logistics systems, announces that its Wamas software has been included in the Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems by US research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc.

In the spirit of a system supplier, Krones is now bringing the areas of mechanical engineering and digitalization even closer together: In future, customers will receive both from a single source - from Krones.

Under the leadership of the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW Berlin), a research team has successfully tested new forms of parcel delivery.

Fronius chargers impress the market with an average failure rate of 0.3 percent and a life expectancy of up to 20 years. Fronius has now taken this high quality standard as an opportunity to offer a five-year warranty on its chargers.

With the purchase of a property in Ulm, Terberg Spezialfahrzeuge has laid a further foundation stone for its growth. In future, Terberg Spezialfahrzeuge, Terberg Kinglifter and HS-Fahrzeugbau will work together under one roof.

On July 13, the first direct train from the Chinese city of Hefei in Anhui province arrived at the JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven freight village. The train departed from Hefei on 25 June with a volume of around 100 TEU, mainly household appliances, textiles and electrical goods.

Dr. Tosja Zywietz, member of the Executive Board of SICK AG, and Rolf Adam, SVP and General Manager DACH at Hitachi Solutions Europe, are two renowned leaders who have joined Wiferion's management board. In addition, CMO Julian Seume has also been managing global sales activities as Head of Sales since April.

The Aschaffenburg-based goods handling specialist Linde Material Handling (Linde MH) presents its sustainability report for 2020. It takes stock of the social, ecological and economic aspects of the company's activities and formulates targets.

The NXV narrow-aisle stacker (man-down) shows its strengths particularly in high and narrow warehouse aisles.

Starting signal for the construction of the distribution center for Amazon in Giengen an der Brenz: A symbolic ground-breaking ceremony has now officially begun with the realization of the project, which is of great importance for the town in the district of Heidenheim.

With the SFX series, Hubtex is developing new platform transporters for load capacities of 25 t, 40 t and 65 t.

Logistics services provider Imperial announces that it has entered into an agreement with DP World under which DP World is offering to acquire all of Imperial's issued shares for ZAR 66 per share.

Europäischer Ladungs-Verbund internationaler Spediteure AG, ELVIS for short, is starting the second half of the year with an expanded management team. The Supervisory Board has appointed Nikolja Grabowski (35, pictured) to the Management Board with effect from July 1.

The N7 Cachalot Pro extends the Newland portfolio to rugged warehouse and logistics applications. It offers higher processing speed, fast roaming wireless connections, higher drop and IP ratings and additional flexibility with a choice of 3 keyboard layouts.

It is the undisputed highlight of the year for forklift truck drivers - but also for all fans of new vehicles, state-of-the-art technology and ingenious skill courses: this year's StaplerCup is eagerly awaited.

The French supplier, which specializes in robotic and computer-aided solutions for the supply chain, announces sales growth of 16.5% and is now one of the 20 largest system suppliers in the world.

Beumer Maschinenfabrik, the German regional company of the Beumer Group in Beckum, has had a new Managing Director since May: Dr. Jörn Fontius.