Together with the Honold Logistik Group, Garbe Industrial Real Estate is developing a distribution center for Amazon in Giengen an der Brenz (Heidenheim district) with a hall area of around 5,800 square meters.

Nestlé's flagship distribution center in the UK and its technology hub went into full operation at the end of March: With technology partner Swisslog Logistics Automation, XPO Logistics and Nestlé successfully realized the project, which began in 2018.

Large working area, optimum use of space and, above all, high throughput and short cycle times - these are the core characteristics of the Motoman palletizing robots in the PL series, with which Yaskawa aims to "once again become the industry leader".

Universal Robots (UR), the global market leader in collaborative robotics, has appointed Benjamin Völzke as Head of Field Application Engineering Western Europe.

TKS and Franz Binder GmbH & Co. Elektrische Bauelemente KG have enjoyed a partnership for over 15 years. The greatest success of this partnership is now binder's new logistics center in Neckarsulm.

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 percent after a quiet start

Crown has received the Good Design Award for its reach trucks in the ESR 1000 series. The jury was particularly impressed by the technological innovations, including the newly developed Gena operating system and the Xpress Lower mast lowering function.

Nikola Corporation, Iveco and OGE have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.

The strategy consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Miebach Consulting, which specializes in supply chain consulting, have entered into an exclusive partnership.

Following the growth of recent years, the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) also recorded an increase in the production of EPAL pallets in 2020.

The logistics platform from start-up Codept simplifies data exchange between e-commerce retailers and fulfillment service providers. Beumer has now acquired a majority stake in the start-up.

The new Volvo FM from Volvo Trucks has won the Red Dot Award 2021 in the Product Design for Commercial Vehicles category.

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.