To the east of Gera, in the Korbwiesen industrial estate in Korbußen, Logivest has brokered a production hall and warehouse measuring around 2,000 square meters to Marigan Bio Extracts GmbH.

If intralogistics systems have been in use for decades, maintenance and repair will eventually reach their limits. Retrofitting is then an option to ensure the operation of a high-bay warehouse, for example, and at the same time make it even more efficient with new functions and technologies.

The new "Warehouse Healing" development from S&P Computersysteme minimizes travel times by intelligently placing products.

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DB Schenker has launched its new Schenker Ventures unit, which aims to drive innovation in logistics by supporting and collaborating with entrepreneurs.

In September 2021, logistics provider Transco will put an AutoStore into operation at its Gottmadingen logistics center, marking its entry into automated e-fulfillment. The fully automated warehouse is already largely fully booked before the launch.

The Stahlgruber Group has had one of its almost 180 stores in Pforzheim for many years. This branch was recently extensively renovated and extended. A central element of the extension: a three-storey shelving system from META.

In the year of the company's 150th anniversary, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is welcoming over 160 junior employees from 13 nations in Germany alone.

With the Virtual Guard - a virtual guard tour - a provider of real-time intervention in the security industry is developing an alternative for monitoring commercial properties.

At its "Welcome Day", Still welcomed a total of 59 new trainees and dual students who are starting their training at nine company locations across Germany. The training team welcomed the career starters in person at the company headquarters in Hamburg.

As an official logistics partner, Gebrüder Weiss supports the "Swissloop Tunneling" research team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. The ETH team is involved in the technical development of the high-speed Hyperloop system.

A new Linde H80D/1100 Series 396 diesel forklift truck has recently been setting the pace in the Schierer Baustoffe warehouse.

Anyone who has ever used a tube lifter knows that the operation of previous devices goes against natural logic and is not instinctive. According to the manufacturer, users can therefore look forward to the new Force-Lift tube lifter all the more.

ABB has announced the acquisition of ASTI Mobile Robotics Group (ASTI), a manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots (AMR).

The launch of the Krone Trusted brand at the beginning of 2021 exceeded expectations and has been very well received by transport companies and workshops, according to the company.

The full-service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Marc Wijnen as Global Head of eCommerce. In this newly created position, he is responsible worldwide for the further development of the eCommerce product, which is assigned to the Contract Logistic segment.

Kroger decided to expand its Great Lakes distribution center in Delaware, Ohio, in order to supply its stores in the region with fresh food efficiently and quickly. The OSR Shuttle Evo and Runpick technologies from Knapp are being used.

Last week, the second container train from the Chinese province of Anhui arrived at JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven.

montratec GmbH specializes in intralogistics solutions for assembly automation and systematic process interlinking of industrial production and logistics processes. The intralogistics specialist uses the 3D simulation platform Visual Components offered by DUALIS GmbH IT Solution to visualize a monorail and shuttle transport system.

The test laboratory in Bilbao will be called AR Racking Research Laboratory: Storage Solutions and will focus on analytical studies on structures made of thin-walled profiles.

In the first six months of this year, 120 million tons were handled at the port of Antwerp, which is five percent more than in the same period in 2020 and status quo compared to 2019.