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
Duvenbeck partners with EV manufacturer
The German logistics company Duvenbeck is to become the European logistics partner of a Chinese automobile manufacturer and thus expand its fleet. In an agreement sealed at the IAA Transportation 2024 fair, Duvenbeck will collaborate with Farizon New Energy Commercial... more
Doubling capacity in São Paulo
Jadlog, a Brazilian break-bulk company, is building a BRL 100 million hub (EUR 16 million) in São Paulo, aiming to double its operational capacity. On 50,000 sqm, the site will boost the company’s capacity to 30,000 packages per hour. The hub will have a 20,000 sqm built area,... more
Fully electric trucks for French logistics
Geodis is trialling new urban electric trucks in Paris and Lyon. The vehicles, dubbed Oxygen, were created in collaboration with Renault Trucks in 2022. The test phase for this transport solution is currently in operation in Lyon, where it will remain until the beginning of... more