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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 .
Book loading zones online
Book loading zones online
A Nuremberg-based "CNA," which sees itself as a think tank for mobility, transport, and logistics, is currently exploring bookable loading zones due to a lack of stopping options for delivery vehicles and couriers in metropolitan areas. A project called "SmaLa" tested this smart online concept in Hamburg.
The first four SmaLa zones were established in the Hamburg-Mitte district in 2021. These loading and unloading zones can be booked in advance or while en route, as needed. This allows delivery drivers and courier, express, and parcel (CEP) service providers to reserve loading zones for their desired time slot when planning their routes, thus minimizing the current traffic congestion caused by drivers searching for parking and double parking. To ensure that delivery drivers and CEP service providers are notified as early as possible when loading and unloading zones are already occupied, their availability will be displayed in the virtual booking system. To enable this functionality, the loading and unloading zones will be equipped with appropriate sensors.
The sensors ensure that the virtual booking system receives and processes real-time data. The use of the Smart Delivery and Loading Zones (SmaLa) is limited by a time limit to allow multiple suppliers and courier, express, and parcel (CEP) service providers to use them simultaneously. The specific time limit for using the Smart Delivery and Loading Zones will be determined based on the pilot project. The plan is to test a maximum time limit of 60 minutes during the pilot phase.
Pilot phase with 60 minutes
The smart delivery and loading zones will be partially equipped with an interactive sign indicating the zone's special features. Currently, the German Road Traffic Regulations (StVO) do not allow for prioritizing specific groups of people or reserving delivery zones. Therefore, the pilot phase is based on an exemption from the StVO.
Photos: CNA/DHL
The zones could be booked on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. for durations of 15 to 60 minutes. To prevent long-term bookings, a delivery zone could be booked a maximum of 60 hours in advance. After 7 p.m. and on Sundays and public holidays, the zones were also available to all other users as regular parking spaces.
The SmaLa project was funded by the Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport and was awarded as a winning project in the BMWi Reallabor competition because it was able to test a conceptual approach under real conditions.
