The StaplerCup season is starting again at Linde Material Handling in Germany. Experienced forkliftoperators and enthusiastic newcomers can now register to qualify at over 20 venues both in Germany and abroad. The final will be held in Aschaffenburg in October.

The general assembly of the Swiss Association for Temperature-Controlled Logistics will take place on May 8th Castle and Lenzburg , in addition to the usual agenda items, personnel management, modern advertising for skilled workers on social media and the question of whether humanoid robots will one day be helpful .

The days of unlimited supply chains are over. Global just-in-time supply chains are now on new leadershipThe 20th Logistics Day of the Kühne Logistics University (KLU) in Hamburg focused

At the world's largest industrial trade fair in Hanover, with 3,000 exhibitors, a young company called  BTRY from Dübendorf won a startup award sponsored by the logistics provider Hermes. The founders impressed the judges with an ultra-thin, fully flexible energy storage system that is intended to enable numerous new applications.

The production of razor blades was once a sharp business – today, Schmalz is the world market leader in vacuum technology, and its executives are committed to sustainability, education, and regional development  . For this, they have now been awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg.

Well packaged is half the battle. Submissions for the Swiss Packaging Award are open until May 15th.  The award for the best packaging solutions is presented in the categories of sustainability, convenience, design, marketing, technology/construction/machine systems, and reusable packaging .

Many participants of the test camp also took the opportunity to attend the 33rd Material Flow Congress – held for the first time in Dortmund – under the direction of Professor Johannes Fottner. A total of around 800 visitors came to Dortmund's Westfalenhalle to view approximately 100 innovations. 

As part of the Test Camp Intralogistics and the International Intralogistics and Forklift of the Year (IFOY) Award, the preliminary certificates for 2026 were presented in Dortmund by Jan Drömer, Chairman of the VDMAMaterials Handling and Intralogistics Section, to the 17 nominees who will now go into the final round. 

The general assembly of the Swiss Association for Temperature-Controlled Logistics will take place on May 8th Castle and Lenzburg , in addition to the usual agenda items, personnel management, modern advertising for skilled workers on social media and the question of whether humanoid robots will one day be helpful .

Logistics provider Yusen is presenting an expanded global platform for the healthcare sector at LogiPharma in Vienna, where companies such as Novartis, Bayer, Takeda, and hospital supplier UCB are currently participating. The platform focuses on the professional delivery of specialized healthcare solutions.

Coop's own rail connection for urban logistics in Zurich, streamlined logistics vehicles and the  outsourcing of all operating room logistics in a cooperation between the Seeschau Clinic and the Swiss Post are the projects that are entering the final sprint for this year's Swiss Logistics Award from GS1.

“Never walk alone” could be the motto of a networking event hosted by the consulting experts from “Adnovum”, where the Digital Product Passport (DPP), cybersecurity and IT opportunities with Petra Merino (GS1 Switzerland) and security expert Andreas Achterholt are on the agenda on May 7th in Zurich.

“Given the global situation, it wasn’t really expected that we would end LogiMAT 2026  with new record highs”summarizes LogiMAT trade fair director Michael Ruchty. “But the market has clearly recognized that one has to act counter-cyclically in times of crisis”. 

in the coming years, with a share of 52%, ahead of cleaning (13%), hospital (21%), and most from automation and . Humanoid robots are still lagging somewhat behind, but are catching up. 

With record numbers of exhibitors, additional areas in the ICS conference center, and the usual focus on awarding the "Best Product"winners, this year's LogiMAT got off to a flying start.  Highlights included a video monitor from EPG, a "SkyBot" from Ceilix, and an acoustic detector from Sonair.