This paper outlines new digital services for vacuum handling automation as well as new fluidic system concepts and products. Due to the large number of applications and different objects to be gripped, as well as the large product portfolio, the design process is heavily based on experience and testing. A digital engineering platform for vacuum gripping systems can help to rapidly provide optimal solutions. With a view to greater sustainability, new or previously little-used fluidic system concepts and innovative components are presented. These include, in particular, system concepts with controllable pumps, grippers with venting function, or the reduction of energy consumption. More efficient cups seal better to the surface of the object being gripped and therefore have less leakage. Simulation and test results are used to demonstrate the potential of the solutions in terms of energy efficiency.