Toyota Material Handling Europe TMHE has reduced the CO₂ footprint of its LHM230 hand pallet truck by 18% from cradle to gate by using SSAB Zero steel from the Swedish steel company Svenskt Stål AB for the forks and frame. 

The Swiss Service Association (SKDV) is considered the leading Swiss network for specialists and managers in technical customer service. With around 200 members in Switzerland and strong international partnerships – including the Swissmem Academy, the Technical Customer Service Chamber (TKK), and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) –

Intralogistics specialist Swisslog has prepared a white paper to help users choose between stacker cranes, channel storage concepts for deep channels, and 4-way pallet and free-moving shuttles. Because there is no one-size-fits-all solution.

Good things take time. To this day, freight wagons in Europe are predominantly coupled manually using the classic screw coupling. This is set to change with the Digital Automatic Coupling. A pilot project has now been completed in Westphalia. But not everything is ready yet. 

Linde MH customers have always been able to choose between a battery configuration in front of the operator's station and a battery compartment behind the operator's station for their horizontal order pickers. With the integrated lithium-ion battery in the N20 and N25, Linde MH has further optimized this. 

Rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler has appointed an experienced industrial manager from the aerospace sector as CEO of its plant in Berlin-Pankow. Josef Köcher succeeds Jure Mikolčić, who is moving to the Finnish industrial company Fortaco.   

Heavy lifting operations are scheduled for the first weekend in June at the bridges over the Kleine Emme river. The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) had the first of two bridges lifted ashore at the end of 2025 and treated there against corrosion. Now it will be reinstalled, and the second steel truss bridge will be lifted out of the water.

Inaccurate inventory data and slow inventory processes posed problems for the Henderson Group. The Irish company then opted for Zetes' Full Pallet Inventory system, which uses an ImageID machine vision station mounted on the forklift to capture pallet and barcode data at speeds of up to 10 km/h.

Comparisons between the benefits offered by 6-axis industrial robots, such as "Horst" from Fruitcore Robotics, and new humanoid models are fueling the debate about the "added value" of humanoid "logistics assistants" Benjamin Brumm from Fruitcore is advocating for the simpler option.

At its annual general meeting, held at the Parkhotel Langenthal, the Swiss Intralogistics Association (ILS Schweiz) presented a concise and humorous review of the past year's activities to 86 attendees. The study trip, in particular, garnered much praise once again.

The Basel Chamber of Commerce invites you to its third practical workshop on " Digitalization & AI " on Wednesday, August 26th, at St. Jakobstrasse. The workshop will be led by Peter Karel from the consulting firm " Shift Solutions " . The focus will be on optimizing workflows, logistics, and supply chain processes.

Hyster prioritizes rapid response. The data for this comes from a camera system that detects and warns of pedestrians both indoors and outdoors. The system, which includes the free Hyster Tracker telemetry solution (Level 2 wireless access), detects pedestrians within a 5-meter radius. Businesses can use the information gained to reduce the risk of pedestrian and forklift accidents.