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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.
Visibility-optimized Xi-Roadster
Visibility-optimized Xi-Roadster
Visibility is safety is productivity – Richard Bozem, Strategy Manager for counterbalance forklifts at Linde MH, sums up the day-to-day handling of forklifts with this simple formula. Linde has now incorporated this into further models with the Linde Xi Roadster in the load capacity range up to 2.0 t.
“The clearer the operators’ view of the travel path, the forklift’s surroundings, and the forks with the load on them, the more focused and efficient their work can be,” explains the product expert. Drivers can see people or obstacles appearing in the vicinity early on, which ensures greater operational safety.
The Linde Xi Roadster is now available for the new Linde Material Handling (MH) electric counterbalance forklifts in the lifting capacity range up to 2.0 t, bringing the total number of models offering maximum visibility to seven. Available as three- or four-wheel versions, they feature a driver protection roof without A-pillars and, together with other visibility-optimized design features, provide operators with significantly wider fields of vision to the front, sides, and top. This enhances driver safety while driving and lifting, while simultaneously enabling more efficient and productive work.
The Roadster truly shines where special requirements apply. For example, when the load to be transported is large and bulky but needs to be positioned precisely, or when the shelving areas or truck loading platforms to be accessed require accurate maneuvering and therefore exceptionally good visibility. The driver then benefits from the large viewing windows provided by the special driver protection roof – a feature currently exclusive to Linde MH due to its integrated overhead tilt cylinders.
Elimination of the A-pillars
The designers attribute the greatest improvement in visibility to the elimination of the A-pillars, which normally restrict the view to the right and left of the lifting mast. This is further enhanced by the lowered front panel, which provides a better view of the forks, and slim B-pillars to aid reversing. To ensure operators have a clear view upwards when loading and unloading goods, all roof and cross members are designed to be as narrow as possible. For a completely unobstructed view upwards, a continuous pane of bulletproof glass is available as an option.
The Linde Xi14 to Xi20 R (three-wheel) and Linde Xi16 to Xi20 R (four-wheel) models are based on the corresponding standard version of the new electric forklift series with an integrated lithium-ion battery. Among the resulting advantages is a very spacious operator's compartment, despite the compact vehicle dimensions, offering ample legroom and headroom, as well as a generous step for easy entry and exit. The high-performance, yet characteristically energy-efficient, synchronous reluctance motors are identical to those of the standard Linde Xi. The vibration isolation on the drive axle, steering axle, and mast is also a significant advantage.
Maximum serviceability is to be achieved by extending the maintenance intervals for changing hydraulic oil and filters to 6000 operating hours, which noticeably reduces the overall consumption of hydraulic oil over the lifetime of the vehicle, reduces waste and causes less downtime.
