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Dear readers,
In just a few days the time will have finally
come! CeMAT will open its doors and around
For four days, Hanover will once again become the world capital of intralogistics.
Time for the doors
to open
CeMAT The time has come: the world’s
leading trade fair for intralogistics will
open its doors at 9 o’clock on 31 May. Exhibitors will be showcasing their products
and services – including numerous world
premieres – over a total of four days. Split
into the divisions of “Move & Lift”, “Store
& Load”, “Logistics IT”, “Manage & Service”,
“Empack” and “Label & Print”, all of the action in Hanover will revolve around current
technical trends and logistical challenges.
THE CeMAT BAROMETER: FIGURE OF THE MONTH
110,000
square metres is the size of the exhibition space
at this year’s CeMAT.
CeMAT is putting clear emphasis on IT for
the first time this year, therefore linking the
physical world of logistics even more closely with the digital one. This means that the
trend topics of “digitalisation” and “Industry 4.0” will be very much at the forefront
in Hanover. The digitalisation trend is revolutionising value chains and new business
models are being created. CeMAT is gaining
further significance because the relevant
technology trends are only on display in
Hanover. This year the trade fair organisers
are expecting international delegations from
Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea, Norway,
Columbia, Indonesia, Sweden, Russia, China
and Iran.
You will find an overview of the forum
events at CeMAT on pages 6–7.
1,000 exhibitors will be presenting their latest
products and solutions. The focus will be
on the main theme of “Smart Supply Chain
Solutions”. We will see how logistics chains
will be able to be controlled through networks
in future. When it comes to this development,
digitalisation is a driver and enabler in equal
measure. With the new exhibition focus
“Logistics IT” you will learn what opportunities
new warehouse management systems offer
and how you can optimise your production and
storage processes further, designing processes
in a way that is easy to reproduce and reducing
logistics costs. Be amazed by the innovative capabilities of the intralogistics sector at CeMAT
and take the opportunity to find out about
current issues at the accompanying forums.
Take a look into the future with virtual reality
glasses or witness the performance capabili-
ties of autonomous shuttle systems. Logistics
Insider gives you a first glance at CeMAT.
I look forward to being able to welcome you to
Hanover.
Yours,
Dr. Andreas Gruchow
Member of the Board of Deutsche Messe AG
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY 4.0
Intelligent networking
of people, processes, goods and locations
is one of the primary tasks of intralogistics. In light of new challenges posed
by e-commerce or Industry 4.0, storage
systems are becoming increasingly flexible. For example, the latest driverless
transport system (AGV), Weasel, from
SSI SCHÄFER (hall 13, stand C20) is now
making it possible for even smaller companies to get into automated in-house
goods transport. Thanks to its high level
of flexibility and scalability, Weasel can
handle almost any transport task – without complicated sensor technology or
complex control systems, unlike traditional AGV systems. Many of the require-
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ments of Industry 4.0 are already a reality
for Knapp AG (hall 27, stand F36) also.
The Austrian intralogistics expert plans
to use flexible shuttle solutions to take
the next step towards intelligent production logistics. It claims that combined
with open shuttles – automated guided
vehicles (AGVs) that navigate completely
freely around the warehouse – there are
no limits to a fully networked and flexible warehouse.
Storing different sizes of partial quantities in different sizes of containers and
deciding as late as possible which quantities are to be stored in which transport aids – this is what psb intralogistics
(hall 27, stand K36) understands by “flex-
ibilisation in the warehouse”. “Our first
solution is a highly flexible shuttle system,” says Volker Welsch, Head of Sales for
Germany at psb. “The benefits of a scalable
increase in performance are obvious.”
The “LEO Locative” system from Bito
(hall 13, stand A20) is brand new to the
market. “This self-driving, autonomous
transport system can be used in a variety
of ways and is child’s play to operate,” explains Winfried Schmuck, Managing Director of BITO-Lagertechnik Bittmann
GmbH, headquartered in Meisenheim.
