
Smart link in the supply chain
Still automates internal transportation at the Nestlé production plant in Biessenhofen with Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV). The challenge was to reorganize the intralogistics during ongoing production.
Cover story materialfluss 11-12/2019
Metabo undertook a comprehensive retrofit of the production warehouse. Thanks to a detailed system analysis and a binding roadmap from viastore, the three-week modernization phase was completed without any delivery bottlenecks.

The logistics and intralogistics industry is full of innovations, and it's time to showcase them: The readers of materialfluss will vote for the materialfluss PRODUCT OF THE YEAR 2020 for the first time in fall and winter.

Everything from a single source
Sauer Polymertechnik has commissioned Jungheinrich to implement a logistics system solution at its production site in Föritztal. The order comprises an automated guided vehicle system (AGV) with eleven automated guided vehicles (AGV) of the new Jungheinrich ERC 213a type.

Storage systems are becoming increasingly automated, but fire protection requirements influence and complicate this development.

The building code requirements for the control technology of fire protection closures for rail-bound conveyor systems have increased continuously in recent years. Nevertheless, the legally prescribed further developments offer potential for cost savings.

Additional logistics space in the...
Ellwanger Spedition Hirsch GmbH is investing in the future and massively increasing its logistics capacities in the Swabian Ostalbkreis district on the edge of the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart.

With the move to the new "Campus Criesbach" site, the system manufacturer Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has significantly increased the level of automation. In the new building, planned and implemented by SITLog as general contractor for the intralogistics...