The e-commerce company Sport Okay GmbH sells alpine clothing and sports equipment via its online store. Due to the positive business development, the company has decided to invest in the construction of a new logistics center in Innsbruck, in which a fully automated small parts warehouse system will be used - implemented by Hörmann Logistik.
read more...Kai Schmalenberg, Managing Director of Hans Heidkamp, provides materialfluss with information on trends and current developments in the field of lifting equipment.
read more...The general contractor Hörmann Logistik has taken over the Austrian intralogistics company Klatt Fördertechnik. The merger is intended to strengthen the core competencies of both companies and create synergies.
read more...The Alsatian company Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar SAS manufactures large hydraulic excavators for use in open-cast mining and dredgers for maritime applications. More than 500 employees work in Colmar and guarantee the reliability and performance of the machines.
read more...Lifting technology for jet engines
The GE Aviation division of the General Electrics conglomerate manufactures jet engines for aircraft. In 2018, a new plant with a test laboratory was built in Três Rios, Brazil, for the maintenance of the engines, in which technology from Stahl CraneSystems is used.
read more...igus is presenting a new generation of energy chains at the Hannover Messe. The E4Q has a new, more efficient opening concept. In addition, the "pebble-like" design of the e-chain reduces the weight.
read more...Bruno Schnekenburger has been CEO of Yaskawa Europe since the beginning of March. The former COO of the company succeeds Manfred Stern, who will continue in his role as Regional Head of Yaskawa Europe.
read more...The requirements of production facilities for the logistics and storage associated with them are complex. SSI Schaefer takes on these challenges - differentiated for the automotive, chemical industry, pulp & paper and mechanical engineering sectors.
read more...Management position newly filled
Sebastiano Sardo took over the management of the Conveyor Systems division at Eisenmann on March 1st. He succeeds Ralf Weiland, who has left the company.
read more...Conveyor technology specialist flying high
Brilliant figures from Sant'Antonio: the strong momentum of previous years was once again significantly exceeded at all levels.
read more...Intelligent technology from STAHL CraneSystems for the maintenance of jet engines in Brazil: A case study from the "Cranes and components" section of materialfluss issue 3/19.
read more...Doubling of storage capacities
The German electronics specialist Würth Elektronik eiSos is mirroring its existing plant and doubling its capacity. Würth commissioned TGW to do this in 2014, and now it's time again.
read more...Paper and film determine our daily lives. These are produced on large rolls that have to be stacked from the conveyor belt into the warehouse or onto a pallet for transportation. Often they must not be carried. This is where roll handling equipment comes into play.
read more...Corrugated base paper: Paper machine 6 (PM6) at the Palm paper mill in Wörth am Rhein produces 650,000 tons of the basic packaging material every year. In order to transport the huge paper rolls safely, the double girder overhead cranes must function perfectly. Konecranes has therefore analyzed the gear oil of the cranes in detail - using an endoscope.
read more...With its new DC Platform, Interroll aims to offer a suitable conveyor line solution for a wide range of challenges. Specially coordinated components should now be able to meet customer requirements even more precisely.
read more...Österreichische Post AG has built its new distribution center in Wernberg in Carinthia. Up to 30,000 parcels are delivered here every day. The centerpiece is the sorting system: the Beumer Group installed its latest system development, the BG Sorter. Details of a success story.
read more...Dematic has launched its new returns handling subsystem, which is designed to make omni-channel and pure e-commerce retailers' returns management significantly faster and more efficient.
read more...Kardex Mlog presented solutions for modern intralogistics at LogiMAT. The container shuttle MCrossDrive 3D, the pallet shuttle MMove and the space-saving load handling device MSpacer were met with great interest.
read more...With its proven bag sorting system, Dematic now also enables the automatic unloading of bags - with a significant increase in speed.
read more...The strength of the new Jumbo Low-Stack from J. Schmalz GmbH is its ability to ergonomically pick up cartons, metal goods or bags from pallets close to the floor.
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