“Compared with other self-driving
transport systems, it doesn’t require
a control system or time-consuming
installation.”
Title photos: Deutsche Messe AG (2)
Storage systems are becoming
ever more flexible
Photos: Knapp, Deutsche Messe AG, Huss-Verlag/Baschlakow, Kranbau Köthen
Speed, precision, flexibility and availability are key competitive factors in logistics today.
FROM THE INDUSTRY
CeMAT Guided Tours 2016 offer specialist visitors a unique opportunity to
obtain a compact overview of their field of interest.
Direct contact with target groups
GUIDED TOURS In the course of guided tours, this year’s CeMAT will give visitors the opportunity to find out the latest about
subject areas in which they hold a particular interest. This year’s
tours pick up on current topics as regards content, and showcase
a diverse selection of exciting solutions relevant to these areas.
In the interest of specialist visitors, importance will above all be
attached to tour participants not just taking in a simple presentation, but rather a comprehensive and entertaining demonstration
of products, services and solutions. The tours will start from the
on-site Robotation Academy at 10 am and 2 pm on each day of
CeMAT, and last roughly two hours in each case.
Logistics brands were given awards in a total of eleven categories, each with
places from 1st to 3rd, the evening before the “Supply Chain Day”.
Best logistics brands win awards
PRIZE-GIVING The winners of the readers’ and experts’ choice
awards for “best logistics brand 2016” received their prizes in
Berlin at the end of April. Representatives of trade magazine
LOGITSTIK HEUTE and BVL International handed the trophies
over to the victorious companies at a celebratory awards night.
In the “Industrial trucks and AGV” category, Jungheinrich came
out on top in front of STILL and Linde Material Handling. The best
logistics brand in the “Containers” division was SSI SCHÄFER, followed by Würth and Bito. And in the “IT for SCM/ERP” category,
SAP beat Microsoft, Oracle and IBM to the top spot.
Klaus Müller,
Managing Director of
Kranbau Köthen GmbH
and Chairman of the
Board at VDMA Ost.
Thinking along the same
lines as customers
CRANE CONSTRUCTION Even the classic crane manufacturers are increasingly morphing into digitalised companies;
under the buzzword “Industry 4.0”, the trend is clearly heading towards more intelligent systems. Where is this change
coming from, what challenges exist, what added value can we
offer our customers? “Smart hoists and automatic cranes...
everyone’s talking about digitalisation, and it hasn’t escaped
our notice,” says Klaus Müller, Managing Director of Kranbau
Köthen GmbH and Chairman of the Board at VDMA Ost, the
regional representation of the German Engineering Federation for eastern Germany and Berlin. “The fact is that the requirements of the market are changing.”
Increasingly complex systems for production, storage and
picking are placing greater and greater technical demands
on crane manufacturers, he says. In crane construction in
particular, this means that “preventive maintenance” modules may be used to increase system availability and reduce
downtimes, for example. However, there are challenges, particularly from the point of view of small and medium-sized
companies: presumed higher investment costs for digitalised
solutions scare some providers away when they even hear
the phrase “Industry 4.0”. In addition, the question of the IT
security concerns that many companies still have has to be
clarified to a satisfactory extent. “Traditional metal and mechanical engineering is becoming less and less significant, and
classic crane manufacturers are increasingly having to work
in heterogeneous disciplines,” says Müller. “Ultimately, those
that want to remain focused on productivity and efficiency increases within customers’ companies will not be able to avoid
developing clever systems and software solutions.” After all,
he says, it is the customers that set the requirements: faster,
more secure, more efficient.
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TOP FEATURE
Digitalisation is also increasingly altering the business models of the major forklift manufacturers.
Forklift manufacturers
are becoming
software specialists
Classic forklift manufacturers are increasingly transforming into automation engineers and software specialists. After all, in the world of
international competition, customers are demanding individualised
and high-quality products and solutions at increasingly short intervals.
AUTOMATION “Booming e-commerce is
giving rise to new demands from customers,” explains Dr. Henry Puhl, Chairman of
the Managing Board at STILL in Hamburg.
