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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.
Lüneburg fights for jobs
Lüneburg fights for jobs
Back in the summer of 2025, Jungheinrich had already announced its intention to close production at the Lüneburg port by the end of 2027.Employees there had been on strike since November 20th. After more than 80 days of intensive negotiations, IG Metall, the works council, and Jungheinrich finally reached an agreement.
The company's stated goal had been to retain 100 jobs in the region. A total of around 380 people work for Jungheinrich at its site just outside Hamburg. On Friday, February 13, these discussions culminated in the signing of socially responsible agreements that took the interests of long-term employees into account. According to company statements, the agreement includes a reconciliation of interests, a social plan, and a collective bargaining agreement.
The agreements include rules on severance payments and the establishment of a transfer company. This company is intended to help the affected employees find new career prospects in the job market over the next two years through training, coaching, and job placement.
Negotiations at the highest level
The forklift manufacturer stated that with this contract signing, a long-standing conflict had been brought under control.
Since then, the administration, economic development agencies, and politicians have been advocating for the location and the employees. Lüneburg's mayor, Claudia Kalisch, involved Lower Saxony's Minister-President right from the start.
Factory in Lüneburg
As a result, at least more than a third of the jobs will remain in the region. The company management had also assured Lüneburg's mayor of this shortly before Christmas. Kalisch reported to the council: "We have succeeded in ensuring that 140 jobs will remain directly in the Hanseatic city of Lüneburg. We are relying on this statement."
The Hanseatic city is in contact with the company regarding the search for a new site. It is important "that all parties involved sit down together and talk to each other"To increase pressure and show solidarity with the employees, the council unanimously (with four abstentions) passed a resolution in a meeting to preserve the Jungheinrich location.
Design department received
The plant for special-purpose vehicles was newly built in 1989. In 1989, Jungheinrich invested a low double-digit million euro sum in the production facility. In 2024, the globally operating forklift manufacturer achieved a profit of 289 million euros on sales of 5.4 billion euros, as the North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR) noted a few days ago. However, this was 3.3 percent less than the previous year, and, according to a dispute between the owners, which the "Manager"suggested as the underlying cause in a recent issue, "not enough return"as the IG Metall union also criticized.
Headquarters in Hamburg. Photos: Jungheinrich
According to reports, around 160 employees will lose their jobs by 2027. Approximately 120 office jobs in the design department are to be retained in Lüneburg. Currently, the Lüneburg plant manufactures special and small-batch production runs according to specific customer requirements – for example, pallet trucks for particularly confined storage areas or for very heavy loads. According to the union, the production workers had been on an indefinite strike since November 20th.
The group plans to present its results for the 2025 financial year at the end of March.
