Innovation and sustainability 
LKW Walter celebrating its centennial this year. With more than 8,000 full truck-loads on the road and in combined transport every day, LKW Walter, a subsidiary of Austria’s Walter Group, is one of the leading players in the European transport industry. Now the family business,... more
Röhlig opens Irish subsidiary 
Röhlig Logistics has opened a new subsidiary in Dublin after having acquired a majority stake in its former local agent, Air Ocean Ireland. Following 20 years of collaboration with the logistics provider, Air Ocean Ireland will operate as Röhlig Ireland in future. Röhlig... more
Fitting out in west Dublin
Glencar has built a hub in west Dublin for PRL Logistics, a transport company based in the UK and Ireland. The roughly 22,000 sqm site has been designed as a warehousing space and also includes a three-storey office complex. The 24 weeks’ development involved a full fit-out... more
Next up for NX: healthcare logistics
Nippon Express Holdings is taking over the Simon Hegele Group as its newest acquisition in the healthcare and pharma logistics sector. Based on a network of 50 hubs worldwide, Simon Hegele offers healthcare, industrial and pharma logistics services, with a special focus on... more
Leaping into Latam
In its newest venture into the Latin American market Scan Global Logistics (SGL) is expanding into Argentina, Colombia and Brazil. It’ll also be enhancing its capacities in Mexico, Chile and Peru and is planning further investments in a number of countries on the continent to... more
A new WMS for Spain and Portugal
Luis Simões has chosen a warehouse management software developed by Reflex, a business unit of Hardis Group, to manage its Spanish and Portuguese and optimise its logistics operations. With 58 sites and cross-docking centres on the Iberian Peninsula, the company is looking... more
Heppner clinches deal in Benelux
Heppner Group is expanding in Benelux with the acquisition of a Dutch company specialising in transport flows between the Netherlands and Spain. Segers International Transport will be integrated into the logistics group after having operated in the sector for 40 years. The... more
Infosys supports postal power-up
Infosys and Finnish postal provider Posti will be collaborating for another seven years to enhance the latter’s IT operations using AI. Deploying Infosys Topaz, an AI-based service, Posti will be able to boost operational efficiency within its delivery and logistics business.... more
Dachser adds Austrian office
Dachser has moved into a new hub in Graz that contains 403 sqm of office space with enhanced infrastructure and sustainability measures. The logistics provider shifted its air & sea logistics to the new site in early September. Located at the Technopark Raaba, it has... more
Combining sweets and sustainability
Mars is working with three logistics providers in Germany to enhance its transport data and better track its CO2 emissions. In this new project, the manufacturer is partnering with Rigterink Logistikgruppe, Shippeo and Elain to improve information on its scope 3 emissions... more