Robotics provider Safelog is implementing a project with eight mobile devices in the plastics processing industry, relying on each vehicle having its own computing unit. This allows them to communicate as agents within a swarm and exchange information with each other.

Automation specialist SSI Schäfer welcomed  over 20 consultants and supply chain experts from the DA-CHregion to its technology center in Giebelstadt near Würzburg for a dedicated intralogistics day featuring exclusive presentations and live demos of the RackBot System and the FastBots Solution.

Bünting,with over 12,500 employees a major economic force in Northern Germany, has recently begun construction of a state-of-the-art fresh produce warehouse. In cooperation with Swisslog, maximum storage density, conveyor technology, and refrigeration technology will be combined on an area of ​​6,500 square meters by 2027.

Bluepath Robotics, an Istanbul-based company and internal innovation project of Ford subsidiary Otosan, which was spun off at the end of 2023, develops and produces autonomous mobile robots for a wide range of intralogistics applications. Wiferion now enables the inductive power supply of these AMRs.

Using approximately 450 million kg of milk from 2,200 farmers in the region, the Lower Austrian dairy NÖM produces a wide range of dairy products, yogurt, butter, and quark. Kardex Mlog is now slated to build a fully automated shipping warehouse with comprehensive conveyor technology and 26,000 pallet spaces.

Movianto, a logistics provider specializing in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, is opening a new cold storage warehouse in Wiesloch-Walldorf this month. A photovoltaic system there will produce approximately 3100 MWh per year, more than the site consumes.

Mosca offers a comprehensive portfolio of integrated end-of-line systems for transport packaging, strapping machines, stretch wrappers, and related consumables. Strapping bands made from materials such as PP or PET are produced with increasing recycled content. 

Moving house is often a significant undertaking. Furniture needs to be transported, boxes packed, and unwanted items disposed of. The company "Optimal Umzug" from Lachen, Canton Schwyz, offers services tailored to the greater Zurich area.  

Developed with a focus on the user, the completely redesigned Optio L-series low-lift order pickers from TMHE set new standards. Increased platform lifting heights, low entry, and versatile model variants for loads up to 2.5 t make these machines highly sought-after helpers.

Temperature-controlled logistics is facing an energy transition: battery-electric trucks, long-range hydrogen vehicles, and cryogenic cooling with nitrogen are transforming the industry. This provided ample material for the Swiss Logistics Association (SVTL) to discuss future processes and alternatives at Galliker in Altishofen.

 At an “Automation Day” hosted by Agilox, attendees gained insights into the current state and future direction of the robotics provider, complemented by workflows that – modeled on real-world processes – demonstrated interoperability with the AMRs together with a Fanuc robot arm and a Palomat.

Viastore is setting up a warehouse for cranes, inclined lifts, and rack and pinion technology with space for 7,500 pallets and 14,000 containers for Böcker in Werne. The client developed the first mobile crane in lightweight aluminum construction and launched the first aluminum trailer crane in 1997. 

TGW Logistics will set up a shuttle system with 150,000 pallet spaces and double-deep storage for the healthcare provider Bausch + Lomb approximately 13 km southwest of Amsterdam. 300 robots will handle up to 8,700 containers per hour, storing and retrieving them.

Supermarket group Axfood has signed a letter of intent with Witron regarding the use of the company's automation technology and with the municipality of Kungsbacka for the construction of a logistics center in Frillesås, Sweden. Commissioning and ramp-up are planned for 2030. 

IVF Hartmann, a supplier of surgical supplies, plasters, and diagnostic equipment, had little room to maneuver in Neuhausen between the roaring rapids of Europe's largest waterfall and the Swiss SIGsite for its new logistics center. Together with Dematic, they developed a truly sensational solution.