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The fire is left without air
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.
Temperature-controlled at the motorway junction
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.
Fusion reactor in creep mode
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.
Nonstop strapping
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.
Dynamic open-plan area
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.
Optio L-Series updated
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.
Cold chain in transition: Ambitious goals
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.
DLR expands drone defense
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.
ASTAG and GS1 to go green together
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.
Interoperability proven
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.
There is a train going nowhere
There is a train going nowhere
"Once again slowed down" is what one could say about the court-stopped reallocation of billions of original Corona funds in favor of new energy and mobility solutions by the German federal government: For digitalization and rail expansion alone, funds are to be cut again by 810 million euros in 2024.
This is a purely mathematical result of the adjustment to the draft budget of the Federal Ministry of Finance of January 10, 2024, which was enforced by the Federal Constitutional Court. The Association of the German Railway Industry (VDB), of which the Swiss manufacturer Schindler is also a member due to parts of its production in Germany, complains that the renewed cuts are painful for the domestic railway industry, especially in the area of digitalization.
Digital in Warnemünde
For example, a total of €3.2 billion from the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF) was earmarked for digital vehicle conversion over the next three years alone, up to 2027. "Following the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court, these funds are now missing without replacement," complains VDB Managing Director Sarah Stark, lamenting the decision from Karlsruhe, which, from a purely legal perspective, was of course correct.
This is completely incompatible with the government's transport policy goals. Stark stated: "More capacity, better punctuality, and greater reliability on the railways require new infrastructure, digital systems, and comprehensive electrification of the network. Record investments in rail transport were announced just last September. The funding cuts envisaged in the current draft contradict the growing needs of the increasingly dilapidated German rail network."
This is also a devastating signal to the domestic railway industry, because the digital equipment for railway lines and vehicles is primarily developed and produced in Germany, says VDB Managing Director Axel Schuppe.
Photos: DB
The "Allianz pro Schiene" (Pro-Rail Alliance) is taking the same line. Dirk Flege, Managing Director of the Allianz pro Schiene, says: "If rail freight transport is cut so drastically, the federal government will not be able to fulfill its promise to increase the market share of rail freight transport to 25 percent by 2030."
At the beginning of last year, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport identified a total financing requirement of €88 billion for the rail sector until 2027. To cover this, approximately €45 billion in investments would be necessary in addition to existing funds. In September 2023, additional funds of €39.5 billion were subsequently announced at the Rail Summit.
Of this, 16 billion euros remain today, of which approximately 13 billion will flow to DB as an equity increase. An additional handicap: The funds from DB's equity increase cannot truly replace lost federal budget and KTF funds, since, for example, funding for digital vehicle conversion by DB would not be permissible.
P.Maitre/klk.
