Global Leadership for Toyota Automated Logistics

Toyota Industries Corporation today announced the appointment of three industry leaders as CEOs of Toyota Automated Logistics (TAL), its new warehouse automation business. Hitoshi Matsuoka will serve as TAL’s CEO, Central. Thomas Hibinger will serve as TAL’s CEO for the EMEA and APAC regions, and Aaron M. Jones will serve as TAL’s CEO, Americas. Debuting […]

Projected Safety Signage is Safer Option

Projected safety signage is helping warehouses and industrial facilities improve forklift safety by reducing ‘sign blindness’ and providing a more durable alternative to traditional safety signs. In environments with constant forklift traffic, painted and printed signs and floor markings can wear away quickly, becoming faded, damaged or unclear. As a result, critical safety messages can […]

Modern-Day Moving Truck

Logistics Business takes a closer look at a ‘workhorse’ truck behind corporate headquarter relocations. While it may have escaped your attention, more and more companies in have decided to pack it up and ship out to a new and different destination. The commercial real estate industry was upended by the pandemic, with offices clearing out […]

Generational Thinking in Automation

Beumer Group is a familiar presence at LogiMAT. Corporate Comms Manager Jonas Jungmann spoke to Logistics Business Features Editor, Paul Hamblin, about the company’s products, plans and ethos. Let’s start with new products – tell us about the new BG Pouch System with AutoDrop function. Specifically, how will it improve operations for customers, and what […]

New Madrid Warehouse Multiplies Capacity

Retail de Impacto, the parent company of the SQRUPS chain, has strengthened its operations with the launch of a new 9,120 m² warehouse in Madrid, fully equipped with AR Racking solutions. In a sector like retail, where product turnover and service agility are decisive, having a robust, reliable, and tailored storage system makes all the […]

Belt and Braces for Conveying Tech

Peter MacLeod speaks to an expert about how belting technology is evolving under pressure from energy costs, sustainability targets and shifting investment patterns. The past few years have tested the logistics sector, particularly in Europe. Pointing to geopolitical instability, economic uncertainty and reduced investment by major players, Sascha Goly, Global Business Development Manager at Forbo […]

4-Way Shuttle System at LogiMAT

ZS Robotics, specialists in smart intralogistics, will showcase its 4-way shuttle system – a solution validated through over 200 diverse projects across more than ten countries and regions, at the LogiMAT 2026 from Mar 24 to 26 in Germany. Highlights of its portfolio include the H125 shuttle, claimed to be the world’s first 20-wheeled 4-way […]

AI-based Simulator to Optimise Inventory

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Transportation & Logistics and Mecalux have developed an artificial intelligence-based simulator capable of optimising inventory distribution across different warehouses within the same logistics network. The platform, called Genetic Evaluation & Simulation for Inventory Strategy (GENESIS), uses advanced machine learning models to analyse thousands of possible scenarios and […]

Specialist Deliveries in Franchise Logistics

InXpress, a specialist in international and complex logistics solutions, has reached a key milestone after completing over 100,000 specialist delivery loads through its strategic partnership with TEG, a fintech-enabled platform serving transport and logistics, as e-commerce growth reshapes customer expectations. For InXpress, this challenge became critical as rapid global e-commerce growth fundamentally changed customer expectations […]

Warehouse Technology Predictions

Forecasting is easy. Getting it right isn’t. We asked four spokespeople at warehouse robot and intelligence platform specialists Dexory to put on record the likely trends for the year ahead. Autonomous robots First up is Dr. Marcus Scheunemann, Head of Autonomy for Dexory, who believes the top trend will be the subject of autonomous robots: […]

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