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Not «breath-» but wireless
Bluepath Robotics, an internal innovation project at the Ford subsidiary Otosan, which was spun off at the end of 2023, develops and produces autonomous mobile robots for a wide range of intralogistics applications. Now, Wiferion enables the inductive power supply of the AMRs.
Electric monorail system for Quark & Co
NÖM produces a wide range of dairy products, yogurt, butter, and curd cheese from approximately 450 million kg of milk from 2,200 farmers in the region build a fully automated shipping warehouse with comprehensive conveyor technology for 26,000 pallet spaces.
The fire is left without air
The fire protection specialists of the Wagner Group have been honored with the "GIT Safety Award 2026" for their "OxyReduct F-Line." The system expands the OxyReduct process with H2- based fuel cell technology, which simultaneously ensures emission-free energy supply.
Temperature-controlled at the motorway junction
Movianto, a logistics service provider specializing in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, is setting up a new cold storage facility in Wiesloch-Walldorf this month. A photovoltaic system there produces approximately 3,100 MWh per year, more electricity than the site consumes.
Fusion reactor in creep mode
Despite all the political turmoil currently shaking the world, work on the ITER fusion reactor, in which countless nations are involved, continues – much like on the ISS. Recently, another of the 15-meter-high segments for the future plasma chamber was delivered by heavy-duty transport.
Nonstop strapping
Mosca offers a comprehensive portfolio of integrated end-of-line systems for transport packaging, strapping machines, stretch wrappers, and associated consumables. Strapping made from materials such as PP and PET is produced with increasing recycled content.
Dynamic open-plan area
Relocations often involve considerable effort. Furniture needs to be transported, boxes packed, and unwanted items disposed of. The company " Optimal Umzug " from Lachen, Canton of Schwyz, offers services tailored to the greater Zurich area.
Optio L-Series updated
Developed with the user in mind, the completely redesigned generation of low-level order pickers in the Optio L series from TMHE sets new standards. Increased platform lifting heights, low entry, and versatile model variants for loads up to 2.5 t make these devices highly sought-after helpers.
Cold chain in transition: Ambitious goals
Temperature-controlled logistics is facing an energy revolution: battery-electric trucks, long-range hydrogen vehicles, and cryogenic cooling with nitrogen are transforming the industry. Enough "material" for the SVTL to discuss future processes and alternatives at Galliker in Altishofen.
DLR expands drone defense
While Russian drones have long been surveying German bases and critical infrastructures as potential targets for their “ asymmetric warfare ” a project called CUSTODIAN (Counter-UAS Technologies for Detection, Interception and Neutralization) is now slowly gaining momentum at the DLR.
Swiss Logistics Award for Kemaro
Swiss Logistics Award for Kemaro
Photo: E.Ryf
Embedded in the GS1 Excellence Days with its high-profile program, this year's Swiss Logistics Award ceremony at the Kursaal in Bern attracted unprecedented public interest. In front of approximately 250 invited guests, the award went to the engineering startup Kemaro – indeed, for a robot vacuum cleaner.
Moderator Mona Vetsch had the opportunity to place the young team of Swiss engineers alongside great role models who, as the history of information technology in recent decades has it, began practically in a "garage." The fact that it was a cleaning device that took first place this time is a testament to their "clean work"—and, what's more, " Made in Switzerland . "
Winner with carrying handle
A fully robotic device, the latest development of a K900, with a 35-liter capacity, not only collects the dirt and debris that are always found in large logistics facilities, but also cleans the floor. It also filters the indoor air with a professional filter that can handle the volume of an Olympic-sized swimming pool in half a day.
Combined with a navigation and orientation system that, if necessary, allows for plug-and-play start-up in the middle of a hall and, within a very short time, carries out its own mapping using light detection, distance measurement, and supporting 3D sensors, the device comes close to systems that have recently been used on the international stage, especially in the order picking sector, to ensure potentially successful device autonomy.
Difficult decision for the jury
The likeable crew from Eschlikon – so much for the similarity to others in "Silicon Valley" – practically knows each other from school, as co-founder and CEO Martin Gadient explains in front of the well-filled "Arena" in the Kursaal ambience.
As Mona Vetsch explained, there were "no losers" this time either. All nominees were able to present their developments in detail during the "cross-examination." The battle for a place on the podium was close, as jury president Renate Gröger noted. Nevertheless, Gilgen Logistics, with its rapid implementation of complex plants and systems using digitalization and augmented reality, SBB Cargo and Spross, with their "Urban Mining" concept for the circular recycling of urban building materials in Zurich, including extremely short transport routes, and the Feldschlösschen Brewery, with its conversion of its truck fleet to electric vehicles, ultimately had to clear the way for the robot start-up of the young engineers from Eschlikon.
At the same time, the Lean&Green Awards were also presented (detailed report follows).