“For example, consignment sizes are becoming smaller and smaller due to the variety of product options, which is leading
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to increasingly short-term seasonalities
with major fluctuations in quantity.” He
believes that what we need to do here is
stay abreast of this development with intralogistics solutions, and offer more individual products in smaller quantities. “It is
also essential to take account of regional
requirements imposed on us by globalisation,” says Puhl. “Customers have to be able
to shape their processes flexibly in order
to remain competitive.” At the same time,
he adds, it is important to continually increase productivity and manage with less
energy and resources in order to cope with
growing cost pressure and the environment. He believes that it is no longer sufficient to sell the customer a forklift that he
can use to transport his goods from A to
B; instead, it is important to allow him to
intelligently and flexibly control his logistics processes so that they can be formed
in a faster, simpler and more cost-effective
way. The interplay between forklifts and
storage technology, software, services and
customer service is key.
Permanent pressure to optimise
Logistics processes are under constant
pressure to optimise. “We are currently
seeing industrial trucks being integrated
more and more closely into production
Photos: Toyota Material Handling (2), Jungheinrich, STILL, Hubtex
TOP FEATURE
“We support our customers in internal workflows
in the warehouse and production with control
and optimisation software, networked sensor
technology and automated vehicles and systems.”
Dr. Lars Brzoska, Member of the Board of Management for Marketing and Sales at Jungheinrich.
“Automation solutions require detailed process
analysis as well as good advice that goes beyond
the sale.” Mats Lindell, Head of Logistics Solutions
at Toyota Material Handling Deutschland.
processes,” says Michael Röbig, Head of
Marketing at Hubtex Maschinenbau GmbH
& Co. KG. “As a manufacturer, we are faced
with the challenge of offering our customers an individual and economical solution.”
His company is attempting to shape developments in such a way that the individual
requirement is met and can be transferred
to other applications where possible. The
result, he says, is the development of a kit
of different assistance systems, which can
be combined to form a fully automated
system. “The added value for the customer
essentially comes from the coordination
of usage requirement and vehicle equipment,” says Röbig. “The degree of automation generally increases with the complexity of the usage requirement.”
Handling Deutschland. “Transparent consulting that answers all of the customer’s
questions and supports the change process, particularly during the introduction
of the system, is essential.”
He believes that there are many reasons for this development: “Firstly, we are
seeing a change in customer structures: a
growing number of big customers, known
as key account clients, and their importance on the market are exerting increasing ‘market power’,” says Lindell. “This
tendency is particularly strong in groups
with a high handling volume.” He says that
more goods have to be handled in less time
in order to guarantee efficient and reliable
logistics around the clock. At the same
time, however, he highlights that the job
market is very healthy and has a high level
of employment – which makes recruiting
suitable skilled staff to operate industrial
trucks more challenging. In addition, new
software and hardware developments are
driving the automation of industrial trucks
and load carriers forward, he says.
Digitalisation and automation are very
clear trends in intralogistics for Jungheinrich, too. “This is what we are experiencing with Intralogistics 4.0,” says
Member of the Board of Management for
Marketing and Sales, Dr. Lars Brzoska.
“We support our customers in internal
A fast-growing market
Automation of industrial trucks is currently the fastest-growing segment of the logistics market – including for Toyota Material
Handling. Alongside benefits in terms of
safety, the reasons for the growing attention on this sector also lie in considerable
efficiency and productivity gains. “Automation solutions require detailed process
analysis as well as good advice that goes
beyond the sale,” says Mats Lindell, Head of
Logistics Solutions at Toyota Material
“Customers have to be able to shape their
processes flexibly in order to remain competitive.”
Dr. Henry Puhl, Managing Director at Still.
