Transport and logistics is a highly regulated industry when it comes to health and safety, writes Wouter Satijn (pictured), Sales Director of Joloda Hydraroll. Companies take their legal duty to comply with these regulations very seriously. Still, in 2023, 55,000 UK workers suffered from work-related health issues, and 29,000 workers were injured. To truly safeguard employees and the business, adherence to safety regulations is just the beginning. An extraordinary mix of external considerations is also influencing the warehouse environment. This means transport and logistics companies must con ..read more

Logistics Business magazine is carrying out a market research reader survey of our international readership on the usage and uptake of AGVs (automated guided vehicles) and AMRs (automated mobile robots). This exclusive new survey focuses on automated warehouse vehicles and automated forklifts. It covers their deployment, navigation technology, tasks, interaction, challenges and purchasing. Warehouse managers and materials handling buyers – we need you to complete our survey! Complete the survey now for the chance to win a £100 Amazon voucher. The prize draw will be made at the end of May. It ..read more

From anise to cinnamon, Greiwing logistics for you GmbH is extending its service portfolio and focusing more on the handling of spices and herbs. To better meet the increased requirements of the customers, the logistics specialist is expanding its location in the Hamburg Harbour. To that end, the corporate group in the Vollhöfner Weiden has acquired a large 28,000 square metre property and thus has one of the largest logistics centres for spices and herbs in Germany and Europe. 20 employees will work at the new location.. Under the name ‘GREIWING spice logistics for you’, GREIWING as a full-se ..read more

FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, today announced the launch of its innovative Goods-to-Person (GTP) e-Commerce Assessment Calculator. This cutting-edge tool provides businesses across industries with a comprehensive analysis of potential labour savings achievable by integrating goods-to-person technologies. In light of the unprecedented growth of e-Commerce and escalating labour costs, companies are struggling to maintain operational efficiency and profitability. The FORTNA GTP calculator arrives as a way for warehouse operators to better pl ..read more

With Schauer Gabelstapler GmbH, Clark Europe has brought a new sales partner for Austria on board. The company, based in Gabersdorf in Steiermark, will be responsible for Clark Europe’s sales activities in Steiermark, in Kärnten, Niederösterreich, Wien and Burgenland. Schauer Gabelstapler GmbH was founded in 2013 by Karlheinz Schauer as a sole proprietorship. After a very short time, the company was already very successful in the areas of service, repair, hire and sale of forklift trucks, so that his brother, Martin Schauer, joined the company in 2016. The company’s range of services was expan ..read more

AR Racking, storage solutions supplier, has successfully completed the implementation of its advanced AR PAL system in the warehouse of Fire Fighting Equipments, S.L.U. in Carbonera de Frentes, Soria, Spain. This project, centred on the redesign of an old warehouse, represents a significant leap in storage capacity and efficiency for Fire Fighting Equipments. The installation, which covers an area of 1,200 m², was carried out in a total timeframe of three weeks, including the dismantling of the existing racking systems and the subsequent installation of the new ones. This strategic change made ..read more

At the end of last year, Collo-X, an innovative company based in the Netherlands, launched a new sorting system: the MicroSorter. This compact sorting system is capable of sorting up to 1,500 products per hour per unit, with a maximum number of outputs in a very small area. The system is versatile and can process a wide range of products including clothing, shoe boxes, accessories, office supplies, Post and Parcels. FarmaSort and Collo-X The company from Wijchen is part of FarmaSort, a producer of sorting solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, with a special focus on pharmacies. Since its ..read more

Mushiny, a global supplier of intelligent logistics automation systems, has launched a groundbreaking and highly efficient logistics sortation solution – the intelligent 3D Sorter. The introduction of the intelligent 3D Sorter tackles numerous challenges unmet by traditional methods of sorting and fulfilling orders, where operators manually allocate items to specific bins or compartments on a wall-like structure, or by other automated processes. The Mushiny 3D Sorter allows operations to increase their batch or wave size dramatically without the need to manually sort orders via a putwall or an ..read more

At the end of December 2023, MERCADONA awarded the WITRON Group with the construction of a new 15,000 square meter dry goods distribution centre in Guadix (Granada) in southern Spain. This is already the 16th automated logistics centre that WITRON designs and realizes for MERCADONA – with a total of 203 COM machines in the dry, fresh, and frozen food sector. Starting in 2026, the highly automated facility will supply more than 90 stores of the Spanish food retailer with 4,000+ items. Since the beginning of 2021, MERCADONA has been operating a modern frozen food logistics centre at the Guadix s ..read more

Less complexity, fewer variants, more efficiency, more power and simpler, faster commissioning, and maintenance. Lenze is driving the future of conveyance with a revolutionary new magnetic motor driven roller (MDR) to support intralogistics customers. The o450 MDR will integrate directly into existing conveyor systems and deliver an output of 115 watts, making it more than twice as powerful as comparable systems on the market. Thanks to the vernier principle, the MDR is pleasantly quiet in operation. With energy savings of 30 percent compared to conventional motor driven rollers, it also impre ..read more