The new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport is set to set new standards for air travel - also in terms of baggage logistics. The technology for this comes from Seap Automation, the cables from Lapp.

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The ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of the TGW headquarters in Marchtrenk took place on September 25. TGW Logistics will invest in a 25,000 m² production building and a highly automated warehouse system by summer 2026.

Education, logistics or service - the areas of application for mobile robots are becoming increasingly diverse. With its ReBeLs on Wheels, Igus offers mobile robots at an affordable price, so that costs are hardly an obstacle to their use.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics takes over contract logistics for Lacoste in Mexico. From an 11,000 square meter distribution center in Mexico City, Hellmann manages the supply of 45 retailers as well as direct deliveries to private customers throughout Mexico.

More and more automation technologies are finding their way into intralogistics. Various conveyor systems, storage, transport and picking robots promise efficiency and improved ergonomics.

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Silke Fischer is leaving the BVL Management Board: she will step down from her position as Chairwoman of the Management Board on September 30, 2024. The contract was terminated by mutual agreement.

With Amy, DS Automotion has launched a compact and maneuverable autonomous mobile robot (AMR) for transporting loads of up to 25 kg.

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Jorge Viana, Managing Director of the Brazilian Agency for Export Promotion and Investment (APEX), and Dr. Jochen Köckler, CEO of Deutsche Messe, officially announced that Brazil will be a partner country of Hannover Messe 2026 at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Wolfsburg.

The Spinner Group updated its ageing logistics system with the help of system integrator Klinkhammer Intralogistics: a targeted retrofit of the automated small parts warehouse and conveyor technology meant that it was no longer necessary to invest in a completely new solution.

Prodrive Technologies has put a new, highly automated distribution center into operation in Son, not far from Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The company claims to be the first in the world to combine Jungheinrich's autonomous mobile robots with automated narrow-aisle trucks.

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Mick Mountz, Dr. Peter Wurman and Prof. Dr. Raffaello D'Andrea, are inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame. As the inventors of the Mobile Robotic Fulfillment System, the trio enabled numerous e-commerce companies to make same-day, efficient and error-free deliveries of goods.

Purus Plastics has developed a new retail range. The company operates a processing plant for plastics; recycling creates new products from secondary raw materials, including pallets.

At Werit, the focus is on customer-specific solutions, sustainable recycling and pooling systems and products made from recyclate. The stand concept is divided into four areas: Products and innovations in the food sector, customer solutions, products or systems relating to sustainability and packaging with hazardous goods.

MTU Aero Engines has increased its internal delivery reliability from 89 % to 93 % by optimizing its multi-stage transport chains with Syncrotess.

From the warehouse technology specialist for the logistics expert - Bito-Lagertechnik has implemented two new logistics systems in parallel for Briem Speditions.

Mahle is an important supplier to the automotive industry. The company supplies the market with spare parts throughout the entire life cycle. Mahle Aftermarket, the spare parts and service division, responded to the constantly growing turnover of goods in the central distribution warehouse in Schorndorf with a high-performance lithium-ion vehicle fleet from Still.

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Romina Wolff is Managing Director of Haberland Möbelspedition. In this interview, Romina Wolff talks about the challenges she faced on her way to the top and how she overcame them.

In Nuremberg, the Bluhm Weber Group will be presenting marking systems with labels, ink and lasers for the packaging industry. The company will also be presenting its new visual concept for the first time and underlining its innovative character with its new brand identity.

Tsubaki Kabelschlepp's expertise in the field of energy chain systems for cranes is currently proving its worth at a well-known metal processing company in France. In several project phases, the existing cable carriers on the overhead traveling cranes are being replaced by hybrid energy chains of type MC0650 from the M series.

The HB3 from Craemer is a clean product - a closed pallet box made of PE. According to the manufacturer, it is the first and only completely closed pallet box with welded runners in the world.