“We are currently seeing industrial trucks being
integrated more and more closely into production
processes.” Michael Röbig, Head of Marketing
at Hubtex.
workflows in the warehouse and production with control and optimisation
software, networked sensor technology
and automated vehicles and systems –
as the only provider with holistic solutions
entirely from a single source.” He believes
that the fact that the company is currently
undergoing a process of transformation illustrates its mission statement: “Growing
with Passion”. He states that it is becoming increasingly clear that Jungheinrich’s
future lies in the area of logistics systems,
and therefore holistic solutions.
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CeMAT FORUMS
Overview of the forums at CeMAT 2016
Keynote Forum
Hall 25
15:30 - 15:45 Certified Container weighing systems for spreader
and reachstacker
Friday, 03 June 2016, 10:00 – 11:30
Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 11:00 – 17:00
11:00 - 12:00 Opening Ceremony of CeMAT 2016
13:00 - 16:00 BVL General Meeting
16:00 - 17:00 Russia and Iran
Wednesday, 01 June 2016, 10:00 – 17:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
13:00 - 14:00
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 15:50
15:50 - 16:10
16:10 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:00
Double efficiency
Order picking system with smart glasses in life operation
Out of the box
Panel Discussion
Cyberphysic Logistics
Strategic ways of internationalization
Automation in logistics
Together innovative
Innovative pallets-management
Discussion with all participants
Wednesday, 02 June 2016, 09:00 – 20:00
Ports Forum
09:00 - 09:35
09:35 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:20
10:20 - 10:40
10:40 - 11:00
11:30 - 11:50
11:50 - 12:10
12:10 - 12:30
12:30 - 12:50
12:50 - 13:10
13:10 - 13:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:30
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Reception and welcome
Opening and Keynote
From a loaders perspective
From an european sea terminal operators perspective
Solution attempts for the rhine mouth ports
Handling delays for sea container terminals at
the mouth of the Rhine’s ports
From a hinterland operators perspective
From a hinterland operators perspective
From an inland ports perspective
Reasons for performance flaws of sea ports
and perspectives for overcomming them
Optimization potential of sea ports in the
logistics chain
The New SOLAS Regulation Verified Gross Mass
(VGM) and Software Supported Processing Solutions
The development of the automatic weighing
system for spreader (AWSP)
Certified Container weighing systems and
applications of data transfer from scale to carrier
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10:00 - 10:30 Age- and employee-appropriate workplace design
10:30 - 11:00 Car shipping redefined
11:00 - 11:30 Working with exoskeletons
Forum IT & Automation
Hall 27
Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 12:00 – 15:10
12:00 - 13:30
12:00 - 13:30 12:00 - 13:30
12:00 - 13:30 14:00 - 14:10 14:10 - 14:30 14:30 - 14:50 14:50 - 15:10 14:50 - 15:10 The Internet of Things as enabler for Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0
Traceability in process chains from
production to consumer
The product key
Welcome and Keynote
Route optimization to increase transport capacities
Manual order picking and automatic transport
Flexible automation in production
and logistics
New challenges for automation
Wednesday, 01 June 2016, 10:00 – 18:00
10:00 - 10:15 10:15 - 10:45 10:45 - 11:30 12:00 - 12:10 12:10 - 12:20 12:20 - 12:40 12:40 - 13:00 13:00 - 13:10 13:10 - 13:20
13:20 - 13:30
14:00 - 15:30
14:00 - 15:30
14:00 - 15:30
14:00 - 15:30
16:00 - 18:00
Welcome by DVZ
Robotics for intralogistics
How much does Industry 4.0 need Order Picking 4.0?
