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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 .
Post Office discontinues notime courier service
Post Office discontinues notime courier service
In mid-2020, Swiss Post acquired notime AG, having previously held the majority stake. However, the same-day delivery service remained a niche product. It is now scheduled to be discontinued at the end of September 2025.
Despite generally strong online retail, demand for same-day parcel delivery has fallen short of expectations. The two companies have now initiated a consultation process and announced that they will implement the associated job cuts in the most socially responsible way possible. Where possible, the postal service will offer alternative solutions to affected business customers.
Since 2018, Swiss Post, through its subsidiary notime, has offered same-day delivery in the metropolitan areas of various cities in German- and French-speaking Switzerland.
Still losses
Since its inception, this option has been used only to a limited extent by customers, and there is a lack of willingness to pay for the service. Notime incurs annual losses. After intensive review, the postal service concluded that it could only operate the notime service at a loss in the long term.
“Together with notime, we examined various options to make the service profitable,” says Johannes Cramer, Head of Logistics Services and member of the Swiss Post Executive Board. They analyzed different pricing and cost structures on several occasions. However, the fixed costs were too high to make operating a same-day delivery specialist worthwhile. A turnaround in same-day delivery demand is not in sight.
J. Cramer
In the event of the closure of the Zurich-based operation, Swiss Post will offer business customers integration into existing delivery solutions wherever possible. Swiss Post will contact all approximately 20 business customers who currently use notime same-day deliveries. The planned discontinuation of notime will not affect the same-day services that Swiss Post offers directly to business and private customers. For example, the SameDay Swiss Afternoon and SameDay Swiss Evening services will continue.
Notime was founded in 2014 and commenced operations in 2015. In 2018, Swiss Post acquired a majority stake in the company. It acquired the remaining shares in 2021.
The planned closure would likely result in the loss of approximately 143 full-time equivalent positions in German- and French-speaking Switzerland. These positions are distributed among roughly 550 courier drivers who are paid hourly and deliver packages on average at 20 percent capacity.
550 employees affected
This also includes 39 salaried employees. Cramer: “The planned steps are difficult for us. However, operating at a loss in the long term would not be responsible from a business perspective. We will support the affected employees in the best way possible. We are committed to offering as many employees as possible continued employment with Swiss Post.” For employees who cannot be offered continued employment in the event of a closure, Swiss Post plans to develop a social plan with its social partners.
The consultation process is scheduled to begin on May 8, 2025, and will last until May 30. Notime employees will be able to submit proposals on how the planned job cuts could be prevented, the number of dismissals limited, or their consequences mitigated.
