The Manifest Vegas 2024 full agenda features over 250 speakers including internationally recognized shippers and logistics players, startups, investors and technology pioneers.
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QUICK HITS & COMPANY NEWS
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雀巢
inks deals with carriers to move volume via green transport services.?The world’s largest food and beverage company is the latest shipper to sign on to emissions-cutting services, committing half its global shipping volume to premium green products offered by Hapag-Lloyd. (Journal of Commerce)
- Reliable Robotics achieves milestone for uncrewed cargo flight.?Reliable Robotics?has successfully completed a remotely piloted flight of a Cessna 208B Caravan commanded from a control center 50 miles away. (FreightWaves)
- Maximizing efficiency in tight spaces with Yale Lift Truck Technologies. Ron Farr, Director Warehouse Sales, EMEA at Yale Lift Truck Technologies explores the evolving landscape of materials handling in compact warehouse operations, highlighting the need for adaptable solutions and innovative equipment design. (Forklift Action News)
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Georgia Ports Authority
to build inland intermodal terminal that NS will serve. The?Blue Ridge Connector, an inland rail terminal in Gainesville, Ga., will link Northeast Georgia with the Port of Savannah’s 35 global container ship services. (Trains)
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GXO Logistics, Inc.
putting Digit humanoid to test. Digit is taking totes off of autonomous mobile robots and moving them onto a conveyor at a Spanx warehouse in Georgia. (The Robot Report)?
- Wish launches small parcel delivery service. WishPost Smart Parcel will allow shippers who don't sell on the e-commerce platform to use its logistics capabilities. (Retail Dive)
- China issues safety guidelines for autonomous public transport vehicles. China on Tuesday issued safety guidelines for the use of autonomous vehicles in public transport, the latest in a series of measures preparing for the increased use of driverless cars. (Reuters)
- Foretellix raises an extra $42M to build and test self-driving scenarios.?Foretellix, which builds verification and validation solutions to test the full range of driver assistance and autonomous systems that are coming out on the market, has raised $42M?to close out its Series C at $85M. (TechCrunch)
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Gecko Robotics
raises $100M?for defense technology. Gecko Robotics has raised $100 million for its robots that assess the safety and condition of infrastructure for industries including defense, oil and manufacturing. (Bloomberg)
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Solvento
keeps flow of money trucking with new debt facility. The Mexico City fintech company has secured a $50M debt facility and raised a $3.5M seed extension. (Axios)
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联邦快递
invests $100M?in Hyderabad's tech hub. The funds will contribute to development of new capabilities & meeting technological requirements of FedEx operations worldwide. (Indian Transport & Logistics)
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Wakeo
raises €18M for supply chain visibility and sustainability. Wakeo's platform helps supply chains optimize transport plans, reducing emergency costs and improving inventory management. (Tech EU)
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Rightbot Technologies
, which is developing robots to unload freight, lands investment from Amazon. Rightbot, a startup developing robots to unload packages from trucks and other modes of transport, has raised capital from Amazon and others. (TechCrunch)
- South African startup
GoMetro
gets ￡9M for its fleet management optimization software. Zenobe, the largest operator of EV buses in the U.K., will be aiming to leverage GoMetro’s multiple-OEM platform for data stream management. (TechCrunch)
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Advanced Electric Machines
addresses sustainability of EV motors with ￡23M new investment. The funding will be used to scale up production capacity at its facility in the North East, deliver on ambitious growth plans to establish a global sales footprint, and bolster R&D capabilities. (Advanced Electric Machines)
The Manifest Vegas 2024 full agenda features over 250 speakers, including over 30 C-Level shipper leaders & visionaries from:
OneRail
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EASE Logistics
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拜尔斯道夫
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Henkel Consumer Brands
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Boardriders
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Ocado Technology
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DHL Supply Chain
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ArcBest
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Flexport
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Ryder System, Inc.
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Foot Locker
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NOVéAL-L'Oréal Groupe
and
联合利华
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