The medium-sized Transco Group with its operational headquarters in Singen is continuing its expansion course and has taken over Mainsped Banse GmbH & Co. KG, which has around 100 employees and is based in Rüsselsheim.

Electric heavy-duty forklift trucks are increasingly moving into areas that were previously reserved for industrial trucks with combustion engines. What was unthinkable years ago is now reality: electric forklift trucks with a load capacity of 25 tons.

Fast response times due to shorter product life cycles and a wealth of variants with small batch sizes are changing the demands on the manufacturing industry in the long term.

With new products, KBS Industrieelektronik GmbH is expanding the possibilities for control, acceleration and error prevention in manual order picking processes.

Unplanned machine downtimes cost time and money. Elara Digital GmbH now offers the right solutions for reduced downtimes and increased machine availability.

Arvato Supply Chain Solutions is expanding its collaboration with the cosmetics company Sephora: In Pruszków, Poland, the supply chain management and e-commerce service provider has opened a new distribution center to support Sephora's e-commerce and B2B business.

The demand for digital and dynamic labeling of objects is continuously increasing. It is therefore not surprising that a specialist for complex labeling such as Faubel now handles a large number of projects in which RFID tags and e-paper displays are installed.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWN) appoints two new members to the Brand Board of Management: Lars Krause takes over as Head of Sales and Marketing on July 1. Michael Obrowski, previously Head of Group Controlling at Volkswagen AG, will take over as Head of Finance and IT at the same time.

Another brand-new Boeing 777F aircraft is to be added to Lufthansa Cargo's freighter fleet. Delivery of the aircraft is expected before the end of this year. A total of fifteen full freighters will then be in service for Lufthansa Cargo customers.

After almost 15 years, the management of BVL's press and public relations work is passing into new hands. Ulrike Grünrock-Kern's successor is Christian Stamerjohanns.

The global full-service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Christa Stienen as Chief HR Officer as of August 1.

The intralogistics specialist from Stuttgart is building a new logistics center in Waldkraiburg, Upper Bavaria, for the world market leader for rotary positive displacement pumps.

The system integrator Material Handling Systems (MHS) has launched a new version of its HC-Loop cross-belt sorter. The enhanced automatic cross-belt sorter is now also available as a double-cell system.

Körber and Balyo will jointly offer technologies for autonomous industrial trucks worldwide as part of a strategic partnership.

Getac launches the new generation of its fully ruggedized K120 tablet. It is particularly suitable for use in harsh industrial environments as well as in logistics, transportation and field service.

At Hamburg-based intralogistics company Still, preparations for its own coronavirus vaccination campaign are in full swing. As soon as the legal and structural framework conditions allow, the vaccination line will open at the Billbrook plant.

Dematic is hosting the next Customer Day in its Virtual Events series on June 23 and 24. At the online event, international managers from well-known companies and industry experts will discuss the future of the food & beverage industry.

Seaborne cargo throughput in the Port of Hamburg developed more positively than expected in the first quarter of 2021. The strong handling performance in March in particular boosted the upward trend.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the uncertain outlook for events, the "Future Logistics Congress - 39th Dortmund Talks", jointly organized by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML and the Digital Hub Logistics, will once again take place as a purely digital event from 14-16 September 2021.

ProGlove, provider of ergonomic wearables for industry, is launching a new wearable scanner on the market. The MARK Basic standard range (SR) addresses the needs of companies whose focus is on scanning at short distances.