Welcome and Keynote
Process understanding
Communication and (de-) escalation management
Participation and enabling of employees
Special aspects of a WMS implementation
for system suppliers
Interfaces and integrative aspects for
super- and subordinate systems
Q&A
Designing smart logistics processes
Smart glasses for warehousing
Pick-by-Vision
Q&A
Networking Event
CeMAT FORUMS
Thursday, 02 June 2016, 10:00 – 16:00
Wednesday, 01 June 2016, 10:00 – 17:10
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome and Keynote
10:15 - 10:30 Mobile apps with SAP
10:30 - 10:45 The weather forecast for my company
10:45 - 11:00 Intralogistics Apps from STILL
11:00 - 11:30 Concluding discussion
14:00 - 16:00 Challenges and chances for SME’s in
intralogistics
14:00 - 16:00 Linked warehouse management by
integrated process automation
14:00 - 16:00 Enterprise Wearables
10:00 - 10:10
10:10 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
12:30 - 12:50
13:00 - 14:15
14:30 - 14:40
14:40 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:20
15:20 - 15:40
15:40 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:10 16:10 - 16:30
16:30 - 16:50
16:50 - 17:10
Friday, 03 June 2016, 10:00 – 14:00
10:00 - 10:05 Welcome and Keynote
10:05 - 10:25 Requirements of global Disposition for
data integration
10:25 - 10:45 Transparency, Integration, Topicality
10:45 - 11:00 Prototype Demonstration:
VILOMA
11:00 - 11:30 Panel Discussion
12:00 - 14:00 Consulting
Forum Packaging Art House
Hall 13
Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 10:00 – 17:00
10:00 - 10:10 Shuttle and order picking work place –
physical proximity is hip
10:10 - 10:30 High-dynamic storing and high performance
oriented order picking
10:30 - 10:50 Shuttle and order picking
10:50 - 11:10 High-Performance versus flexibility
11:10 - 11:30 Q & A
11:50 - 12:10 Integrating load processes into intralogistics
12:10 - 12:30 Safety devices, procedures, best practices
helping minimize the risks from fork lift
operations
12:30 - 12:50 One revolution ahead
13:00 - 13:10 Is the forklift truck still suitable for the
Smart Factory?
13:10 - 13:30 Paradigm shift with forklift trucks
13:30 - 13:50 Cross-linking and integration
13:50 - 14:10 The future is now: Smart Dynamics
14:10 - 14:30 Q & A
14:30 - 15:15 Presentation of study results
15:30 - 16:30 Panel Discussion
16:30 - 17:00 Q & A
Cranes and hoist Lifting gear in the context of
Industry 4.0
Extreme conditions for 4.0
Positioning of automatic cranes in the
Smart Factory
Smart Cranehooks for Smart Factories
Q&A
Industry 4.0
How to reduce transport cost
Packaging: Green and smart – is that possible?
Modern order picking Technologies and
their potentials
From automatic case picking to dynamic provision
From pick-by-voice to smart glasses
Accurate pick-by-order
Q&A
Projects and solutions
Nacelles suitable for Aerospace
Ergonomics and productivity
Material flow
Thursday, 02 June 2016, 10:00 – 17:00
10:00 - 10:10
10:10 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
13:00 - 13:10
13:10 - 13:30
13:30 - 13:50
13:50 - 14:10
14:50 - 15:30
15:50 - 16:00 16:00 - 16:20
16:20 - 16:40 16:40 - 17:00 Keynote
Ecological aspects of a logistics center
Proper finance of energy efficiency
Auditing and realisation
Q&A
Demands for packaging
Demands for packaging and their realisation
in trade logistics
Standardization and optimisation of packaging
3D printed packaging
Special-Event: Facing challenges
Demands for packaging
From logistical nightmare to iconic brand mark
Logistical demands
The intelligent container
Friday, 03 June 2016, 10:00 – 13:20
10:00 - 10:10
10:10 - 10:20 10:20 - 10:40
10:40 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:30 12:30 - 13:20
Reception
Keynote
Compact order picking
A new dimension in intralogistics
Expert Panel
Activity based costing for logistics
More information on the forums:
http://www.cemat.de/en/program/fora.xhtml
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IN BRIEF
SECTION
Logcom becomes Picavi
IT and logistics start-up
Logcom has been renamed “Picavi GmbH” in
order to focus on the communication of its order
picking system. “After a
two-year
development
phase and one year of
actual operation, renaming
the company and putting
the system at the forefront
is logical,” says Picavi’s
CEO, Dirk Franke, explaining the decision. According to the company, Picavi
is the first pick-by-vision
solution where picking is
carried out in continuous
operation using smartglasses.
