Generation change at BITO: after 27 years at BITO and 8 years as managing director for the production division, Hubert Bohr retires. Werner Magin (49), his successor, accounts for the production, technical procedures, maintenance, tool building, production scheduling, sourcing and puchasing departments. Mr. Magin does not break new ground – he knows the industry as he has already worked as purchasing manager of the storage specialist. On account of the rapid growth of BITO, the new managing director will meet some challenges. “For a manufacturing company such as BITO, planning and organisation of procedures are particularly important. We will have to adapt structures and work processes have to be properly planned and organised according to defined standards in order to achieve our growth targets on domestic and international markets,“ explains Magin.

The Kia Motors Corporation have established their first automotive production plant in Europe in Zilina, Slovakia. With a staff of approximately 3 000, the company is to manufacture 300 000 vehicles a year, in three model ranges. Kia’s daughter company Glovis accounts for in-house and external logistics. Among other tasks, Glovis is in charge of organising supplies, i.e. they see that the huge amount of components delivered is available in due time and at the right place within the plant at Zilina. For internal distribution, Glovis use XL containers of BITO-Lagertechnik Bittmann GmbH.

Since 2001, the market research institute TNS Emnid based in Bielefeld/Germany carries out an annual survey on behalf of the specialist journal "Logistik Inside": 300 executives of the logistics branch are asked to evaluate image and awareness level of 95 selected top brands of logistics products and services.

As scheduled for the start of the forthcoming “storage and materials handling season“, BITO Storage Systems has launched the new edition of the BITO product catalogue. Many new pages have been added to take account of the continuous success of the BITO range. For fast and easy orientation, the product range has been subdivided into six groups: shelving & racking, identification & safety, inhouse transport, workstation systems, bins & containers and storage and order picking systems.