Minebea shows how weighing and inspection technology can increase the efficiency and precision of packaging processes, as it ensures product quality, minimizes production errors and ensures compliance with legal regulations.

Söhner Kunststofftechnik is focusing on sustainability and efficiency at Fachpack: the company is presenting sustainable packaging solutions such as large load carriers made of bioplastics and marine plastics and foldable stacking boxes made of twin-wall sheets.

Dematic has appointed Michael Jerogin as head of the EMEA region. The long-time employee is already Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the APAC region.

Six storage areas on three levels, two vertical conveyors and a converted, 140-meter-long truck loading ramp - these are the cornerstones of the new pallet conveyor system at Raiffeisen Kraftfutterwerke (RKW) in Kehl.

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Logopak Systeme is a provider of digital labeling solutions and will be exhibiting labelling systems in Nuremberg that support compliance with the new EU packaging regulation PPWR and promote the circular economy.

The logistics real estate consultant Logivest has brokered 6,400 square meters of warehouse and office space in Cologne-Niehl for the logistics service provider Desinn Tec. The company has already moved into the space.

Pronomic has new lifting devices in its portfolio and will be showcasing them in Nuremberg. Many individual options can be put together modularly - for applications in production, assembly, order picking, workshops, warehouses and intralogistics.

The packaging machine manufacturers Hastamat and Loeschpack, subsidiaries of the Piepenbrock Group, are jointly presenting new technologies and their broad portfolio.

Since the beginning of June, an e-truck has been transporting goods within a radius of 100 kilometers for Siemens Smart Infrastructure's Leipzig plant for low-voltage switchgear.

K.Hartwall appointed Dr. Ing. Ralf Kleedörfer as the new "Head of Automation" on September 2. In doing so, the company aims to strengthen its growth ambitions and the development of the automation division.

The ifo Institute has lowered its growth forecast for the current year. It now expects zero growth instead of the previous forecast of 0.4%. The institute has also lowered its estimate for the coming year to 0.9 percent instead of 1.5 percent. The economy is now not expected to grow by 1.5 percent until 2026.

Together with Ølgod Elektro, Brd. Klee has implemented an autonomous mobile robot solution from Omron to streamline order processing and optimize logistics processes.

Since March 1, 2024, Claus Herting has been responsible for business in Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey at Hyster-Yale Deutschland GmbH, based in Frankfurt am Main.

The "AI24 - The Lamarr Conference", Central Europe's first scientific conference on artificial intelligence (AI) for application, kicked off yesterday in Dortmund. In cooperation with the "Zukunftskongress Logistik - 42nd Dortmunder Gespräche", around 700 participants will focus on current developments and future prospects for AI in various application areas on September 4 and 5.

Raja will also be on site with products and packaging machines as well as information on the circular economy, digitalization and process optimization. The focus will be on recycled and recyclable packaging solutions as well as paper alternatives that reduce or even eliminate the need for plastic.

On September 12, Dematic is hosting a customer day at the Ceratizit distribution center in Kempten in the Allgäu region. There, participants will have the opportunity to experience the hard metal manufacturer's automated warehouse in action and gain detailed insights into the project.

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Knapp and Covariant, a company for AI-supported image processing and robotics, are continuing their collaboration: the two companies announced the extension of their multi-year partnership last week.

Leuze presents the 420B and 412B ultrasonic sensor series. The ultrasonic sensors are available with adjustable sound beam and as switching (HTU) or measuring (DMU) sensors for flexible applications.

Tobias Zimmer has headed the Intralogistics Systems division at plant specialist Vollert since the beginning of July 2024.

The contract logistics expert Fiege has completed a new logistics center in Bülach. The logistics center north of Zurich was officially inaugurated during a small opening ceremony last Friday.