Frozen food logistics company Nordfrost has now started operational ship handling at its new port location in Wesel on the Lower Rhine.

Toyota Material Handling Germany is starting the new financial year with a new member of management. On April 1, Reinhard Griep took over the responsibilities of his predecessor Mikael Jonsson as Head of Customer Service.

Stephan Meyer, owner of Stephan Meyer Management Consulting, and Kuno Neumeier, CEO of the Logivest Group, have founded a joint venture, Logivisor Institute GmbH, which aims to significantly improve cooperation between industry and trade with logistics service providers.

Rhenus Maritime Services, a charterer and shipping company for short-sea transportation across Europe, acquired 60 percent of the shares in the ship and project cargo manager Arkon Shipping & Projects in March.

WEKA BUSINESS MEDIEN, home of the trade journals materialfluss, Industrial Production, Kunststoff Magazin, LABO, engine and Baugewerbe, has relaunched its corporate website.

Despite the pandemic, intralogistics specialist Westfalia Logistics Solutions Europe's production facility in Borgholzhausen is bursting at the seams. On January 1, 2023, it will therefore relocate completely to the Borgholzhausen/Versmold intermunicipal industrial and commercial area (IBV).

At the touch of a button and without manual intervention from goods receipt to production? This has been a reality at Schne-frost since last year. From now on, the raw materials are transported between the newly built incoming goods warehouse and production in a fully automated and efficient manner thanks to an integrated conveyor system from HaRo Anlagen- und Fördertechnik GmbH.

With Gripp, the Gantry Robotic Intelligent Piece Picker, the Inther Group, a system integrator headquartered in Venray near Venlo, has added a robotized picking solution to its product portfolio.

Christiaan Carstens and Christian Piehler, long-standing directors and managers at leogistics GmbH, are joining the company's management team and will work alongside CEO André Käber to drive forward operational and strategic development.

With the latest release of its Warehouse Management System (WMS) LOGIS, Bio Partner Schweiz AG has opted for the latest generation of software.

Less than two years after the topping-out ceremony, the new highly automated logistics center for the sports company PUMA goes into operation.

Thomas Rosenberger (47) is the new Head of Marketing, Press and Public Relations at Kögel.

The company presented what it claims is the world's most powerful synchronous drum motor for belt conveyor systems, with an output of 1.8 kilowatts.

Miebach Consulting is launching the third edition of the Chemical Logistics Success Factor study series. Participation in the online survey is possible until April 30.

On April 1, Maximilian Birle took over the management of the "Sales & Service Telematics and Digital Services" department at Fahrzeugwerk Krone.

After almost 48 years, Jürgen Behrens, Head of the Port of Hamburg Representative Office South, is retiring from logistics.

The owner-managed logistics company Röhlig can look back on a successful financial year despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Which system is best suited for automated production supply and disposal? Still provided an answer to this question on March 30 during the webinar "Automated guided vehicle systems (AGVs) for production logistics".

Parallel to the new management structure, BVL's structure was also changed on April 1: BVL seminars will return to the BVL umbrella. BVL.digital GmbH - founded in 2018 - will be integrated into BVL.

LUZI fragrance compounds, a Swiss family business dedicated to fragrance components, is investing in a new company headquarters in Dietlikon near Zurich. Jungheinrich was awarded the contract to implement the automated warehouse and material flow system.