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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.
Another lane for Kracht
Another lane for Kracht
The pump specialist of the same name centralized its warehouse system just four years ago, building a two-aisle pallet high-bay warehouse and an automated small parts warehouse with over 12,000 storage locations, including conveyor technology, . Now they've taken it one step further.
Without interrupting operations, Jungheinrich has expanded the pump specialist's fully automated high-bay pallet warehouse in Werdohl, Sauerland, by an additional aisle, creating space for 2,600 additional pallet spaces.
Hidden champions, it is said, have staying power and grow systematically. At Kracht, too, there is strength in calm. As one of the leading German manufacturers of gear pumps, flow measurement technology, hydraulic components, and valves, the long-established company, with around 400 employees worldwide, designs, produces, and sells its products around the globe. To optimize its vertical integration, Kracht, together with Jungheinrich, has now expanded the high-bay warehouse at its logistics center in South Westphalia, which was newly built in 2017, by another aisle. For this purpose, the 50 m long and 23 m high structure of the silo high-bay warehouse was widened by 7.5 m . As with the existing aisles, a storage and retrieval machine from the Jungheinrich subsidiary MIAS is used. With a payload of 1000 kg , it is capable of handling up to 30 double cycles with 15 transfers per hour.
As part of the expansion now underway, Jungheinrich is also further expanding the existing conveyor technology for pallets and containers – including control and visualization.
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