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Staffing needs almost halved
The US cooperative Associated Wholesale Grocers keeps 54,600 dry goods, fresh produce, and frozen food items in stock for its 1,100 members using a highly automated, full-range logistics center . The facility is designed for a daily picking capacity of more than 460,000 retail units.
Knowledge transfer in the Seychelles
Natural hazards are increasingly occurring worldwide in the form of floods, landslides, forest fires, storms, earthquakes, and rockfalls. Acute crisis management is required, but so are long-term strategies for transportation routes, where Gasser Felstechnik provides assistance in the Seychelles.
German Design Award for Traigo-i
Following the Red Dot Design Award 2025, Toyota Material Handling's new 48-volt counterbalance forklift, Traigo_i, has now also received the German Design Award 2026 in the Excellent Product Design – Industry category. The focus: the complete integration of lithium-ion technology.
Long-term contracts at SBB Cargo
Numerous SBB Cargo Switzerland transport customers, such as Migros, have signed new single wagonload (EWLV) contracts with terms of up to ten years. New contracts have also reportedly been concluded with fenaco, Stahl Gerlafingen, and the Swiss saltworks.
Cooperation with Capra Robotics
Frei Fördertechnik announces its future collaboration with the Danish robotics specialist Capra. "This expands our portfolio to include mobile robot platforms that bring even greater flexibility and efficiency to production and logistics," says Michael Schüpbach, Head of Automation & Robotics. The AMRs are versatile and can be used in a wide range of applications.
SSI subsidiary continues to consistently rely on SAP
Since 2021, the software specialists at SWAN have been part of the SSI Schäfer Group, responsible for the SAP projects of the globally active intralogistics experts and supporting companies in implementing future-proof solutions – from highly automated distribution centers to integrated production logistics. The course is right.
Arne Sturm will be the new CEO in Hirschthal
Jungheinrich Switzerland will have a new managing director as of January 1, 2026. Arne Sturm will succeed Martin Weber, who is leaving the company after 18 years – eleven of them as managing director – at his own request to pursue new topics and challenges.
Another 50 million for new TGW headquarters
TGW Logistics is currently investing €100 million in expanding its production capacity at its headquarters in Austria. Now, with an expansion of the existing office building at the site, a five-story office building with 14,000 m² of usable space is being constructed for around €50 million, with completion expected by the second half of 2028.
AutoStore for Belgian hospitals
AutoStore system for Maria Middelares, a non-profit medical organization in Belgium, and Aalter in East Flanders, about 60 km west of Brussels.
Reliable data instead of empty phrases.
The Basel Logistics Cluster of the Basel Chamber of Commerce (HKBB), together with the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft, industry associations, and infrastructure operators, has published a guide to sustainable logistics in the Basel region. Supply chain expert Daniel Bubendorf explains why such a guide is needed.
Trade fair with a "both/and" theme
Trade fair with a "both/and" theme
FachPack in Nuremberg has found a "clear answer" to the uncertainties surrounding the organization of trade fairs and industry events due to the coronavirus pandemic. The solution is "both/and": either a physical event with a prepared digital component, or a purely digital one.
For industry platforms, this means roughly the same thing as the "omnichannel" approach for intralogistics: Since online availability has to be regulated anyway and is now almost mandatory, the difference to a purely digital event is no longer as drastic as a total failure would be.
Greater certainty regarding the timing of FachPack 2021 means that the packaging trade fair will definitely take place from September 28 to 30, one way or another. "To be able to react quickly and flexibly depending on the pandemic situation, we have developed a two-pronged trade fair concept that gives our customers and us planning security for FachPack 2021," explains Heike Slotta, CEO of NürnbergMesse.
Photos: NürnbergMesse
Specifically, this two-pronged approach : Platform 1 focuses on FachPack as a physical trade fair with a well-thought-out hygiene concept and offers a new digital supplement, enabling visitors affected by travel restrictions to participate. If the pandemic situation necessitates it, the organizers will switch to Platform 2 and offer the packaging industry a purely digital event with exciting new features. "This way, we are prepared for all eventualities and can guarantee the packaging industry its much-desired meeting place at the end of September," says Slotta.
Preparations for the trade fair are already underway. The FachPack team is currently preparing the physical trade fair "as usual," planning the exhibition halls with currently 860 registered companies , developing the supporting program, and creating a comprehensive hygiene concept .
In parallel, a digital platform called myFACHPACK will be launched, offering online matchmaking and networking even before the trade fair begins. Personalized contact suggestions will be provided based on exhibitor or product searches. Furthermore, the fair's lecture and supporting program will be live -streamed. Videos, chats, virtual meeting rooms, lectures , and presentations will enrich the offering .
The range extends from packaging materials and packaging aids, packaging and filling machines, labeling, marking and identification technology to machines, devices and components of the packaging peripherals, packaging printing and finishing, palletizing technology, intralogistics and related services.
