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.

Inke Onnen-Lübben will once again become Managing Director of Seaports of Niedersachsen GmbH. The 43-year-old will return to the Lower Saxony port marketing company in Oldenburg in this position on January 1, 2025.

Neste is expanding its logistics infrastructure for liquefied recycled raw materials at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, including materials such as liquefied plastic waste and liquefied rubber tires.

What trends and developments are there in the industry when it comes to green logistics? Experts provide insights: Stefan Borggreve is CDO and board member at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.

Inceptio Technology, developer of autonomous driving technologies for heavy-duty trucks, has recently completed the delivery of 400 autonomous heavy-duty trucks equipped with Inceptio drives to the Chinese express service provider ZTO Express.

The "Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components" (PEM) chair at RWTH Aachen University has successfully completed the pilot phase of the "DRivE" research project together with partners. In a two-month field trial, software was tested that is intended to enable reliable route planning in the transport sector with regard to ranges and charging points on board trucks with alternative drive systems.

Calculations by the Global Footprint Network show that the world's population would need 1.75 Earths to meet its needs. Storojet has therefore developed a sustainable concept: The Storojet automated small parts warehouse is designed to be economical and ecological.

Blickle will have its own stand at AMB for the first time and will be showcasing solutions for in-plant transportation. Highlights include the electric drive systems from the Ergomove series.

DB Cargo relies on artificial intelligence: it is now possible to use AI to read the status and, more recently, important operating data of freight wagons in shunting yards literally as they roll past.