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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.
pedestrians can be identified more quickly
pedestrians can be identified more quickly
A new camera solution from Yale monitors the area around forklifts in warehouses that increasingly face changing workforces and inexperienced forklift operators, alerting the operator with visual and audible signals.
Increased safety in a 120° environment. Image: Yale
The camera system is the latest addition to Yale Reliant's portfolio of active warning and assistance technologies designed to raise driver awareness and improve overall warehouse safety. The new camera solution detects pedestrians within a 120-degree field of view at distances of up to six meters and automatically alerts the forklift operator if they are present.
“In research and development, we continuously focus on the challenges of real-world warehouse environments,” says Daniel Heap, Manager, Product & Commercial – Technology & Connected Fleet at Yale. “The camera-based pedestrian warning solution offers the functionality and configurability we need in actual warehouse environments.”
Optionally reduce the speed
Companies can use the camera system with acoustic and visual warning signals, or optionally with traction warnings as a third type of alert. If the system detects a pedestrian, it indicates their location using an acoustic signal and a light. The driver receives this information via an LED display. Traction warnings go a step further: they reduce the vehicle's speed. The operator retains full control of the vehicle. The braking process is designed to prompt the operator to avoid a collision with the detected pedestrian by slowing down, swerving, or a combination of both.
The system adapts to low-light conditions and various environments. It is optimized for driving speeds of 8 km/h or less (although higher speeds are available). This gives operators ample time to recognize and respond to warnings. The camera is mounted at the rear of the forklift, behind the forks. The audible and traction warnings stop as soon as the forklift moves away from the detected pedestrians and they are no longer within the camera's field of view.
The Yale Reliant series incorporates a range of technologies that assist the operator by sensing input from the work environment and equipment, alerting them to potential hazards, and adjusting the forklift's performance accordingly. Originally launched globally in 2021, the Yale Reliant has since accumulated over 24 million operating hours on more than 8,300 units in service.
