Efaflex has introduced a new high-speed roller shutter door: The EFA-SRT EasyFit is packed in just one package on delivery and is already largely pre-assembled.

The Paul Group has delivered the first 25 hydrogen fuel cell trucks from series production in Germany. The PH2P has a permissible total weight of 16 tons and offers a gross train weight of up to 24 tons, with a range of around 450 kilometers.

From around 10,800 submissions from 72 countries, the expert jury honored 75 designs with an iF Design Award in Gold. Toyota's BT Staxio SSI200D electric pallet truck is one of the winners. In addition, the Urban Runner concept study was honored with an iF Design Award 2024.

Until now, pallets have primarily fulfilled one task: as load carriers, they move things from A to B. But what if they could be more than just load carriers? The "Pal2Rec" project, which was launched in February 2024, is investigating how Euro pallets can be independently integrated into logistics processes using sensor-based activity recognition.

The Kion Group has started the 2024 financial year with an increase in revenue and earnings. Profitability improved in both operating segments, with the adjusted EBIT margin at 7.9%, up 2.3 percentage points on the same quarter in 2023.

Sorting systems have become an integral part of distribution and distribution centers. Their variety is just as great as the variety of goods to be transported.

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With effect from April 1, 2024, Karen Klement has taken over the position of Head of Sales and will be responsible for acquiring and developing new customers for the contract and transport logistics business of the full-service supply chain service provider.

Tönnjes and Kathrein develop the ID e-reader Inroad with integrated RFID technology.

Lapp has been given the green light for the expansion of its logistics and service center in Ludwigsburg and construction work can now begin. The ground-breaking ceremony for the largest single investment in the company's history took place today, April 30.

The robot-guided depalletizing systems for small load carriers (SLC) from Polyplan in Strasslach enable reliable and fast automated unloading of pallets - even with a large variety of SLC types - as well as precise positioning of the removed crates on storage locations or conveyor systems.

The RovoFlex from TGW Logistics is a highly automated robot with an intelligent camera system. In a first step, it is used in combination with the PickCenter and forms a hybrid picking station as the PickCenter RovoFlex.

Irish material handling specialist Combilift has rounded off one of its most eventful years with Logimat 2024, launching five new models.

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Würth Industrie Service has developed the i-Terminal, enabling the complete digitalization of the Kanban rack.

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The integration of Stäubli's partner products into Safelog's product portfolio creates a synergetic connection that builds on the strengths of both companies.

Seafar, a Belgian technology and service provider for remote-controlled and crew-reduced inland navigation, has set up the first so-called Remote Operations Center in Germany together with its project partners HGK Shipping and Reederei Deymann.

The French family business Sabarot, which specializes in dried vegetables, cereals and wild mushrooms, is continuing the growth process and logistical development of its center in Chaspuzac with the help of Mecalux.

4,000 exhibiting companies, 130,000 visitors from 150 countries, 300 start-ups and over 300 economic policy delegations from all over the world: Hannover Messe has shown that it combines the best of technological innovation, business trade fair and economic policy agenda-setting. This makes it the "driving force behind the incipient upswing" in Germany and Europe, and not just for Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck.

Autonomous mobile robots are increasingly becoming the standard in production and logistics. Seamless integration into the company's control and IT systems is an important plus point.

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Vacuum tube lifters are indispensable tools when it comes to ergonomic handling, but they need the right gripper to develop their full potential.

All beginnings don't always have to be difficult, even when heavy loads are involved. Back in 2015, the Radeberger Group was one of the first companies in the beverage industry to join forces with Linde Material Handling (MH) to take the step from IC engine-powered to electrically powered forklifts - right up to the highest payload classes.

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