
Ankush Malhotra becomes new Group CEO
Ankush Malhotra has been appointed as the new Group CEO of the technology and automation company Element Logic. He succeeds Dag-Adler Blakseth, who co-founded the company almost 40 years ago.
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Ankush Malhotra has been appointed as the new Group CEO of the technology and automation company Element Logic. He succeeds Dag-Adler Blakseth, who co-founded the company almost 40 years ago.

Telekom and Trumpf are further expanding their cooperation in the field of positioning systems for the networked industry. The agreement that has now been signed will facilitate the joint market launch.
Incoming goods, material flow, order picking, storage, shipping - processes that need to be coordinated in intralogistics. The right machine vision concept can help plant operators to save time and reduce the susceptibility to errors.

Safelog and Stäubli launch a partnership to advance transportation robotics. From the second quarter of 2025, Safelog will expand its portfolio to include the 'FL1500' counterbalance truck and the 'PF3' mobile platform robot from Stäubli.
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System developers are increasingly focusing on the integration of artificial intelligence. At Logimat 2024, they will be showcasing their new developments to demonstrate how AI algorithms can be used to further automate many processes and increase their efficiency.

The 'Pal2Rec' project, which was launched in February 2024, is investigating how (Euro) pallets can be independently integrated into logistics processes using sensor-based activity recognition.

Conveyor technology and intralogistics
Jan Drömer, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at ek robotics, is taking over the chairmanship of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association for the next two years.

Zebra has taken a closer look at the supply chain for the coming year: According to this, sensors and fixed infrastructures will play a decisive role in data collection and thus in the supply chain, and investments in automation solutions are also expected.