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Fire protection with BSFZ seal
The research work being conducted by the fire protection experts at the Wagner Group has recently been certified for the second time by the Research Allowance Certification Office (BSFZ) as eligible for funding for their current R&D projects. The innovation department is headed by Barbara Möller.
Dübendorf bridges the gap to space travel
The Innovation Park Zurich in Dübendorf is intended to become one of the key points between "Space Florida" – the US state of Florida's agency for space financing and development – and a hub for trade, logistics, research and innovation between Florida, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Cargo sous Terrain in “light” version
The engineering company Ecoro will be presenting its automated shuttle, the P2X, at IFOY 2025. This shuttle can transport four pallets weighing up to 2.4 tons on a separate track – or even underground. It's a kind of "light" version of the CST (Combined Storage and Transport) system for transporting palletized goods on factory premises and in industrial parks.
"Silicon Economy": Milestone reached
At the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, over 150 scientists have drawn a positive conclusion from the large-scale research project "Silicon Economy". Over a period of four years, 20 development projects and the "Open Logistics Foundation" were initiated.
Climate risks are hardly in question
67 percent of 90 surveyed companies from the German transport and logistics sector have recently been affected by the consequences of climate change, according to a recently published study by KPMG - Wirtschaftsprüfungs-Gesellschaft and the German Logistics Association (BVL).
Logistics workers (generally) don't smoke marijuana
According to a survey conducted by the German Logistics Hall of Fame in cooperation with the Schunck Group, a large majority of logistics companies consider the risk of suffering harm from the consumption of alcohol or cannabis in the workplace to be low to very low. Only one in ten is skeptical.
Fire protection with BSFZ seal
The research work being conducted by the fire protection experts at the Wagner Group has recently been certified for the second time by the Research Allowance Certification Office (BSFZ) as eligible for funding for their current R&D projects. The innovation department is headed by Barbara Möller.
Dübendorf bridges the gap to space travel
The Innovation Park Zurich in Dübendorf is intended to become one of the key points between "Space Florida" – the US state of Florida's agency for space financing and development – and a hub for trade, logistics, research and innovation between Florida, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Cargo sous Terrain in “light” version
The engineering company Ecoro will be presenting its automated shuttle, the P2X, at IFOY 2025. This shuttle can transport four pallets weighing up to 2.4 tons on a separate track – or even underground. It's a kind of "light" version of the CST (Combined Storage and Transport) system for transporting palletized goods on factory premises and in industrial parks.
"Silicon Economy": Milestone reached
At the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, over 150 scientists have drawn a positive conclusion from the large-scale research project "Silicon Economy". Over a period of four years, 20 development projects and the "Open Logistics Foundation" were initiated.
Climate risks are hardly in question
67 percent of 90 surveyed companies from the German transport and logistics sector have recently been affected by the consequences of climate change, according to a recently published study by KPMG - Wirtschaftsprüfungs-Gesellschaft and the German Logistics Association (BVL).
Logistics workers (generally) don't smoke marijuana
According to a survey conducted by the German Logistics Hall of Fame in cooperation with the Schunck Group, a large majority of logistics companies consider the risk of suffering harm from the consumption of alcohol or cannabis in the workplace to be low to very low. Only one in ten is skeptical.
Opt for off-peak times
Researchers at the Fraunhofer IML have been investigating the noise emissions of alternative drive systems (battery-electric, gas, hydrogen) during delivery processes in urban areas for some time. This research has resulted in a "Handbook for Low-Noise Logistics," which has now been presented to the Ministry of the Environment in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Assistant instead of Terminator
Over 170 experts in the field of driverless transport systems met this week at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics to exchange information on current developments in the segment of flexible automation and human-machine cooperation at the AGV conference.
Professorship for AI-supported intralogistics
Photo: Kion Group
The Kion Group is initiating an endowed professorship for AI-supported autonomous systems at the Technical University of Dortmund. Sebastian Peitz, professor in the Faculty of Computer Science, is intended to underscore the university's pioneering position in the promising technology field of artificial intelligence (AI).
Progress on the nuclear catapult
predecessor model LHC
While the world grapples with crises, climate issues, and AI, Fraunhofer IML, as part of a larger puzzle, continues to work on the logistics concept that will help realize the multi-billion-euro " Future Circular Collider " at CERN in Geneva. A modular vehicle concept and a simulation model ensure the planning is sound.
Translating voice commands into reality
Recognizing waste as waste and distinguishing goods as sortable items: Swisslog and Kuka aim to simplify robot programming and the correct item selection of food and other products in large warehouses using artificial intelligence. Remarkable results are possible – but other things could probably be done more simply.
Remote excavation with ALICE
Robodog assists
It doesn't have to be an alien planet. But what's driving a significant technological leap in intralogistics also warrants a look at external robotic solutions, such as those that have been gaining traction in the construction and agricultural industries for some time now. For example, controlling excavators from 500 km away.
A knighthood for the "logistics pope"
Numerous awards have been bestowed upon Michael ten Hompel over the years as CEO of Fraunhofer IML. The Fraunhofer Medal, awarded at the end of May, was therefore almost overdue. It is thanks to him that logistics has found its place among the scientific disciplines.
IML is researching battery logistics
Photo: R. Tajiki
Electromobility is on the rise. But many questions remain regarding the safe storage, reuse, and recycling of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries. In five projects, an "Innovation Lab for Battery Logistics" at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) is supporting companies in closing gaps in their logistics.
Office complex as heat storage
Hamburg's Speicherstadt (warehouse district) is not only a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but also a valuable resource in terms of its architectural heritage. A pioneering research project aims to determine whether this world-famous warehouse landscape can be renovated to achieve climate neutrality.
Weiss Brothers in the eternal ice
Most recently, the transport company delivered equipment for the Mars Analog Mission AMADEE-24 to Armenia to simulate conditions expected on the Red Planet. Now, the Vorarlberg-based company is supporting the logistics for a Greenland expedition focused on climate change.
