For the German construction equipment and building material machinery industry sales fell in 2009 nominally by 43 per cent to 9.5 billion euros. "2009 has been the most difficult year ever for our ind...

The core of any state-of-the-art logistics system consists of a warehouse management system (WMS). The deployment of this technology pays off even for “smaller”, forklift-operated warehouses. The ...

Full halls, a positive atmosphere and customers who are more willing to invest – that is how the outcome of the 16th METAV in Düsseldorf can be summarised. The fair exceeded all our expectations, D...

Biotech company Eppendorf, headquartered in Hamburg, has decided to have its old storage/retrieval machine (SRM) modernized by viastore after 30 years in operation. The SRM had been delivered by a thi...

PSI Group has been awarded by the Swiss SR Technics Group, headquartered in Zurich, with the delivery and implementation of comprehensive planning software. The goal is to optimise the entire maintena...

Germany’s machine tool industry is gaining renewed confidence for 2010. “Though the ongoing year is once again going to be a very difficult one, we nonetheless expect a significant upturn in busin...

”The manufacturers of photovoltaic production equipment will found an individual association platform during the annual photovoltaics conference of the German Engineering Federation VDMA on March 30...

STILL is donating an electric fork lift truck to the central warehouse for international operations of the Federal Technical Aid Organisation of Germany (THW). From this warehouse the THW transports d...

Deutsche Messe continued its international expansion with the announcement today of CeMAT SOUTH AMERICA, scheduled to debut 4-7 April 2011 at Centro de Exposições Imigrantes in São Paulo, Brazil. T...

In Zermatt, Demag Cranes & Components has implemented a solution for the highest crane application in Europe. The application was designed for preventive maintenance work to be carried out on an innov...

German plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers' sales fell less sharply than feared in 2009. The VDMA's monthly sample survey shows that member firms' sales were down by a nominal 30 per cent at t...

The sales turnover of the manufacturers of components, machinery and equipment for the photovoltaic industry in Germany went down by 28 per cent in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the respective...

Jungheinrich is primed to launch a field test for an innovative electric counterbalanced forklift. The type EFG 216k truck is equipped with a lithium-ion battery which will be “put to the acid...

The introduction of the new VFG 316s-320s marks a further addition to the Jungheinrich family of hydrostats. The prototype of this extremely quiet high-tech truck was unveiled to the public in Septemb...

PSI has established the Cellls GmbH, a specialist for the development, sale and operation of mobile communications services as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the PSI Transcom GmbH. The Cellls GmbH addre...

VDMA Photovoltaic Equipment Forum has appointed a steering committee consisting of well-known industry representatives at the beginning of this year. The steering committee will focus on further conce...

The Berlin PSI subsidiary PSI Transcom GmbH will be presenting its depot management system PSItraffic/Depot for public transport companies at the IT-Trans from 24 to 26 February 2010 in Karlsruhe, Ger...

The machine tool industry has seen the slump in its order bookings bottom out. This is particularly true for the large vendor nations who will be meeting at the METAV in Düsseldorf from 23 to 27 Febr...

Bert-Jan Knoef (49) has been appointed Chairman of the Management Board of STILL with effect from 1 April 2010. Bert-Jan Knoef succeeds Dr. Rolf Karg whose contract runs out on 30 March 2010 when he w...

The first reach truck in Germany with a fuel cell drive is being tested at BASF Coatings AG in Münster. The other partners in the project are Hoppecke (fuel cell system developer and integrator), Lin...