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Handling a Smart Century

Logistics Business Magazine

Part of the Meijer Group, Meijer Handling Solutions has just celebrated its 100th birthday. Meijer Group started as a one-man business in 1921, founded by Jan Meijer in the Frisian village of Wier, the Netherlands. Meijer Handling Solutions grew to become the world market leader in the production of hydraulic forks.

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Focus on people drives success for Utz Group

Logistics Business Magazine

Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, the Utz Group believes that – in addition to its technological innovation and local service – it is the company’s culture of focusing on people and fostering a sense of community that drives its success. Utz recently held a group-wide conference (pictured) to mark its 75-year milestone.

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Forklift Fleet Keeps Productivity High for 3PL

Logistics Business Magazine

Our operations are extremely intense,” explains Edward Stephenson, Group Operations Director at Davies Turner. Although the company’s operators were used to hydrostatic controls, a short refresher course enabled them to switch seamlessly to the automotive-style pedals of the Mitsubishi GRENDiA models.

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WEMO founders cede management to HAHN Group

Logistics Business Magazine

As part of this, WEMO will move to the Robotics Division within the HAHN Group in order to offer its customers an even broader portfolio of solutions and products with mobile and collaborative robotics. Already in 2015, the HAHN Group took over the majority of the company’s shares, and finally all of them.

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STILL supports local children’s groups

Logistics Business Magazine

The company has donated €5,000 each to the local projects Mittagskinder Foundation ( pictured ), Kultur Palast Hamburg Foundation and the Wilhelmsburg Production School, and has also given around 1,500 chocolate Advent calendars to the three institutions as well as the Hamburger Tafel and the Arche in Hamburg-Billstedt.

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From Push-Cart to Cutting-Edge Robotics: China Skips Traditional Warehouse Automation

Logistics Viewpoints

Of course, this was an exaggeration, but it illustrated his point well. “ Of course, fiber optic land lines offer greater bandwidth. You don’t see suburban roads lined with telephone polls and wires strung between them like you do in the US ,” he explained. And for good reason. But bandwidth is one dimension.

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BREAKING: Toyota acquires viastore

Logistics Business Magazine

The shareholders of viastore Group , a leading international provider of intralogistics systems, intralogistics software and supporting services, have today (31st March 2022) signed an agreement to sell all shares in the company to Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO). For the 2021 financial year, the Group reported sales of around €140m.