
Managing Director leaves: Klaus Tersteegen leaves SSI Schäfer
As materialfluss has learned, Klaus Tersteegen, Managing Director of Fritz Schäfer GmbH, has left the company at short notice.

As materialfluss has learned, Klaus Tersteegen, Managing Director of Fritz Schäfer GmbH, has left the company at short notice.

Klinkhammer Intralogistics and GreyOrange have signed a partner agreement for the distribution, implementation and service support of GreyOrange products.

Roland Fischer is the new Key Account Manager at AR Racking in Germany. The mechanical engineer specializing in production technology has more than 25 years of experience in the logistics sector.

At the beginning of October, Suzane Giurlando took over the management of Gütegemeinschaft Paletten e.V. (EPAL Germany).

Christian Jünemann newly elected
At the general meeting on October 18, the Association for Storage Technology and Operating Equipment elected its new board of directors: Christian Jünemann is the new deputy chairman.

"At Hannover Messe, exhibitors and visitors can find out what impact the digital transformation will have on individual companies and how great the disruptive potential is for logistics," says Onuora Ogbukagu, Head of Marketing and Communications at Deutsche Messe AG

Contrary to what a small Gallic village claims, really fresh fish only smells of the sea, has red gills and clear eyes. Quality, production speed and optimized transport must go hand in hand to ensure that it stays that way until it reaches the consumer.

Product innovation from the system integrator
Dutch system integrator VanRiet Material Handling Systems BV presented its new sorter for small parcels for the first time at the Parcel+Post Expo: the HC Smalls Sorter.

Accelerated order picking and the associated dynamic growth - this is made possible by the automated, multi-level Storojet shelving system. An ideal solution developed precisely for the medium-sized mail order company that pays off.

175 years of Kasto - this makes the sawing and storage technology specialist one of the oldest family businesses in the whole of Europe. The history of the company is closely interwoven with that of the founding Stolzer family.

Storage system specialist Nedcon celebrated its 50th anniversary this summer. The company in Bocholt has been growing continuously since 2009. This growth has been driven by the booming e-commerce sector and the need for automated systems.
Cover interview LT-manager 03-04/2019
In recent years, Swisslog has transformed itself into a modern company under the umbrella of KUKA. In an interview with LT-manager, Dr. Christian Baur, COO Swisslog Group & CEO Swisslog Logistics Automation, explains the vision for his company and provides insights into his management style.

Plug&Play: The Relayport modular workstation increases picking performance in Autostore systems.
Pet supplier Fressnapf relies on a sustainable system concept and the intralogistics expertise of SSI Schaefer for the expansion of its European distribution center. With the integrated automation solution, Fressnapf has more than doubled its capacities, dynamics and productivity in order processing.

Schlau Logistik is consolidating three regional logistics warehouses in the greater Berlin area, thereby realizing synergies for the material flow of the Brüder Schlau Group. For this purpose, the existing site in Wustermark was extended by a 14,000 square meter hall. Hörmann supplied all the doors and loading technology.

Schaeffler's Automotive Aftermarket division is currently investing in the construction of a modern assembly and packaging center, known as the "Aftermarket Kitting Operation" (AKO), in the "Star Park" industrial park in the city of Halle an der Saale. A new, customized container was specially designed for picking the more than 40,000 different items.

It is not only BMW vehicles that are to become increasingly networked, intelligent and safe. At the BMW branch in Darmstadt, the signs are also pointing to progress. In cooperation with the University of Siegen, the use of exoskeletons is now being tested in the workshop.

Model from Kärcher's Classic range
With the BD 80/100 W Classic Bp walk-behind scrubber dryer, Kärcher is launching a new model in the Classic range.

In the Solar World Challenge, university teams from all over the world compete against each other with a solar-powered vehicle in the Australian outback. Zarges supported a team of students from Aachen with a hazardous goods box for the safe transportation of lithium-ion batteries.

Shelf builder strengthens customer service
Rauscher F.X. Lagertechnik is further expanding its customer service for the planning, design and assembly of complex shelving systems. To this end, the company is investing in a customer service center with a showroom at its Thannhausen site.