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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.
Well equipped in Ohio
Well equipped in Ohio
Sika celebrated the opening of a state-of-the-art automated warehouse in Marion, Ohio, with a formal inauguration and guided tours. Finished goods for the construction and industrial markets are stored on 15,000 square meters of floor space. Jungheinrich plays a significant role in the project.
The Marion Regional Distribution Center is Sika's newest fully automated warehouse. It will serve as a regional distribution center on the Central/East Coast with a direct-to-consumer concept. The new warehouse is the first of its kind for Sika in the United States and utilizes fully automated equipment, including numerous material handling vehicles, self-driving forklifts, inbound and picking conveyors, as well as automated cameras and contour stations for tracking handling units and verifying pallet transport safety throughout the warehouse.
Sika, the Swiss-based global market leader in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the construction and automotive industries, has grown significantly in recent years and has continuously expanded its product range and market reach, according to Jim Walther, CEO and President of Sika Corporation USA. "Our investment in building this state-of-the-art art warehouse in the United States with fully automated equipment will significantly strengthen our commitment to faster product delivery."
Photos: Sika
Sika recently laid the foundation stone for a 25,000-square-meter mortar production facility in Upper Deerfield Township, NJ. This site will produce a full range of mortars, including high-performance cementitious mortars, self-leveling mortars, and shotcrete mixes, for both residential and commercial applications. Production is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2025.
Sika has subsidiaries in 103 countries and operates over 400 factories worldwide. With more than 33,000 employees, the company generated sales of CHF 11.2 billion in 2023.
