The UK subsidiary of inotec GmbH, inotec UK, has acquired the Beverley, Yorkshire-based self-adhesive label specialist, Applied Label Solutions (ALS), for an undisclosed sum. The deal, signed on the 31st January 2024, provides inotec UK with an ideal opportunity to develop its production capacity. F...

The national logistics division of Swiss food retailer Migros is expanding its highly automated dry goods distribution center in Suhr with WITRON. The integration of 14 additional COM machines into the existing solution during ongoing operations is claimed to be a logistical, architectural, and sust...

Matthews International has announced a global commercial partnership between its Automation Solutions business segment and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), a manufacturer of collaborative autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and part of Teradyne Robotics, a division of Teradyne, Inc. The new partnership...

The leaders of physical operations-led organisations in the UK and Ireland reveal how putting technology at the centre of their business strategy is transforming the workplace to meet the demands of a new generation while creating safer and more efficient organisations. That’s according to a new S...

A strategic merger in the supply chain software industry has been announced, between FuturMaster and PlaniSense. Three months after its acquisition by Sagard NewGen, FuturMaster, supplier of SaaS Supply Chain Planning and Revenue Growth Management, has acquired PlaniSense, a specialist in scheduling...

Körber Supply Chain Software, a joint venture between Körber AG and KKR, and a global provider of adaptable supply chain execution solutions, has joined Zero100, a membership-based intelligence company connecting, informing, and inspiring the world’s supply chain leaders to accelerate progress o...

FedEx Corp. has announced that it has acquired RouteSmart Technologies, a provider of route optimization solutions with over 40 years of expertise, providing mission-critical technology to newspaper, postal & parcel, public works, utilities & field service, and waste collection organizations...

In this episode of Logistics Business Conversations, host Peter McLeod speaks with Colm Gallagher, Chief Data Scientist at Hitachi Zero Carbon, about the ambitious Electric Freight Way initiative. With heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) responsible for 20% of UK transport emissions, Hitachi Zero Carbon, in...