Transportation: Manufacturer, reports, information at materialfluss

Gruber Logistics tests emission-free trucks

On July 9 and 10, Gruber Logistics successfully transported a zero-emission vehicle cabin from the Iveco plant in Ulm to the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Vienna. The company is also responsible for the six-month operational project phase of two zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle prototypes scheduled for 2026.

Load securing

Tarpaulin without top slats

The Schmitz Cargobull S.CS Mega DB curtainsider semi-trailer with Power Curtain Plus provides stability and strength for the body of the adjustable semi-trailer for loading space heights between 2900 and 3000 millimetres and simplifies the handling of the vehicle in daily transport operations.

Guest article

Which world will it be in 2023?

Michael Schreckenberg teaches at the University of Duisburg-Essen as Professor of Physics of Transport and Traffic. Once a year, he addresses the readers of materialfluss, formerly LT-manager, with a critical and humorous expert article on transport and environmental policy.

Yellow mail is becoming ever greener

A year ago, the world's leading logistics company Deutsche Post DHL Group presented its sustainability strategy and outlined how Deutsche Post and DHL Paket in Germany intend to become more climate-friendly in the coming years.

Farewell to a colleague

The industry mourns the loss of Torsten Buchholz

On December 27, 2021, the former editor-in-chief of the trade magazines "Transport" and "materialfluss", Torsten Buchholz, passed away after a serious illness.

Y-shaped logistics center

trans-o-flex optimizes network with new location in Hesse

In future, pharmaceuticals and other sensitive goods can be sorted and transported through Germany more quickly. That is why trans-o-flex celebrated the laying of the foundation stone for its new logistics center in Driedorf, Hesse, this week.

BlechEXPO 2019

Fully automatic from the warehouse to the machine

At BlechEXPO 2019 in Stuttgart, KASTO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG will be demonstrating its expertise in the development of integrated solutions for the storage and handling of sheet metal and other flat goods.

Timocom transport barometer

Economic slowdown affects the transportation industry

Germany, France and the Benelux countries are currently the countries most affected by the global economic slowdown.

Editorial materialfluss 6/19

Together, internally and externally

Transport and logistics, transport logistic - capitalized or lowercase, with "and" or without: in recent weeks, there has been a lot of talk about the two sectors, fueled by the world's leading trade fair of the same name in Munich.