Innovative full-service provider ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
![Thomas Gabele at the firm’s new headquarters in Beringen, which opened in November 2022.](typo3temp/_processed_/c/b/csm_ITJ_2024_27-30_S67_c92a3ab7b2.jpg)
New headquarters and a new generation in charge at SG Spedition in Beringen. A lot has happened at SG Spedition of late. Thomas and Florian Gabele are the members of the next generation who have taken over the operational business. In addition, the relocation of an industrial... more
Massive pressure on the margins ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
![Rolf Hadolt has built a big business in Graz.](typo3temp/_processed_/a/5/csm_ITJ_2024_27-30_S64_5e87b9ae93.jpg)
In conversation with Rolf Hadolt, owner and managing director of the Hadolt Group. ITJ correspondent Josef Müller filed this rather personal report from his visit to Graz, where he was warmly welcomed by Rolf Hadolt. The manager is optimistic about business this year,... more
The Papyrus Hunter takes a detour ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
![The hull of the Hunter being loaded in Thal by the lorry-mounted crane; and on the motorway.](typo3temp/_processed_/1/7/csm_ITJ_2024_27-30_S58_59e6250cab.jpg)
The company Emil Egger transports a fighter bomber half way across Switzerland. 18 Swiss air force FA-18 jets landed on the country’s A1 motorway recently, 33 years after the last time aeroplanes belonging to the Swiss flight force, as it was then known, landed on a Swiss... more
Rapid but not rash action ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
![Technology already enabled Rast to do business between the US (right) and Europe before Covid-19 broke out.](typo3temp/_processed_/5/8/csm_ITJ_2024_27-30_S55_b08d723b28.jpg)
In conversation with Nicole Fischli and Max Sgouridis, Rast Logistic. In 1986 Thomas Rast founded his own trucking firm. Today he keeps himself more in the background, as deputy managing director. The company doesn’t stop reinventing itself, however. ITJ editor Andreas Haug... more
More than just hot air ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
![Synhelion uses a solar tower / mirror panel for the first time on an industrial scale in its ‘Dawn’ project.](typo3temp/_processed_/1/e/csm_ITJ_2024_27-30_S52_b228868a89.jpg)
Cleantech scale-up opens first industrial plant for solar fuel production. Synhelion, which was founded as a spin-off from Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich in 2016, has inaugurated the world’s first industrial plant in which synthetic fuels are produced... more
Meet the neighbours ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Camion Transport in Basel developing strongly. Just a few months have passed since the takeover of the company Hänger by Camion Transport became effective (see page 19 of ITJ 39-40 / 2023). Michael Werner, head of the Basel branch of Camion Transport, explained to the ITJ during... more
Transport and geopolitical changes ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
![KAS director Norbert Beckmann-Dierkes once again chaired the conference.](typo3temp/_processed_/5/b/csm_ITJ_2024_27-30_S33_cd01514bc8.jpg)
A report from the 2nd Burgas Connectivity Forum. Norbert Beckmann-Dierkes, the director of the foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Sofia, believes that establishing links for the free movement of people and goods is fundamental to economic development in the Balkans. He... more
Neutral, but fully committed ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
![‘WeDeclare’ makes its software know-how available to become firms’ customs partner.](typo3temp/_processed_/7/d/csm_ITJ_2024_27-30_S26_5593868441.jpg)
What ’WeDeclare’ does for (Swiss) customs clearance processes. The joint venture ’WeDeclare’, founded three years ago by the software developer Periplus together with the M + R Spedag Group, has seen rapid development in a short time, from the start-up stage to a firm with 60... more
Build and operate special units ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
![Dennis Leschensky knows the needs of the markets from direct contacts. He shared his experiences with ITJ editor Andreas Haug at Breakbulk Europe.](typo3temp/_processed_/3/4/csm_ITJ_2024_27-30_S23_c485855e38.jpg)
In conversation with Dennis Leschensky, Goldhofer’s head of sales for Europe and North Africa. In his eight years at Goldhofer, Dennis Leschensky has overseen many a major transport project – and assumed increasing responsibilities. First he was a junior salesman, then an area... more
Rewarding meetings in Marrakesh ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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During the WCA regional conference in Marrakesh last month, WCA World CEO Dan March and general manager – WCA World Specialty Networks, Adam McKenna, visited the Dar Tifl Orphanage. Following the earthquake that struck Morocco last September, the WCA World Foundation, using... more