KUKA enters into partnership with Salesforce
Automation
specialist
KUKA is entering into a
partnership with CRM provider Salesforce in order
to drive forward the firm’s
digital transformation. The
collaboration will allow
KUKA to further improve
and digitalise its entire
value creation chain and
all points of contact with
customers, partners and
employees in the sales,
service and marketing divisions.
Langhammer builds
logistics facilities in South
America
Körber subsidiary Langhammer has begun production of fully automatic
palletisers in Brazil, in collaboration with Brazilian
machine and plant constructor Fabio Perini Ltda.
The system solution is
designed for the requirements of the South American market.
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Company bosses get chatting
STUDENT INITIATIVE The CEO talk “Meet the
CEOs @ CeMAT” taking place as part of the CeMAT
Students Initiative on Wednesday, 1 June 2016,
is intended to get students of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, IT, business administration and logistics interested
in intralogistics. The concept of the “CeMAT
Students” project was developed by students at
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences last
winter semester, with the aim of making access to CeMAT as easy and interesting as possible for students.
The moderated discussion taking place from
14.15 to 15.30 in room 2 of the congress centre
is specifically designed to be interactive. Students will have the opportunity to address their
questions directly to selected company bosses
and find out more about what they can actually expect from a job in intralogistics. Matthias
Fischer from Toyota Materials Handling Europe,
Philipp Hahn-Woernle from viastore, Dr. Henry
Puhl from STILL, Klaus Tersteegen from SSI
SCHÄFER and Dr. Christian Grabner from Knapp
have all signed up for the CEO talk.
Minister-President Weil
opens CeMAT
POLITICS Acting Minister-President for
Lower Saxony and former Mayor of Hanover
Stephan Weil (SPD) will be opening CeMAT this
year. The Tuesday of the trade fair, 31 May 2016,
will begin at 9.15 with the traditional opening
tour by the Minister-Present and the visit to selected companies from each of the five CeMAT
exhibition areas. The starting point of the
one-and-a-half-hour tour is the lounge at the
Robotation Academy. Weil will then hold his official opening address at the forum in hall 25 at
11 o’clock.
A keynote speech by trade fair boss
Dr. Andreas Gruchow will then be followed by the CeMAT business talk. Here, Dr.
Christoph Beumer, Chairman of the Managing Board of the Beumer Group, and
Marc-Stephan Heinsen, Director for Supply Chain Management & Logistics at trade
firm Tchibo, among others, will be holding discussions with moderation by Prof. Dr. Thomas
Wimmer, the Chairman of the Executive Board
of BVL International. The official opening
event will end at around 12 noon.
Lower Saxony’s Minister-President Stephan Weil
will be opening CeMAT this year.
IN CONVERSATION
3 questions to...
Sascha Schmel
Managing Director, VDMA,
the German Engineering Association
for Materials Handling Technology
and Intralogistics
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How is Industry 4.0 affecting
intralogistics – do you see it as a revolution or evolution?
Sascha Schmel: From today’s point of view,
it is definitely an evolution. Whether it will
be described as a revolution in future remains to be seen. Industry 4.0 offers a lot
of opportunities for those involved, as well
as plenty of room for manoeuvre and time
to adjust. That is essentially the horizon
Photos: stk/Christian Burkert, VDMA
About
Sascha Schmel is Managing Director
of the VDMA Materials Handling
and Intralogistics Association. This
is the conceptual sponsor and partner of CeMAT trade fairs worldwide.
In addition, the qualified industrial
engineer manages the VDMA’s Lifts
and Escalators Association.
that we are heading for. And we are doing
so at a speed that, in my opinion, shouldn’t
overtax anyone. The VDMA also supports
its member companies very intensively
and actively with the Industry 4.0 Forum
(foerd.vdma.org/cemat).
2
Where do you see potential for application of Industry 4.0 in intralogistics?
