The materialfluss readers' choice is entering the next round: the candidates for the materialfluss PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR 2025 are up for election. This year, 31 products are competing in five categories. Vote now!
With the Q2X series from Banner Engineering, Turck presents compact miniature opto sensors with maximum ranges and five different detection modes for a wide range of applications.
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Michael Schreckenberg teaches at the University of Duisburg-Essen as Professor of Physics of Transport and Traffic. Once a year, he addresses the readers of materialfluss: He reviews the year in a critical but humorous expert article on transport policy. A tradition that we look forward to continuing in 2024.
Efficient use of space during transportation and the reusability of packaging are crucial not only for economic but also for ecological reasons. They also protect products from damage during transportation and storage and thus make a significant contribution to customer satisfaction. TBA offers various solutions.
Market volatility, uncertain supply chains and growing sustainability obligations are increasing the challenges in supply chain management. Companies need to take action and use innovative technologies to future-proof their processes and supply chains. The software provider Remira has identified four key supply chain trends for 2025.
The Gebhardt Intralogistics Group offers solutions for transport and assembly systems as well as storage, sorting and distribution technology. The family-owned company invests in new technologies, processes, materials and components - including the Autoglide 5 cable carrier system from Igus.
Clark Europe has announced a new partnership with Mecano Valmar. The company is now an authorized dealer for Clark industrial trucks in Romania. The collaboration is intended to strengthen the brand's presence in Eastern Europe.
In the fast-paced world of logistics, safety and efficiency are of paramount importance. Stagnoliaccessories presents a range of loading bay lighting and signaling systems designed to prevent accidents and ensure smooth operations at loading and unloading points.
Rollex Förderelemente, a manufacturer of components for intralogistics applications, announces the start of construction of a new plant at its headquarters in Werne.
The companies System Alliance Europe eG (SAE) and Timocom have entered into a strategic partnership. The primary aim of the collaboration is to set up a closed freight exchange, which the freight tech company will establish for Europe's largest general cargo cooperation.
With the Distribo 3.0 logistics hall, the transport and logistics service provider Zufall Logistics Group aims to set a new benchmark for sustainable logistics properties. Planned in 2021 under the aspects of process reliability, technological openness and sustainability, the building expands the Groner Siekanger logistics center, which has been in existence since 2014. Zufall invested more than 20 million in the project.
Wayzim, a system manufacturer for intelligent logistics equipment, vision systems and industrial sensors based in Wuxi, China, is expanding its activities on the European market.
"Semiconductor" sustainability challenge
Before a semiconductor reaches the end customer, it travels around the world up to twice in an airplane. This poses major challenges for the semiconductor industry - both logistically and in terms of meeting clear sustainability targets.
Mick Mountz, Dr. Peter Wurman and Prof. Dr. Raffaello D'Andrea, the three founders of Kiva Systems, were officially inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame at a gala reception in the Erich Klausener Hall of the Federal Ministry of Transport in Berlin. The "Logistics Leader of the Year Award 2024" and the Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics were also presented on the evening.
Nagel-Group, a European food logistics company, is expanding its infrastructure in Poland: In Zabrze, an industrial city in the heart of Silesia, a modern service and logistics complex will be put into operation from the second half of 2025.
According to the Federal Statistical Office, German industry recorded a slight decline in orders of 1.5 percent in October, but positive revisions for the previous month and surprisingly strong annual figures are creating optimism.
Nominated as product of the year 2025
The ferag.spiral spiral conveyor has been nominated as materialfluss Product of the Year 2025 in Category 2: Conveying and Lifting Technology.
Nominated as product of the year 2025
Kellenberger AG from Goldach, Switzerland, merged four locations into one in 2023. In order to digitalize the logistics processes and make them more efficient, SSI Schaefer implemented a holistic logistics solution consisting of six SSI Logimat storage lifts including the matching Wamas Lift & Store software. The solution has been nominated as materialfluss Product of the Year 2025 in Category 1: Warehouse and picking technology.
Nominated as product of the year 2025
Stöcklin realized a rock wall channel storage system with a customized, hybrid wood-steel rack construction for the storage of drill cores from the Mont Terri rock laboratory in Switzerland. The solution has been nominated as materialfluss product of the year 2025 in category 1: Storage and picking technology.
Nominated as product of the year 2025
ItemPiQ is an automated picking robot for logistics environments from Swisslog that relies on the Kuka Agilus robot. The AI-supported picking robot has been nominated as materialfluss product of the year 2025 in category 1: Warehouse and picking technology.
