D. and J. Gilgen (center)

Founded in 1961 as a one-man operation by Jakob Gilgen Senior, the Swiss intralogistics provider now generates CHF 75 million in revenue and employs 190 people in Switzerland and Germany, more than 60 years later. Daniel Gilgen will become CEO on January 1st.

 The first cable car cabins were manufactured in 1956 at the Upper Austrian body and cabin manufacturer Carvatech, thus establishing a successful product division. Now Doppelmayr has acquired the conveyor technology specialists from Oberwels.

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With the increasing importance of e-commerce, the Norwegian parcel delivery service Helthjem was able to expand rapidly. Its market share now stands at 15 percent. Previously, the young company relied on manual sorting of shipments. Now, it aims to process 50 million shipments per year automatically.

R.Vockenhuber, M.Köb, R.Aschauer, Th.Pichler (vl)

World market leader Doppelmayr takes over the Austrian body and cabin manufacturer Carvatech – and can also book another order from Mexico City these days for the construction of a second cable car line as part of urban public transport.

Yet another masterpiece of conveyor technology and a new record as the world's longest single-cable gondola lift at 6.6 km: Doppelmayr is currently designing the gondola lift to the world's second largest thermal spring, located in Morne Trois Pitons National Park on the Caribbean island of Dominica.

Updated conveyor technology methods are intended to increase efficiency at SSI Schäfer. For example, to speed of the motor rollers adjusts the current throughput (speed on demand) . The control system, electronics, and maintenance strategy meet the modern requirements of Industry 4.0 the.

“The University Hospital Zurich is considered one of the most important clinical centers in Europe,” says Christian Beer, CEO of the intralogistics provider with the evocative name “Servus.” The company itself is not abandoning medical supplies, but will instead link all material processes across all floors.

The hospital pharmacy at the Munich University Hospital rechts der Isar supplies the hospital's approximately 1,100 beds and two other customers with medications. Reusable containers with thermal insulation inserts and the MB Pharmabox from Bito ensure the safe, refrigerated transport of these often expensive medications. 

Despite global supply bottlenecks, robotics manufacturer Kuka is experiencing strong growth again, with sales jumping by almost a third to €3.6 billion. Its subsidiary Swisslog generated €651 million in revenue in 2021, and its healthcare division received €239 million in orders.

In the third high-bay warehouse that Kardex is building for the ice cream company of the same name, two MSingle B-1250/31 ZT storage and retrieval machines ensure 56 work cycles per hour. The 32-meter-high warehouse offers two temperature zones across twelve racking levels and has 4,700 storage locations with double-deep storage. 

Around 300 billion medical rubber gloves are needed worldwide each year. Production has increased significantly due to the pandemic. Generally, a ceramic hand mold is dipped somewhat awkwardly into a liquid latex, vinyl, or PVC compound. The KUKA KR Iontec handles this process more efficiently.