
Riwal expands: New depots in Europe
Riwal, a full-service rental company for aerial work platforms and telescopic forklifts, is expanding further in Europe and opening four new depots in the UK, France, the Netherlands and Croatia.

Riwal, a full-service rental company for aerial work platforms and telescopic forklifts, is expanding further in Europe and opening four new depots in the UK, France, the Netherlands and Croatia.

SKF Motion Technologies will be showcasing its range of linear axes, ball screws and actuators as well as the highlight, the lift and slide kit, which allows users to extend the reach of their cobots.

At Fachpack, everything at Trapo revolves around driverless transport systems and safe HRC. Equipped with an HRC robot, a transport shuttle meets various requirements in one system: conveying, palletizing, depalletizing and layer formation.

Proglove, the specialist for industrial wearables, has a new addition at the top. Effective immediately, Eva Fischer will head the Human Resources department as Vice President Human Resources. In this position, she reports directly to CEO Andreas König.

The volume of parcels is increasing. Overcrowded parcel conveyors can lead to items being pushed together roughly or falling off the conveyor belt.

Thermal imaging specialist Flir Systems is exhibiting at Fachpack in Nuremberg for the first time. Together with integrator Itema and packaging solution provider Bytronic, the company will be demonstrating what thermography can achieve in the packaging sector.

By investing in digital direct printing and laser cutting technology, W.AG has added two new technologies to its range of services. This enables the company to offer its customers even more options for the product- and industry-specific individualization of its plastic cases.

Switching quickly between packaging formats, assembling foodstuffs specifically, dosing medicines according to the individual - the packaging sector as well as the food and pharmaceutical industries place special demands on their systems.

Afag will be showcasing its product range for the packaging industry, including the Flexspeed handling system for short cycle times. The basis is the PDL40 horizontal gantry axis with simple active cooling and an optimized heat sink.

Complete solution for parcel logistics
Vipac Smalls Sort is the name of the new sorting system from Vitronic, which received a "Best Product" award at Logimat 2019. It is a complete solution for parcel logistics and combines the recording of shipment data and the automatic sorting of smaller shipments.
Packaging line for Yakult bottles. Around 39 million people in 39 countries around the world drink the probiotic drink Yakult. For the European market, a large proportion of the bottles are packed in cardboard boxes and display cartons using a Schubert machine.
The food industry is one of the strongest growth markets for the automation sector. Robots fill pizzas, portion cheese, sort, pack and palletize. Trapo shows how automated solutions reduce sources of error and ensure high quality, short cycle times and consistent availability.
Tenwinkel produces concrete counterweights for customers such as Liebherr. A Combi-MG, a mobile gantry crane from Combilift, has now replaced a forklift truck in the company for the safe and more efficient handling of ever larger products.

Tente aims to meet customer requirements with castors, wheels and the best possible overall solutions. The product portfolio for the industrial, commercial, transport and medical sectors includes standard products as well as customized special designs and system-integrated solutions.

A Torwegge roller conveyor has been transporting goods in Bad Salzuflen in East Westphalia for four decades. At Holztechnik Friedrich Klinkert, the system is used as an outfeed roller conveyor for freshly pressed veneers.

Hyster Europe is developing a zero-emission reachstacker with a fuel cell for the port of Valencia as part of the EU's Horizon 2020 program and the H2Ports project. The Spanish port will be the first in Europe to use hydrogen as an energy source in its operations.

Transport platforms for intralogistics
Intralogistics specialist Losyco has presented system extensions for the Loxrail conveyor rail range. These enable the flexible and efficient handling of assemblies and machines weighing several tons in the production process, for example with a steerable transport platform and integrated brake for the conveyor rails: A mechanical steering system mounted on the underside of the platform enables heavy, bulky loads of up to ten tons to be turned and aligned on the rail, even without a compressed air or power supply.

Despite the increasingly challenging market environment, Jungheinrich's net sales and incoming orders grew compared to the same period last year. The main driver was new truck business with double-digit growth rates.
Environmentally friendly electric forklift...
Clark has launched a new electric four-wheel forklift series onto the market. The EPXi performs its tasks just as reliably as a comparable diesel or LPG forklift and is also on a par with a combustion engine in terms of acquisition costs.

Environmental friendliness in intralogistics
At this year's FachPack, the focus will be on sustainability - HaRo will also be demonstrating this at its presence at the trade fair, including with an energy-recovering vertical conveyor.