Motion Technology Company Schaeffler has automated material transportation between the assembly lines for e-axles at its Herzogenaurach site. Mobile transport robots from Safelog are now optimizing intralogistics.
Logistics service provider Dachser has set up an emission-free delivery zone in Cologne city center. The company only uses battery-powered electric vehicles in this zone.
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Chelmer Foods, has partnered with Tosca to optimize its pallet management. The company switched to Tosca's pooled, reusable plastic pallets
Tamás Fazakas will become a shareholder at Spedition Robert Kukla Düsseldorf from the beginning of January 2025. The 35-year-old has already been managing the associated company as Managing Director since January 1, 2023.
Since this fall, the digital freight forwarder Cargoboard has been offering its transport services to customers on the Iberian Peninsula. With local partners such as CBL Logística and Salvat Logística, the platform already organized more than 350 shipments in October, the launch month.
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Draper Tools offers a range of tools and equipment. The company distributes its products via a global dealer network to customers in the construction, automotive, mechanical engineering and agricultural sectors. As the company grew, so did the logistical challenges. SSI Schaefer provided the solution.
China has overtaken Germany in the use of robots in industry: China has moved up to third place in the world rankings with a robot density of 470 units per 10,000 employees. These are the findings of the World Robotics 2024 annual report published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
Autonomous mobile robots with intelligent software for autonomous material handling increase efficiency in a department store logistics center and reduce the workload of employees as well as the accident rate.
The aim of the RoX research program is to promote the use of AI-based robotics solutions in practical applications and industries. The logistics service provider Fiege is one of the consortium partners of the joint project funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection.
With Tim Schönherr as the new Global Head of Sales, the Transco Group aims to strengthen its strategic focus on customer-oriented logistics and international expansion in the areas of transportation and customs.
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is converting the e-commerce center in Dubai CommerCity to automated warehouse solutions with the implementation of mobile robotics from Geekplus Robotics.
Coles Group Limited announced on October 31, 2024 that it will invest $880 million to build a new automated dry goods distribution center (ADC) in Truganina near Melbourne, Victoria, in partnership with Witron. This further investment follows the completion of the first two ADCs that Coles successfully completed in partnership with Witron.
Veli-Matti Hakala will take up his position as CEO of Cimcorp on January 1, 2025. He succeeds Tero Peltomäki, who is retiring but will continue to serve on the Board of Directors.
The Noerpel Group has tested driverless pallet trucks in one of its two logistics facilities in Giengen. During a four-week trial, two autonomous systems were used to transport goods within the warehouse.
According to an Ifo survey, almost one in fourteen companies now sees its existence threatened. This is significantly more than recently - but the figures have already been much higher.
In order to ensure the sustainable, future-proof and efficient dispatch of over 100 million books a year, Vereinigte Verlagsauslieferung (VVA), part of Arvato, has fundamentally modernized its over 40-year-old pallet high-bay warehouse at the Gütersloh site in less than a year.
The mechanical engineering and automation industry is undergoing profound change. This transformation is being driven by more volatile global trade, geopolitical crises and increasing market pressure, which demands greater agility, technological security and cost efficiency.
Opinions on Germany's political future
Last week, we conducted a survey among our readers on the dissolution of the traffic light coalition and a possible reorientation of German politics. The results indicate a clear preference for new elections and reveal a mixture of optimism and concern about the economic and political future. In detail, a broad spectrum of opinions emerges.
As a provider of hospital logistics and medical data management in the 3PL market, Plurima provides storage services for public and private hospitals. Dematic has now completed the installation of an AutoStore automation system for the company.
It is with deep sadness and great gratitude that BITO bids farewell to its esteemed owner and pioneer Fritz August Bittmann, who passed away peacefully last Wednesday evening, November 6, 2024, at the age of 88, after a long and fulfilling life's journey.
