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800 visitors at the test camp
Many participants of the test camp also took the opportunity to attend the 33rd Material Flow Congress – held for the first time in Dortmund – under the direction of Professor Johannes Fottner. A total of around 800 visitors came to Dortmund's Westfalenhalle to view approximately 100 innovations.
With my back against the wall
The shift to rail freight through the Alps has suffered significant setbacks recently. According to BLS Cargo, the main culprits are the dilapidated German infrastructure and the numerous line closures and construction sites along the north-south corridor. This is also impacting personnel policies.
Kion and Siemens together in a parallel universe
Kion will be the first company in Europe to use Siemens' new simulation software " Digital Twin Composer " , thereby also seeking a degree of independence from the US market, where NVIDIA has so far been the dominant solution for merging the digital and real worlds in smart warehouses.
Columbus's "egg"
Now Linde MH also offers an expanded series with an integrated lithium-ion battery: The major advantage, according to the manufacturer, is the increased space in the driver's cab, which is up to 35 percent above the industry average, and the fact that the footwell has grown significantly with the elimination of the traditional battery compartment.
“Best of Intralogistics” in the test camp
As part of the Test Camp Intralogistics and the International Intralogistics and Forklift of the Year (IFOY) Award, the preliminary certificates for 2026 were presented in Dortmund by Jan Drömer, Chairman of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Section, to the 17 nominees who will now go into the final round.
SVTL meets in a historic setting
The general assembly of the Swiss Association for Temperature-Controlled Logistics will take place on May 8th Lenzburg Castle and , in addition to the usual agenda items, personnel management, modern advertising for skilled workers on social media and the question of whether humanoid robots will one day be helpful .
MAGA in the approach path
German technology remains highly regarded when it comes to rapid material handling, the elimination of weaknesses, and service quality. Following successful projects in Oklahoma and Texas, the steel trader " Steel and Pipe Supply " (SPS) in Kansas City once again relied on Kasto saws and storage systems.
Rent warehouse equipment instead of buying it
Bito is launching an offensive with an economical alternative for companies that want to re-equip, expand, or temporarily supplement their warehouse and production areas, but don't want to tie up their capital long-term: renting instead of buying is the motto. The advantages – especially in " dynamic times " – are obvious.
«Kanpai» with sake on the pharmaceutical chain
Logistics provider Yusen is presenting an expanded global platform for the healthcare sector at LogiPharma in Vienna, where companies such as Novartis, Bayer, Takeda, and hospital supplier UCB are currently participating. The platform focuses on the professional delivery of specialized healthcare solutions.
Streamlined logistics
Coop's own rail connection for urban logistics in Zurich, streamlined logistics vehicles and the outsourcing of all operating room logistics in a cooperation between the Seeschau Clinic and the Swiss Post are the projects that are entering the final sprint for this year's Swiss Logistics Award from GS1.
Underground and aboveground
Underground and aboveground
It sounds a bit like Miniatur Wunderland, the "world's largest model railway" in Hamburg's Speicherstadt. "Everything will be flexible, dynamic, and adaptable," promises Lars Bergmann with his "Fluid Factory," which uses underfloor magnetic technology.
Lars Bergmann is the founder, CEO, and managing director, guaranteeing the development and implementation of software solutions, corporate management, and strategic development. Not to mention that he graduated with honors in business administration, achieving a perfect score of 1.0 on his diploma thesis. He joins forces with asset manager and banker Thomas Immler, Mücahid Erbek from Hamburg, and management consultant Robert Schittler. "China wanted to seize our patents," says Schittler. "The process took ten years, and we are finally able to operate." The founders consider themselves nothing less than "the future of the warehousing and logistics industry," a claim also confirmed by the Fraunhofer Institute. Their patented "Fluid Logistics" technology replaces conventional conveyor belts, forklifts, and battery-powered robots with magnetically controlled, autonomous transport platforms.
Traveling magnetic fields
Now Bergmann, who already has several patents on his resume, ranging from controllable converter elements on combinable surfaces and systems for displaying virtual scenarios to "vertical farming", is entering the scene with his technology of magnetic fields moving below the floor of the warehouse for the "Factory of the future".
“Our system adapts in a flash and is maintenance-free,” he says, “ideal for industry, logistics, and defense.” Energy consumption is minimal at just 120 watts per vehicle, compared to conventional technologies like electric pallet trucks. Machines, tools, and vehicles can move in real time and adjust their position at any time. Thanks to the absence of mechanical drives and batteries, the system is virtually maintenance-free: no mechanical parts, no batteries – maximum reliability.
A baggage handling system was simulated at Frankfurt Airport, and a form of production logistics was tested at Daimler. The state of Hesse provided €700,000 in funding, and the state of Saxony-Anhalt contributed €1.7 million. "Imagine a world," says Bergmann, "where nothing is rigid or fixed. Machines, tools, vehicles, and even entire production lines adapt to new conditions in a flash.".
«We end the present»
"We are ending the present," they confidently declare. "In the future, there will be no forklifts, no robots, no batteries, and no mechanical parts." This will be interesting.
