Our sponsors 2021

abat is an international SAP service provider and product supplier, who provides business process optimization and enhances it with own solutions - primarily in logistics, automotive and discrete manufacturing industries. For logistics companies and logistics service providers, abat offers solutions for optimizing the supply chain, e.g. in intralogistics and transport management. We are also a competent partner for sustainability management and information security.
With 6 locations in Germany as well as branches in the USA, Mexico and Belarus, abat is an SAP Gold Partner and has Recognized Expertise for Automotive, Travel and Transportation, Supply Chain Management and Consumer Products. As an employer, abat bears the TOP Company and OPEN Company seals of approval and was awarded the Great Place to Work in 2019.
In the area of logistics we perform work for Brose, Bosch, Daimler, DHL, thyssenkrupp and VS HEIBO Logistics, among others. In the automotive sector, we work for major manufacturers such as Audi, BMW, Daimler, MAN, Porsche, Volkswagen and Qoros. In sustainability management, abat offers holistic consulting and also provides support for sustainability reporting with the own software solution ID-Report.

Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft – Aktiengesellschaft von 1877 (BLG Logistics), is an international sea and logistic company with its headquarter based in Bremen, Germany. With over 20,000 employees working together to produce seamless workflows and tailor-made processes, in over 100 locations in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. BLG offers its clients from industry and trade fully comprehensive logistics system services, through their Automotive, Contract and Container divisions. In addition, BLG Logistics develops innovative solutions together with cooperation partners such as start-ups and young companies. Thus, it actively shapes the logistics of tomorrow. To company for these innovative projects, BLG Logistics has established new project formats. These include100-day projects, operational projects and research projects. Therefore, as the main drivers for innovation in the logistics industry, BLG will be presenting the Logistics Summit Startup Award for the second consecutive year.

The Bluhm Weber Group is an internationally active group of companies with the core business of marking technology. Its origins go back to the joint venture Weber Marking Systems founded in 1980 by Bluhm Systeme GmbH from Rheinbreitbach and the US-American Weber Packaging Solutions Inc. In addition to label printers and dispensers as well as special labelling systems, the product portfolio also includes inkjet printers, laser markers and thermal transfer direct printers. The company also produces labels for all applications. The range is rounded off by supplies such as inks, software and ribbons, as well as various financing options, product training, a large service network and a 24-hour hotline. The group is represented worldwide with production and sales facilities. In addition, there is an expanded sales network with a total of 42 business partners around the globe.

The Circlon | group delivers end to end enterprise mobility solutions enabling higher efficiency and productivity, including a portfolio of unique software solutions such as Circlon I Operate, an ITSM platform for mobile devices and assets that improves performance levels, increases device uptime and unlocks hidden value.
Supporting customers with hardware, software, Wi-Fi, mobile device management and professional services that leverage over thirty years’ experience and know-how in developing practical solutions from concept to insight.
Leading retail and logistics customers across Germany trust Circlon to deliver their hardware and mobile data capture software strategies. Across Europe and internationally, the Group provides innovative software to industrial, transport, logistics and retail companies.

GARBE Industrial Real Estate GmbH, based in Hamburg, is one of Germany's leading providers and managers of logistics and corporate real estate. For more than 30 years, the company has been counted among the most important independent cooperating partners for transport and logistics providers, trade companies, and the production industry. GARBE Industrial Real Estate GmbH develops, manages, and finances high-end commercial properties at attractive national and international transport and industry locations. Corporate key figures:

• Office locations: 10 (Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Stuttgart, Municg, London, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Bratislava)
• Assets under management: € 3.6 billion
• Number of properties: 169 properties at 128 locations in four countries
• Total lettable space: More than 4,500,000 square metres

The company gts systems and consulting was founded in 1999 and specializes in software development and individual consulting for intelligent route planning, route optimization and network optimization. Under the claim "solutions. miles ahead." solutions for logistics, transport, distribution and supply chain management are the main part of the company's portfolio. The origin of the gts planning system goes back to an initiative of the RWTH Aachen University (ELITE Foundation) in Germany and Deutsche Post. The Aachen/Germany-based consultants not only support CEP (courier, express and parcel) services, but also implement route planning projects in other areas. These include waste disposal, the food industry, wholesale, passenger transport or medical laboratories. In addition, there are individual projects, for example in the application field of seat allocation for large airlines.

