The Hubtex Group has acquired 100 percent of the shares in Genkinger GmbH, based in Münsingen. The aim of this acquisition is to further strengthen the individual brands internationally and to utilize synergies across locations.

When Germany's third-largest economic sector opens its doors on April 10, 2025 - the "Day of Logistics" - interested parties will be able to experience live the importance of logistics for a functioning everyday life. Around 100 events, from company tours and webinars to a logistics escape room, are already on offer.

Silke Fischer has joined RAIN - Rapid Innovation GmbH as Business Director Logistics. The provider for the development of customized apps and services for the automation of business processes in logistics is further expanding its management team.

Con-pearl is a manufacturer of environmentally friendly lightweight PP sheets. The company has been using this material for many years to produce logistics and transport packaging in pallet and half-pallet format, among other things. Con-pearl now also offers boxes in the handy weight class with a load capacity of up to 25 kg.

Körber Supply Chain Software, a joint venture between Körber and KKR active in the field of flexible supply chain solutions, becomes Infios. The brand symbolizes the concept of meeting customers' current challenges and shaping the future together with them.

At midday on Tuesday, Robert Habeck, Acting Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, visited the Hannover Messe. His tour focused on the topics of industrial artificial intelligence, digitalization and the decarbonization of industry.

The ground-breaking ceremony for the new Swisslog headquarters in Aarau took place on March 27, 2025. Around 320 employees will move into the modern office building from October 2026.

With 277 motion plastics innovations, igus is presenting a record number of lubrication-free plastic innovations in 2025 under the motto "Go Zero Lubrication": from PTFE-free materials and a complete energy chain series made of recycled material to a new type of dry cleaning room certificate and a humanoid robot.

Although the automation of warehouse processes using robotics has long been a reality, Exotec has identified and clarified four misconceptions about robotization in logistics.

TJ Morris commissioned the Witron Group with the planning and realization of an approx. 92,900 square meter distribution center for food and non-food products.

As part of the opening of the Test Camp Intralogistics, the organizers of the International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award presented the "Best in Intralogistics" certificates 2025 on 26 March in Dortmund.

Gruber Logistics is making changes to its Management Board: Marco Manfredini has been at the helm of the logistics service provider based in South Tyrol since the beginning of March.

Sick received the VDI Logistics Innovation Award 2025 for its robot guidance system 'Pallet content Localization' (Palloc), which was presented at the 32nd German Material Flow Congress on 20 and 21 March 2025.

At the intralogistics trade fair in Stuttgart, Eckelmann presented the FactoryWare RCD S+ (Reusable Crate Detection) camera-supported counting gate for digital mass recording of reusable containers in logistics depots.

Enrico Pes, Managing Director Sales & Operations at Trapo, looks back on Logimat with great satisfaction. The focus of the live presentation at the trade fair: a flexible, modular set for safe pallet transportation - consisting of conveyor technology on an AMR and transfer conveyor.

In many places, yard management is no longer seen as a marginal discipline alongside warehouse management and transportation management.

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Wiesbauer Gourmet Gastro GmbH, a catering supplier from Sitzenberg-Reidling in Lower Austria, has commissioned the system integrator Klinkhammer Intralogistics to build an automated, three-aisle deep-freeze warehouse, which also includes the corresponding conveyor technology and sequencing workstations.

The Wiegand-Glas Group, a provider of glass and PET packaging solutions, has been relying on automated guided vehicles from ek robotics to optimize its intralogistics processes for over two decades. The third AGV system within the group has been in operation at the Schleusingen site in Thuringia since June 2020.

ABB provides 'AppStudio', a software tool that allows users of all skill levels to quickly and easily create customized, graphical user interfaces for robots.

Under the motto "The future's here", Canada is showcasing its industrial strengths in areas such as automation, energy, digital transformation and green technologies.