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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.
"Developed at an almost unbelievable pace"
"Developed at an almost unbelievable pace"
The Kion Group (Linde, Still, Dematic, Baoli) reported significantly higher order intake for the past fiscal year 2025 than in the previous year. According to the company, order volumes rose to €11.7 billion, while revenue declined slightly to €11.3 billion. It was described as a "transition year" .
The Supply Chain Solutions segment improved its results in line with its sustainable course of continuous improvement. “All key performance indicators at the Group level were in line with our updated forecast,” says CEO Rob Smith. “We have made great progress in implementing our ‘Playing to Win’ strategy (…) in a market that is evolving at an incredible pace.”
Forecasts accurate
, order intake for Industrial Trucks & Services (industrial trucks) rose by 4.9 percent to 8.147 billion euros (2024: 7.766 billion euros) and benefited from growth in new business for counterbalance forklifts and warehouse equipment as well as from continued growth in the service business.
The number of vehicles ordered rose by 8.6 percent to 266,000. Order intake in the Supply Chain Solutions segment increased significantly by 39.5 percent to €3.599 billion (2024: €2.579 billion). Project business (Business Solutions) was driven by orders from several customer sectors, particularly pure e-commerce. The service business also experienced robust growth.
Solid growth
Group sales declined slightly in 2025 by 1.8 percent year-on-year to €11.297 billion (2024: €11.503 billion). In the Industrial Trucks & Services segment, sales fell by 3.9 percent to €8.272 billion (2024: €8.609 billion), primarily due to the normalization of the order backlog in 2024, lower volumes, and a decrease in the gross margin on new business resulting from pricing trends and the product mix. The service business recorded solid growth. Sales in the Supply Chain Solutions segment increased by 4.4 percent to €3.071 billion (2024: €2.943 billion).
On February 4, 2025, Kion adopted an efficiency program to strengthen its long-term competitiveness and to preserve scope for future investments. The resulting measures included the adjustment of organizational structures and processes in the Industrial Trucks & Services segment and in Corporate Services in the EMEA region.
Special effects in the game
The vast majority of the total expected expenses for fiscal year 2025, amounting to €168.8 million, were recorded as one-off and special items. The efficiency program is expected to lead to permanent cost savings of approximately €150 million annually. Initial positive effects on earnings were already evident in 2025; the full impact is expected during 2026.
The group result amounted to EUR 240.5 million (2024: EUR 369.2 million) and was significantly impacted by one-off expenses related to the efficiency program.
The ongoing transformation into a supply chain solutions company is reflected, among other things, in the renaming of the Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) segment to "Intelligent Automation Solutions" (IAS), which took effect at the beginning of fiscal year 2026. This is intended to further strengthen the Dematic brand's position in the field of supply chain orchestration.
Effective efficiency program
The Kion Group's expected business and earnings situation for the 2026 financial year will be characterized by differing growth dynamics in the two operating segments.
In the Industrial Trucks & Services segment, slight revenue growth is expected for fiscal year 2026 compared to the previous year, based on assumed market developments. The positive earnings effects from the efficiency program, which already had a partial impact in the previous fiscal year, are expected to be almost fully realized during 2026.
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In contrast, continued competitive pressure is expected, which should have a negative impact on price levels. Overall, however, a noticeable increase in earnings and profitability is anticipated.
For the 2026 financial year, the board expects a moderate increase in revenue overall.
