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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.
Rob Smith remains in action
Rob Smith remains in action
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At the end of 2023, more than 1.8 million KION brand industrial trucks were in operation worldwide across numerous industries on six continents. Rob Smith (58) remains at the helm, having had his contract as CEO extended for another five years.
Smith will thus lead the group until December 31, 2029. This decision underlines the Supervisory Board's firm confidence in Smith's strategic vision, his operational competence, and his ability to create sustainable value for shareholders, customers, and employees, says Supervisory Board Chairman Hans Peter Ring.
“Together with our management team and our more than 42,000 employees worldwide, we want to shape the future of supply chains globally,” Smith said. “We will continue to implement our strategic priorities and seize the opportunities offered by our markets and technological innovations.”
Prior to joining Kion, Smith was President & CEO of the publicly listed Finnish company Konecranes, an international manufacturer of industrial cranes and container port automation. From 2013 to 2019, he was Senior Vice President & General Manager for Europe, Africa and the Middle East at the global agricultural machinery group AGCO Corporation. Before that, he held management positions in companies in the automotive supply and capital goods industries in the USA, France, and Germany.
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Smith holds a BSE in Systems Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA in International Operations & Finance from the University of Texas at Austin – Red McCombs School of Business. He earned his degrees in Business Administration and Economics from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Koblenz, where he wrote his dissertation on Global Supply Chain Performance and Risk Optimization. In other words, being in the right place, in the right quantity, and at the right time – as one of the guiding principles of logistics so aptly puts it.
The MDAX-listed company is the largest manufacturer of industrial trucks in the EMEA region, based on unit sales in 2022. In terms of 2022 revenue, the group is also the leading foreign producer in China and, including domestic manufacturers, the third-largest supplier. The company currently employs more than 42,000 people and generated revenue of approximately €11.4 billion in fiscal year 2023.