Digital processes are increasingly facilitating a new level of automation, which is also
taking effect in intralogistics solutions. For
example, automated guided vehicles used
to be bound to fixed routes. Today, the devices find their own way independently,
even reliably taking account of their human colleagues.
The cloud also has a lot of potential –
especially if you not only use it as a
memory but actively utilise it for computing processes. Unlike the capacity
of intralogistics system, here there are
practically no limits. Enormous volumes
of data can be processed, therefore relieving pressure on systems. As a result
they will be faster and more flexible, and
also be able to implement sophisticated
requirements – for example recognising
gestures.
3
What are you particularly excited
about for CeMAT?
This year we will be presenting with a
different concept to in the past, and organising brief info sessions for trade fair
visitors. We are being supported by experts from the VDMA, for example concerning foreign markets. In addition,
we have Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft
für Technische Logistik e. V. (WGTL) on
board, presenting some interesting research projects and approaches to intralogistics. I’m excited to see how this will
be received. We are definitely looking
forward to many visitors in the VDMA
pavilion in open area L19.
Coming back to the first question, overall I am looking forward to seeing what
technological developments will be presented at CeMAT. Perhaps there will even
be one or two solutions that earn the label of “revolutionary”.
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IN BRIEF
SECTION
Fraunhofer IML raffles
conference tickets
Picking of boxes and books
Robotics start-up Magazino
will be presenting the
latest version of picking
robot “TORU” to the specialist audience in hall 27,
stand C55. The mobile robot, named “TORU Cube”,
combines intelligent object
recognition with precise
gripping technology, which
facilitates precise picking of individual objects.
TORU Cube is optimised for
cube-shaped objects such
as books, cartons or shoe
boxes.
Forklifts in focus
This year weighing system
manufacturer RAVAS will
be dedicating its CeMAT
trade fair stand (hall 26,
stand D15) to forklifts. It
believes that “iForks” is the
ideal solution for determining container weight
in accordance with the
International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea
(SOLAS), by weighing individual goods as well as
packaging and filling materials in the container.
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Around 30 companies will be demonstrating how workflows can be made more efficient at various points along the
logistics chain.
Complete logistics chain
in one trade fair hall
SPECIAL EXHIBITION
An example logistics
chain in trade fair hall 27: that is the concept of
the “Innovative Logistics Solutions” special exhibition at the upcoming CeMAT. In logistics, many
individual elements and the interplay between
them make up a functional whole. Production
processes and logistics are merging to an increasing extent and becoming more dynamic.
Those that want to stand out on the future market of logistics have to bring holistic concepts
up to date for an optimum flow of materials and
information. Solutions are needed. How innovative complex logistical processes can work in
the production environment is what the “Innovative Logistics Solutions” special exhibition will
be demonstrating for the second time at CeMAT
2016. Around 30 companies will be demonstrating how workflows can be made more efficient
at various points along the logistics chain.
The special thing about it is that the companies taking part in the special exhibition will
be participating proportionately in a shared
exhibit displaying an example logistics chain –
demonstrating it clearly using the latest de-
velopments. The fact that each exhibitor will
be contributing their specialist knowledge
and an exhibit means that the companies
will benefit from a practical demonstration
of their products within a process workflow.
“Unlike with a static trade fair stand, visitors
won’t have to imagine how something could
work: they can experience it live,” explains
Dr. Jochen Schneider, Deputy Manager of the
Institut für Distributions- und Handelslogistik (IDH) in Dortmund, which has designed
the special exhibition this year. “Daily tours
will explain the overall context to interested groups of visitors, but the exhibitors will
also be available as contacts outside of the
tours.” The participating companies include:
Yaskawa Electric, Copal Handling, Fraunhofer IFF, Cabka Group, AMI Förder- und
Lagertechnik, Moderne Verpackung Hoffmann, Pepperl & Fuchs, Hoffschmidt Engineering, Heinz Mayer, Ubimax, Georg Utz, Hänel,
viastore, Easypack, Mosca, SMI Handling,
Bluhm, Epal, Bito, Combipack, SEP Logistik, SSI
SCHÄFER, Icon, Spanset, Schmitz Cargobull.
