Returning to Leschaco and Asia 
Jens Osterwald has been appointed as the new managing director for Leschaco (Malaysia). He will assume his new role in Malaysia on 1 September. Osterwald began his professional career in 2005 with a three-year dual study programme at Leschaco's headquarters in Bremen. From... more
Join the Business Run community in Hamburg
Together with its sponsors Emission + by Envservice, Rolls-Royce Solutions and its media partners Hansa, Marpro and ITJ International Transport Journal, Flenzies invites you to participate at the 61st Business Run during SMM in Hamburg, on 4 September. This is an opportunity... more
“Putting people centre stage” 
In conversation with Jeanne Graf, managing director of Riege Software Switzerland. The approach of Riege Software, a logistics IT firm founded in Germany in 1985, is encapsulated in the motto “digital logistics with a human heart.” In June Jeanne Graf took over as manager of its... more
Innovative full-service provider
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
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
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
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
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
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
