The newly launched robotic stacker Linde L-MATIC L HP.

Linde launches first robotic trucks
Hamburg, Germany
Linde Material Handling has launched the Linde L-MATIC L HP robotic stacker and the Linde P-MATIC robotic tractor that it says are easy to install and navigate.
Sold under the umbrella of Linde Robotics and developed in cooperation with robotics specialist Balyo, the trucks "rely on warehouse structural elements".
Linde Material Handling aims to become a full-range provider of robotic industrial trucks by partnering with Balyo. The vehicles can be connected to warehouse management and ERP systems. Linde MH says the trucks are "already well on their way towards Industry 4.0, a concept envisaging that, in the future, machines should largely organise themselves and communicate with each other."

New telehandlers at Plantworx
Waterloo, Belgium
Doosan Construction Equipment will display new construction equipment for the first time, including Bobcat telehandlers, at the Plantworx 2015 exhibition in the UK from 2-4 June 2015 at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in Leicestershire.
The Bobcat range of telehandlers include the new 13 m and 14 m (43 and 49 ft.) lift height T35130S and T35140S telehandlers targeted at the rental industry. The new T35105, T35105L and T36120SL 10-12 m (33-39 ft.) middle lift telescopic handlers have replaced the previous five models from the T35100 to the T35120SL telehandlers.

Jungheinrich unveils C series
Hamburg, Germany
Jungheinrich is launching its new C series reach trucks. The ETV C16 and ETV C20 reach trucks can transport loads of up to 2 T and are suitable to use indoors and outdoors.
"The ETV C series reach trucks are ideally suited for transporting goods on varying floor and ground surfaces, for example, for combined hall and yard work," explains head of product management Joachim Schier.
The triple masts of the reach trucks attain lift heights of up to 7.4 m (24 ft.).
Compared with their predecessor, the forklifts deliver greater throughput with simultaneous lower energy consumption, Schier says.