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Platinum medal for Linde MH
“We not only received Platinum status, but were also able to significantly improve our overall score”said Ulrike Just, Head of Sales at Linde Material Handling in Germany, at the announcement of the EcoVadis results.
IT transports as a driver
“Despite blocked sea lanes and closed airspace, we are keeping supply chains running,” says DHL CEO Tobias Meyer. The company reported two percent volume growth in the first quarter of 2026, with revenue of €20.4 billion slightly below the previous year's level, solely due to currency effects. One of the drivers of this growth is specialized IT transport.
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 .
New Head of Administration
New Head of Administration
M. Löckener
Effective August 1, 2024, Michael Löckener has been appointed Managing Director of Operations at trans-o-flex Verwaltungs GmbH. The company manages the various trans-o-flex subsidiaries in Germany and Austria, which specialize in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.
With the appointment of Löckener as managing director of the management company, the management team now has a clear and transparent division of responsibilities, says Martin Reder, CEO of trans-o-flex. In addition to the new addition, Löckener, the management team continues to consist of Martin Reder (CEO), Michael Schmidt (Finance), and Eugen Günther (Sales).
The 61-year-old from Löcken has been with trans-o-flex since April 2015. He started as Regional Operations Manager North and quickly assumed management responsibilities at subsidiaries. In July 2018, he became Managing Director of trans-o-flex ThermoMed, a company specializing in temperature-controlled pharmaceutical transport. In April 2019, he also took over as Managing Director of Training & Service GmbH, which develops training and further education concepts and offers training for employees as well as driver training. Since January 2022, he has also been responsible for the day-to-day operations of trans-o-flex Express GmbH & Co. KGaA as Head of Operations. He will retain his management responsibilities for trans-o-flex subsidiaries in his new role.
Before joining trans-o-flex, the freight forwarding agent and transport economist worked in various roles at the logistics service providers Fiege, TNT and GLS.
