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A hair's breadth away from the curve
Hupac aims to shift more freight back to rail by increasing the use of the left bank of the Rhine corridor and digitally transforming the intermodal transport chain. The company has now closed its 2025 financial year with a profit of CHF 3.5 million, and transport volume increased by 4.3 percent.
Top retrofit of the «World Cup camp»
In 2007, the German women's national football team won the World Cup and Apple presented its first iPhone. For KWM Weisshaar, the year was also marked by the construction of a new multi-story production hall equipped with Kasto's Unigrip buffer storage system. A retrofit was now underway, which was implemented smoothly.
New building with a signal effect
Not a "lighthouse" in the true sense, but a construction project that has a signal effect in its dimensions, architectural design as well as its future function, is now being created with the groundbreaking ceremony for the doubling of the office capacity of TGW Logistics for around 50 million euros at the main site in Marchtrenk.
GS1 Excellence Day at StageOne
Prominent speakers from across the world of logistics, business, science, and technology will converge on June 18th at the GS1 Switzerland Excellence Day at StageOne in Zurich-Oerlikon . The focus will be on data-driven intelligence and sustainable supply chains.
Opposite in Duisburg
Directly opposite its European headquarters, Clark is celebrating the expansion of its direct sales operations in Duisburg with the official opening of its premises in the Asterlagen business park. The "Western Branch" is intended to serve as an "exclusive interface" to drive market potential in the region.
A new hunt for record times
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.
Kemaro establishes US subsidiary
“The USA is no longer an experiment; it is our next major revenue driver”says Kemaro, the Eschlikon-based manufacturer of cleaning robots. The company has already sold over 1,500 robots to more than 600 industrial customers worldwide. With $5 million in fresh capital, it now aims to enter the next phase of its expansion.
SVTL meets in a historic setting
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 expert: "Masters at balancing uncertainties"
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
New opportunities with «GreyMatter»
"Fifty Shades of Grey" is a moderately boring movie about teen fantasies concerning first sexual experiences with the opposite sex. "Grey Orange" be more exciting for some: a global provider of AI-powered software for warehouse control and inventory management, whose "GreyMatter"software Dematic now wants to profit from.
Material Flow Congress integrated
Material Flow Congress integrated
The German Material Flow Congress will have a more live character in 2026, taking place as part of the Intralogistics Test Camp at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. During the conference, 25 speakers will discuss the trends of 2026 in technical logistics on April 15th and 16th.
Photo: M. Hildenbrand
On stage in the Westfalenhalle, under the theme "Next Stop: Beyond Automation", speakers will include Kevin Kron (Boston Dynamics), Oliver Bilstein (BMW Group), Stephan Peters (Rhenus Group) and Dominik Eicke (Roche Diagnostics).
«Beyond Automation»
The lectures and discussion formats were summarized by the program committee into six sessions under the headings humanoid robots, limits of automation – airport as the final boss?, planning, making locations future-proof, AI in logistics and best practice.
Congress Director J. Fottner
The sessions will be moderated by renowned German researchers such as Professor Johannes Fottner (TU Munich), Professor Alice Kirchheim (TU Dortmund / Fraunhofer IML), and Professor Thorsten Schmidt (TU Dresden). "The speakers at the congress come from both research and industry. Science meets reality. This is what makes the exchange at this congress so valuable," says congress director Johannes Fottner.
Test new developments yourself
For over two decades, this event for suppliers, users, planners, consultants, and researchers was held at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) campus in Garching. The VDI Society for Production and Logistics is the event's sponsor. The Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, and Logistics (fml) at TUM supports the congress.
Photo: Westfalenhalle
Since the congress is taking place as part of the Intralogistics Test Camp, participants can also use their ticket to test around 100 new technologies at the Intralogistics Test Camp. "This new setting offers congress attendees significant added value. At this curated event, they can, for example, drive forklifts themselves or closely examine how mobile robots from different manufacturers are controlled via the AnyFleet automation platform from idealworks."
Thoroughly examined
“The finalists of the global IFOY AWARD 2026 competition can also put them through their paces ,” confirms Thilo Jörgl from Test Camp Management. For intensive networking, congress participants, exhibitors, and visitors of the test event will meet at a joint networking night on April 15 with dinner, drinks, and a DJ.
www.testcamp-intralogistics.com
