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Our forklifts live at the Simple Minds concert in Verona... kind of!🎶💪 These STILL and Baoli EMEA forklifts were on site early, helping with the setup for the Simple Minds concert in the iconic Arena di Verona – a venue famed for its open-air opera performances. 🇮🇹 Once their job was done, they remained patiently in place, ready to support the dismantling. From start to finish, they played their part in making the concert run smoothly! Huge thanks to Rose Overstreet from Dematic for capturing this special moment! 📸 #wekeeptheworldmoving

Celebrating innovation, sustainability, and global collaboration! 🌍 Take a look at what shaped this month in our #KIONHighlights.⬇️ 🏆 Award-winning automation: A big win for STILL! Their FM-X iGo automated reach truck earned the IFOY AWARD in the Mobile Robot category – highlighting the power of scalable, safe, and easy-to-integrate automation solutions: https://lnkd.in/dVzPMkw2 🆕Hello, new truck: Linde Material Handling has introduced the Linde-Xi-Roadster, a new electric counterbalance truck designed for enhanced visibility thanks to its A-pillar-free design. As part of an expanded electric truck series now featuring seven new models with a load capacity up to 2.0 tons, the Roadster aims to improve safety and efficiency: https://lnkd.in/gfqrX55C 🌱 Sustainable design milestone: Dematic released its latest Sustainability Report– and announced that the Dematic Multishuttle® 2 is now Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze. This marks a key step toward circular product design and sustainable innovation. https://lnkd.in/gDumrHhD 🔎 Behind the scenes: KION North America welcomed the GACC South - German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S., Inc. for a special "Manufacturing Behind the Scenes" event. The teams gave an inside look at the technologies and people shaping the future of manufacturing. #wekeeptheworldmoving

Time for our quarterly figures! Our CFO, Christian Harm, shares insights on our latest results: We achieved record order intake in Supply Chain Solutions in the second quarter and all key performance indicators are in line with our expectations. As of today, we therefore expect to achieve our outlook for financial year 2025. Our CEO Rob Smith emphasizes KION's role in world trade: "KION offers its customers the full spectrum of solutions to make their supply chains future-ready – flexible, resilient, and smart. KION is shaping world trade – globally, regionally, and locally – even in times of political and economic uncertainty." Despite ongoing considerable macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties, customer demand increased: With € 6.206 billion (H1 2024: € 5.079 billion), order intake on KION level was considerably higher year-on-year. For the full report: https://lnkd.in/evqxS8eN #wekeeptheworldmoving

Our forklifts are globetrotters! 🧳🌍 You'll find them nearly everywhere around the world: From the Monte Carlo Casino and the busy ports of Monaco to popular vacation spots. You might even see one at your next tourist destination! 😎 🗺️ Spotted one on your travels? Share your pictures and tag us—we enjoy seeing where our forklifts (and mini models) are at work! Thanks Omuar Diop and Matúš Beníček for the pictures! #wekeeptheworldmoving

Anyone who’s ever juggled timelines, teams, and tough calls knows how demanding project management can be – and so does our Woman of the Month, Andrea Pollinger. As a Project Manager at Dematic, Andrea is responsible for coordinating cross-departmental tasks and resources – acting as a key link between teams and customers while keeping even the most complex projects on track. 🚀 Her recent highlight? One of her projects: The Regional Distribution Center in Kahl – a high-pressure project with ambitious deadlines and high expectations. Despite the intensity, Andrea and her team pulled together with incredible team spirit, supporting each other to deliver success.🤝 Working in a male-dominated industry has brought its challenges, but Andrea has mostly had positive experiences. “Regardless of gender, it’s your skills, mindset, and composure under pressure that make the difference – especially in project management,” she says. Her advice to other women: “Trust in your strengths and don’t hesitate to stand up for what you believe in.” Thank you, Andrea, for your strength, authenticity, and inspiring example!👏 #wekeeptheworldmoving #kionisdiverse

♻️ Big news! The Dematic Multishuttle® 2 has officially been Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze – a major milestone in our journey toward circular and sustainable product design. 🌍 💬 As our colleagues Susanna Felker and Eva Virtute explain in our interview, this certification is just one part of a continuous improvement process that brings Cradle to Cradle and lifecycle assessments (LCAs) together to help identify and reduce environmental impact across our value chain. 📆 Today, July 24, is Earth Overshoot Day 2025 – the day we’ve used up all the natural resources the planet can regenerate this year. That’s why using resources more responsibly matters more than ever – and why approaches like Cradle to Cradle are so important! Read the full story and interview with our experts: https://lnkd.in/e9stEbQU #wekeeptheworldmoving

Our journey to our sites around the globe takes us to Dinklage, Germany 🇩🇪 This site has been a powerhouse in casting production since 1974! 💪 Cast parts for forklift trucks weighing between 800 and 7000 kilograms are produced here in shift operation. 🔥 The team of around 140 employees produces 60 counterweights every day - some weighing up to seven tons! These components, which are mainly manufactured for our subsidiary STILL, are then machined and painted. A tradition of precision, craftsmanship and teamwork that has endured for over 50 years! 👏 #wekeeptheworldmoving

It’s #TraineeTuesday – today we’re shining the spotlight on Hannah Franke! 🌟 Hannah started her KION Management Trainee Program journey in October 2024, specializing in HR Reporting & Analytics in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Currently on her international rotation, she’s working in Barcelona, Spain, supporting the HR team in the Iberia region – diving into everything from talent acquisition to compensation & benefits. 🇪🇸 With a master’s degree in psychology, Hannah brings a unique perspective to HR Reporting. Beyond numbers, Hannah loves nurturing her growing houseplant collection and baking her famous dark chocolate brownies. If you ask her colleagues to describe her in one word, it’s “perceptive”, thanks to her knack for spotting details others might miss.🪴 What does she enjoy most? Exploring KION from all sides: from touring production plants in Germany to working at our Digital Hub and Linde MH Spain office. For Hannah, it’s all about learning, connecting, and seeing how every team plays a vital role in our success. 🚀🌎 Keep shining, Hannah! #wekeeptheworldmoving #kionmanagementtrainees #kionisdiverse

It‘s time for a mindset shift in AI! Our colleague Matthias Brönner participated in a panel discussion at the German AI Summit, where he talked about the role of AI in industry, both in products and in internal processes. 🎤 💡 One of his key takeaways was that it’s time to shift our mindset. Instead of asking, “What can AI do?” we should ask, “What problem are we solving with AI?” Ultimately, it's not the technology itself that gives you an advantage; it's your ability to adapt. A great example of this is our collaboration with NVIDIA. By integrating their technology into our digital twin solutions, we help customers save time and operating costs. This gives them the flexibility to adapt to changing supply chain conditions. 🚀 #wekeeptheworldmoving Deutscher KI Gipfel

A warehouse today is rarely just shelves and forklifts. Small parts in totes, pallets in high racks, goods shuttling through aisles, and autonomous robots navigating the floor – modern intralogistics is a complex, carefully coordinated system.🤝 Between pallet racking, shuttle systems, grid-based storage, AGVs, AMRs and SRMs, the options are as varied as the goods they move. And with so many systems to choose from, finding the right setup for your processes isn’t always straightforward.🤯 We’ve put together an overview of the key systems and how they fit into today’s warehouses: https://lnkd.in/evRpyHdk 🚀 #wekeeptheworldmoving