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The Schaeffler Group has inaugurated its new European Distribution Center (EDC) Mitte in Kitzingen. Products from Schaeffler's Industrial division for the European market are shipped from Kitzingen.
read more...30 years of Faulhaber Precistep
Faulhaber Precistep is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Founded as a management buy-out to take over the construction of clock drives, the company now produces two-phase permanent magnet stepper motors that support the increasing miniaturization in many industrial sectors.
read more...Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion. The company is building a new logistics center in the Stockholm area. The bag sorter, the heart of the order processing system, is the new Airtrax Pocket from Vanderlande.
read more...The SSI Schaefer Group, a Germany-based solution provider of modular storage and logistics systems, has announced the 100% acquisition of Incas S.p.A.. The Italian company is active in the field of supply chain automation.
read more...Digitalization and HRC. With the trending topics of digital transformation in manufacturing and human-robot collaboration, Automatica aims to make a contribution to shaping Work 4.0 - where people bear more responsibility than ever before.
read more...Heidenhain's Connected Machining software solutions enable production in which all work steps are networked with each other, from design to the finished component ready for delivery. They give TNC controls access to all order-related data in the company network, so that the specialist becomes the controller in the process chain.
read more...Study: Skilled workers in production
A study by the online job market meinestadt.de shows: Work is more than just bread and butter for almost half of production specialists. The meaning of a job and the perceived appreciation play an important role. The study also shows how companies can argue their case when recruiting new skilled workers.
read more...In the logistics league of the RoboCup German Open 2018, the Carologistics team from Aachen, with the support of motion plastics specialist igus. became German champion.
read more...In the course of Industry 4.0, production is becoming more individualized - the goal is batch size one. Fraunhofer IIS is developing communication for cognitive sensors and systems so that processes can be interlinked, application-specific data exchanged and workflows optimized.
read more...With the project "Interactive Robotic System for Emptying Sea Containers" (IRiS), the Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics at the University of Bremen is conducting research together with BLG Handelslogistik, Schulz Systemtechnik and Framos.
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