Logward delivers supply chain management as a service through our self-developed cloud platform. Shippers can manage their logistics operations end-to-end and easily collaborate with stakeholders by using features such as:

• Transport Management
• Allocation Management
• Rate Management
• Order Management
• Performance Management
The Logward system applies the latest technology to go above and beyond, enabling customers to reduce unplanned costs like detention & demurrage, improve invoice accuracy, automate booking processes, integrate via EDI/API, calculate CO2 emissions, track shipments via satellite & GPS and much, much, more.

Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) develops and markets the industry’s most advanced line of collaborative and safe autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that quickly, easily and cost-effectively manage internal logistics, freeing employees for higher-value activities. Hundreds of mid-sized through large multinational manufacturers and logistics centres, along with several hospitals around the world, have already installed MiR’s innovative robots. MiR has quickly established a global distribution network in more than 60 countries, with regional offices in New York, San Diego, Singapore, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Tokyo and Shanghai. MiR is headquartered in Odense, Denmark, and in 2018, was acquired by Teradyne, the leading supplier of automated test equipment. For more information, visit www.mobile-industrial-robots.com.

NIC-place, your digital enabler into a connected logistics world The complex linking of different data sources for the control, execution and monitoring of logistical transport processes requires a secure data handling tool with high-performance applications.

NIC-place provides software solutions to the transport and logistics industry in full alignment with today's transportation visibility requirements.

Sharing & Networking Uniquely, NIC-place's Data Control Center delivers a new approach to data sharing. It’s enabling customers to take part in the interconnected ecosystem while still keeping control of their own private carrier network.

Tracking & Monitoring The Logistics solution provides maximum Supply Chain Visibility for all participants – including ETA and an individual alarm management. NIC-place is the market-leader in temperature controlled and high value transports as well as in rail logistics and has a deep and solid telematic knowledge.

ORTEC is the world's leading supplier mathematical optimization software and advanced analytics as well as related consulting services for logistics management.
Since 1981 we have been developing transparent software solutions for optimized planning processes in the transport logistics and service sector, in industry and trade companies as well as in the field of workforce scheduling.
Within the framework of "Industry 4.0" ORTEC interlinks production and logistics with state-of-the-art information technology. Strategically, tactically and operationally up to real-time planning: This is how we support the planning processes of meanwhile more than 1200 customers. In addition to Windows-based solutions and SaaS, we provide add-ons for logistics and transport management that are fully integrated into SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA. 1000 employees work in Europe, North and South America and Asia, around 100 of them at the German offices in Bremen and Heidelberg.

The PTV Group provides software and consulting to empower mobility and transport for a cleaner and smarter future. Its best-in-class software for intelligent traffic management and transport optimization enables decision-makers in politics, cities, industry, and trade to save time and money, make roads safer, and protect the environment. PTV runs simulations to demonstrate today how tomorrow’s mobility, with all its ecosystems and dimensions, can be realized. From strategic transport planning to micromobility for the first and the last mile.

The software products of the business segment “Transportation” help companies from the transport industry to plan and optimize their transport logistics - for example, in their logistics supply chains, freight transport and/or route planning.

RAJA is Europe's market leader in B2B mail order for packaging as well as warehouse and business equipment. RAJA Germany is part of the Europe-wide operating RAJA Group, which offers its 1 million customers first-class solutions and professional all-round advice under the umbrella brand RAJA. Its customers include companies from all sectors and of all sizes.

RAJA is your contact for transport packaging for internal and external logistics, for the optimization of your storage facilities and your packaging processes as well as for the digitalization of your C-article management in the area of warehousing, packaging, shipping & transport... and this EUROPEAN WIDE. Several locations, (de)central purchasing, periodic delivery or a desired date? No problem. RAJA attaches particular importance to the sustainability of the packaging solutions, the fast delivery of the products within 24/48 hours, the comprehensive advisory service and the professional key account management.

SpaceFill offers a platform for the cooperation between shippers and external logistics service providers for the optimised utilisation of unused operated storage space. With >3.000 logistics partners in France, we already offer the largest European network of storage space. Now we are starting our European expansion and want to create a new standard in contract logistics.

Reliable partner for future.proof logistics process automation
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports, and in the parcel market. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses.
600 airports worldwide, world’s leading parcel companies as well as many of the largest global e-commerce players and distribution firms have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.
Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 6,500 employees worldwide. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.6 billion euros, it has established a global reputation as a highly reliable partner for future proof logistic process automation.