Enlarging capacities in Satigny 
Swiss player Safram, an affiliate of the French Heppner Group since January this year, will soon open the doors of a new warehouse on an existing site in the western part of Switzerland. This facility is especially dedicated to the storage of dangerous goods, meeting the... more
New ties in Mantova
A contract between shipper Adidas and Kuehne + Nagel has paved the way for a new warehouse in Northern Italy. The result will be an automated, omni-channel 130,000 sqm dedicated fulfilment centre in Mantova and is scheduled to enter service in 2024. The fulfilment centre... more
Good figures push Toll's turnaround
The Toll Group, an Australian-based subsidiary of Japan Post, has reported its results for its financial year 2022 which ended on 31 March 2022. Revenues amounted to USD 7.6 billion, while ebit remained at a modest USD 341 million. The Toll Group, which sold its loss-making... more
Wincanton's best year since 2011
In advance of its results for the financial year ending 31 March 2022, UK-headquartered Wincanton has issued a preliminary outlook. While full year revenue is expected to be up 16.3% to GBP 1.4 billion, with 19.4% organic revenue growth y-o-y excluding the Cygnia Logistics... more
Strong quarter for real estate
MLP Group, a developer, owner and manager of industrial and logistics parks, continued its positive trend in the first quarter of this year, as is shown in its Q1/2022 results. The value of investment property increased by 5.3% to around EUR 774.5 million and consolidated... more
Expansion in Slovenia and Croatia
Cargo-partner has launched its enlarged logistics centre in Slovenia. Located in the immediate vicinity of Ljubljana Airport, the facility now provides increased storage capacity in a new building with more than 18,000 pallet slots on 14,100 sqm across three floors. Part of... more
100 for Fercam
After a difficult year in 2020, the South Tyrolean company Fercam returned to pre-pandemic heights in 2021. Its EUR 943 million turnover was generated in 21 countries with more than 100 company-owned branches. While the full truck-load (FTL) business contributed a 52% share to... more
New technology for wine transport
Four musketeers to promote a new technology: Innolux Japan, Enji Corporation, Cold Storage Japan and NGK Insulators have jointly started the development of a temperature and humidity control service using sensor tags to visualise the environment while transporting and storing... more
Warehouse well-being for Kneipp
The Geis Group has commissioned the second building of its logistics centre near Schweinfurt (Germany). Geis uses the main part of the 20,000 sqm facility for its customer Kneipp. Since it was founded around 130 years ago Kneipp has distributed more than 1,200 articles - and... more
Grand Master Yo(l)da is on
The digital freight forwarder Yolda, which specialises in less-than-truckload consignments (LTL), now offers its digital booking platform to customers in Germany too. Yolda was founded in Turkey in 2020 by Volkan Özkan and C. Murad Özsert. The aim is to reduce empty runs and... more