Photos: Deutsche Messe AG, viastore, Genkinger, DCW, cab
As part of CeMAT, the
Fraunhofer Institute for
Material Flow and Logistics
IML will be raffling a total
of ten tickets for the logistics conference “Zukunftskongress Logistik – 34.
Dortmunder Gespräche”,
which will take place on
13 and 14 September 2016.
Trade fair visitors can take
part in the raffle by depositing their business cards in
a competition box; this will
be located at the information desk at the trade fair
stand in hall 27, stand L18.
EXHIBITOR NEWS
Genkinger’s new
brand image
Leading logistics experts will be presenting current trends and encouraging
exchange of experiences in Hanover.
German-Chinese
logistics initiative
NETWORKING Supported by the VDMA, BVL International, international logistics clusters and the German-Chinese Business
Association (DCW), a networking event will be taking place at
CeMAT on 31 May 2016 in order to promote German-Chinese
relations, followed by a tour of the trade fair (Logistics Network
InnovationsHub, hall 27, stand B16). Visiting the CeMAT trade
fair, including the event on 31 May 2016, is free of charge for participants of the “ChinaLogistics” forum on 30 May 2016. A free
bus transfer from Hamburg to Hanover will be on offer.
Virtual reality allows
visitors to dive even
deeper into the
fascinating world of
intralogistics.
viastore provides a live
logistics experience
INTERACTION The viastore Group will be presenting innovative technologies to touch, try out and participate in at CeMAT.
The 300 sqm trade fair stand will allow visitors to experience a
variety of solutions from the two business divisions of viastore
SYSTEMS and viastore SOFTWARE interactively, and see them
live in action. This will make the numerous advantages –
from reduced logistics costs to increases in productivity and
flexibility – even more clear for users.
INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS Industrial truck manufacturer Genkinger
will be appearing at CeMAT for the first time under its recently
changed name. The name suffix “-Hubtex” originating from the
former subsidiary has been lost following the
separation of the two companies. In hall 26,
stand L01, the reorganised Genkinger
GmbH will be presenting three innovatively developed forklifts: an electric
multidirectional sideloader, an electric multidirectional heavy-duty reach
truck and an electric four-directional
pedestrian-controlled pallet stacker
with pantograph. This year’s CeMAT
will be particularly important for
Genkinger given its renaming
and increased focus on internationalisation.
The new reach truck will be a highlight on Genkinger’s trade fair stand.
Thanks to the
integrated retraction
system, the “Hermes
C” prints and applies
individual labels
upon request without an empty label.
Logical labelling
LABEL PRINTING Long-standing Karlsruhe-based firm cab will
be presenting thermal transfer printers and systems for printing
and labelling on products or packaging in the industrial environment at stand E69 in hall 13. “We have known CeMAT as an
exhibitor since it was part of the Hanover trade fair,” says Uwe
Lüdemann, Head of Sales for label printing systems. “The integration of the leading trade fair Label & Print is a sign of the growing
importance of printing and labelling technology for manufacturers, retailers and end consumers.”
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“CeMAT has been one of our trade fair highlights
for years. Firstly, because it allows us to have many
interesting discussions with potential customers.
But also because it provides us with valuable input for our
own work. At the end of the day, the topic of ‘digitalisation’
runs through the entire supply chain – including the
packaging sector. What’s more, CeMAT and the special
exhibition ‘Innovative Logistics Solutions’ give us the
opportunity to show how our solutions can be integrated
into processes in a completely concrete way.”
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“For me, CeMAT will be very important this year as our
company is entering into the planning for a new logistics centre. With the new plans we want to build on our
strengths, such as speed, availability and flexibility, and
bring them right up to date. To do this we need systems
that provide us with opportunities and solutions that will
allow us to react to changes in the market situation over
the long term.”
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