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October 8, 2025

The fire protection specialists of the Wagner Group have been honored with the "GIT Safety Award 2026" for their "OxyReduct F-Line." The system expands the OxyReduct process with H2- based fuel cell technology, which simultaneously ensures emission-free energy supply.

October 7, 2025

Movianto, a logistics service provider specializing in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, is setting up a new cold storage facility in Wiesloch-Walldorf this month. A photovoltaic system there produces approximately 3,100 MWh per year, more electricity than the site consumes.

October 7, 2025

Despite all the political turmoil currently shaking the world, work on the ITER fusion reactor, in which countless nations are involved, continues – much like on the ISS. Recently, another of the 15-meter-high segments for the future plasma chamber was delivered by heavy-duty transport. 

October 6, 2025

Mosca offers a comprehensive portfolio of integrated end-of-line systems for transport packaging, strapping machines, stretch wrappers, and associated consumables. Strapping made from materials such as PP and PET is produced with increasing recycled content. 

October 6, 2025

Relocations often involve considerable effort. Furniture needs to be transported, boxes packed, and unwanted items disposed of. The company " Optimal Umzug "  from Lachen, Canton of Schwyz, offers services tailored to the greater Zurich area.

October 6, 2025

Developed with the user in mind, the completely redesigned generation of low-level order pickers in the Optio L series from TMHE sets new standards. Increased platform lifting heights, low entry, and versatile model variants for loads up to 2.5 t make these devices highly sought-after helpers.

October 2, 2025

Temperature-controlled logistics is facing an energy revolution: battery-electric trucks, long-range hydrogen vehicles, and cryogenic cooling with nitrogen are transforming the industry. Enough "material" for the SVTL to discuss future processes and alternatives at Galliker in Altishofen.

October 2, 2025

While Russian drones have long been surveying German bases and critical infrastructures as potential targets for their asymmetric warfare a project called CUSTODIAN (Counter-UAS Technologies for Detection, Interception and Neutralization) is now slowly gaining momentum at the DLR.

October 1, 2025

 The Swiss Commercial Vehicle Association and GS1 Switzerland are merging their "Lean & Green" and "We go green!" initiatives. Both ASTAG and GS1 are embracing sustainability as a triad of economy, society, and the environment.

October 1, 2025

 At an " Automation Day " hosted by Agilox, insights into the current status and future direction of the robotics provider were provided, rounded off by workflows that – modeled on real practical processes – demonstrated interoperability with the AMRs together with a Fanuc robot arm and a Palomat.



ESX facility for Abu Dhabi


WAGNER Switzerland AG





ESX facility for Abu Dhabi

August 12, 2024

 ESX mobile rack for Abu Dhabi 1Photo: SSI Schäfer

SSI Schaefer announces the successful installation of the largest mobile racking system for deep-freeze storage in the United Arab Emirates—a follow-up project to the deployment of critical vaccine infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic. The system increases storage capacity by 90%.

The choice fell on an ESX mobile racking system for dry cold storage with over 8,000 square meters of space and 14,000 pallet positions. Equipped with deep-freeze solutions and advanced digital dashboards for precise environmental control, the solution enables the storage of vaccines and pharmaceuticals within a specified temperature range of up to -25°C.

For SSI Schaefer, this marks the successful conclusion of its partnership with Noatum Logistics Middle East, a company of the Abu Dhabi Ports Group. The installation of the mobile shelving system has created the largest mobile freezer shelving system in the United Arab Emirates, which is part of the AD Ports Group's KLP21 Warehouse Hub in the Khalifa Economic Zone Abu Dhabi (KEZAD).

Not only have cooling efficiency and storage density been increased, but warehouse safety has also been further optimized. The facility features multiple fail-safe mechanisms and a state-of-the-art programmable logic controller (PLC) that allows for customized and automated control. Given the increasing demand for standardized, state-of-the-art cold storage facilities, the partnership meets the needs of many customers while accelerating business growth in the region.

 

ESX mobile rack for Abu Dhabi 2Logistics for the AD Ports Group

 

Noatum Managing Director Daniel Berasategui: "Our partnership with SSI Schaefer is important for the development of our competencies as a regional logistics center serving a variety of industries - from healthcare to FMCG."

The successful collaboration between the AD Ports Group and SSI Schaefer has existed for several years. It was initially established to accelerate the company's development into the largest cold storage distribution center for healthcare and medical supply chains. SSI Schaefer developed and installed a VNA (Very Narrow Aisle Pallet Racking) storage solution to optimize the group's state-of-the-art deep-freeze storage capacities. This solution played a crucial role in the storage and distribution of more than 260 million vaccine doses to over 65 countries worldwide as part of the HOPE consortium, an Abu Dhabi-led public-private partnership to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The logistics division of the AD Ports Group turned to SSI Schäfer to optimize its cold storage space and capacities for pharmaceutical distribution.

www.ssi-schaefer.com