As part of the large-scale cooperation between the Kion Group and NVIDIA, Dematic is currently demonstrating its “AI Control Tower” with digital twin based on Omniverse technology and the Omniverse Blueprint at the GTC 2025 AI conference in San Jose, California.

In early 2024, Toyota MH decided to collaborate with Gideon, the Zagreb-based software, localization, and control provider for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Four months later, Gideon partnered with AI and graphics chip manufacturer NVIDIA to accelerate AI and 3D vision for forklifts.

SSI Schäfer covers a wide range of solutions, not just for intralogistics. Too broad a scope? "The real challenge," says CEO Peter Edelmann, "is again ." Groundbreaking approaches like "FastBot" are intended to achieve this.

In addition to the new OxyReduct F-Line with integrated self-generated energy via fuel cell, the portfolio of fire protection experts from Wagner for compact storage systems, which have been available for AutoStore or Jungheinrich's PowerCube for some time, attracted strong interest at LogiMAT.

At LogiMAT (March 11-13), Linde Material Handling will be showcasing, alongside the new E and Xi series electric forklifts, a showcase based on NVIDIA's "Omniverse" AI platform, which uses a digital twin to capture, process and analyze huge amounts of data from warehouse processes in real time. 

 S. Borghoff

Swisslog has appointed Sven Borghoff as Head of Sales - EMEA Central. In this role, following a brief stint at a conveyor technology provider in Hambüren, he will be responsible for sales in Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Wagner's fire protection specialists will present new developments in the field of active fire prevention with the OxyReduct oxygen reduction system, as well as individual solutions for deep-freeze warehouses, high-bay warehouses and compact container warehouses, starting Tuesday at LogiMAT in Stuttgart in Hall 7, Stand C13.

As promised, the "Magic Dice" team will be launching their new technology for smaller companies at LogiMAT in Stuttgart (March 11-13). On the agenda are robot-assisted single-item picking, a new workstation, an "Essentials" software suite, as well as additions in the pilot area and a service tower.

 F. Heydenreich

Florian Heydenreich has been Executive Vice President Sales & Service EMEA at the intralogistics provider Still since 2023, and recently also became active on the board of the VDMA's Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association. In Antwerp, we spoke with the 43-year-old about whether we can expect miracles from "AI".

As of March 1st, Swiss Post is consolidating its transport and logistics services in the freight logistics sector under the new brand name "Swiss Post Cargo". As a first step, from March 2025, the group company PostLogistics, as well as Bächle Logistics and Logistik Center Villingen (LCV) in southern Germany, will operate uniformly under the "Swiss Post Cargo" name.

According to recent figures, the total volume of the Swiss logistics market in 2023 , representing growth of 1.4% compared to the previous year. The first edition of the 2025 logistics market study again provides a comprehensive overview of the industry in Switzerland.

Construction site logistics with a twist: The Austrian scale-up "Baubot" has developed a system that relieves the burden on workers and also increases precision and safety on construction sites. Mobile robotic systems from KUKA can automate monotonous tasks, such as drilling thousands of holes in tunnels or production halls.

 SSAB Zero

Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE) will gradually use SSAB Zero, a Scandinavian steel made from recycled material produced with fossil-free electricity and biogas, in the production of its material handling equipment, starting with the forks and frame of the LHM230 hand pallet truck.

Linde Material Handling ranks among the top companies worldwide in terms of sustainability measures. For this, it recently received the Platinum Medal from the rating agency EcoVadis in the categories of environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and material procurement.

8000 tons of material

Pipes as far as the eye can see – with diameters from three to 660 mm and wall thicknesses from 0.5 to 100 mm, made of steel and stainless steel. On 30,000 square meters, Rohr-Mertl cuts, picks, and stores 8,000 tons of steel pipes in a total of 5,000 grades and dimensions. This wouldn't be possible without Kasto.