New member Kardex, the future of cold store automation. In this edition of Chilled Out Chronicles, RWTA welcome Grant from Kardex, RWTA's newest member, to discuss how automation is reshaping Australia's refrigerated warehousing sector. RWTA explore where the biggest opportunities lie to improve efficiency over the next five years and the common pitfalls businesses should avoid when introducing automation into cold storage environments. If you're interested in the future of intralogistics and warehouse performance, this is an interview not to miss, and be sure to meet the Kardex staff at the RWTA National Conference & Exhibition in Noosa this August.

Kardex and LightGuide announce global partnership to deliver warehouse execution intelligence. 27 July 2026 Kardex, a leading global partner for intralogistics solutions, and LightGuide, the leader in industrial augmented intelligence, announced a global partnership that brings together Kardex's automation expertise with LightGuide's AI and augmented reality-powered work guidance technology to improve productivity across warehouse operations. While many warehouse technologies focus on automation, inventory visibility, and supply chain optimization, operational performance is ultimately determined by how work is executed on the warehouse floor. Kardex and LightGuide are addressing this opportunity by bringing intelligent guidance, real-time verification, and actionable operational insights directly to frontline employees as they perform critical workflows. The partnership combines Kardex's portfolio of automated storage, retrieval, and material handling solutions with LightGuide's intelligent visual execution layer, AI-powered verification, and real-time operational intelligence. The collaboration enables Kardex to integrate LightGuide's solutions into its customer offerings, helping warehouses, fulfillment centers, distribution centers, and manufacturing operations improve execution, productivity, and quality. Together, Kardex and LightGuide will help organizations optimize workflows, including picking, kitting, sequencing, replenishment, order fulfillment, and packaging. By connecting automation with augmented frontline execution, the combined solution helps customers: * Improve order accuracy and quality * Increase productivity and throughput * Reduce operational errors through real-time guidance and verification * Accelerate employee onboarding and training * Standardize execution across facilities and shifts * Collect key frontline operational metrics * Improve traceability and operational visibility As part of the partnership, Kardex and LightGuide will collaborate on customer pilot projects, joint go-to-market initiatives, solution demonstrations, implementation best practices, and lifecycle support to accelerate customer adoption of intelligent warehouse execution solutions. "At Kardex, we're committed to helping customers optimize their intralogistics operations," said Tobias Flury, Head of Remstar Operations, Technology at Kardex. "By partnering with LightGuide, we extend the value of automation beyond the movement and storage of inventory to the people executing the work. Together, we're enabling customers to achieve higher productivity, greater consistency, and improved quality across their warehouse operations." "Automation alone doesn't create operational excellence, execution does," said Paul Ryznar, CEO of LightGuide. "By combining Kardex's automation with LightGuide's augmented intelligence platform, we're enabling organizations to guide, confirm, measure, and continuously improve every workflow performed by frontline employees. This partnership represents an important step toward a more intelligent, connected warehouse." The partnership marks a significant step toward the next generation of warehouse operations, where automation and guided execution work together to help organizations improve performance. About LightGuide LightGuide empowers people to build a brighter tomorrow by enabling frontline workers to reach their maximum potential through augmented intelligence. LightGuide is the leading industrial augmented intelligence platform, combining AI and AR into a single solution that transforms standard operating procedures into intelligent, adaptive workflows. These workflows deliver real-time insights and visual feedback to increase quality by 90%, productivity by 50%, and training efficiency by 70%. Coupled with cutting-edge 3D sensors and AI-powered vision cameras, LightGuide prevents and detects errors in real time, ensuring no-fault forward quality control. The platform captures operational metrics for full digital traceability and integrates seamlessly with existing equipment and enterprise systems, dramatically improving standardization, throughput, and error-proofing across data center operations. From server assembly and installation to maintenance and break fix, organizations can optimize the entire hardware lifecycle with confidence. LightGuide serves global leaders across data centers, automotive, aerospace and defense, and diversified manufacturing. Founded in 2005, its platform is trusted by more than 200 global customers across 40 countries worldwide to improve quality, throughput, and productivity. Headquartered in Wixom, MI, LightGuide supports worldwide operations through offices in the EU and China, and a worldwide network of manufacturing and technology channel partners. About Kardex Kardex is a leading global partner for intralogistics solutions in an attractive and growing market. The Group offers premium automated products, standardized systems, and life cycle services that guarantee high availability and low total cost of ownership. Kardex provides an intelligent entry into automation with its dynamic storage and retrieval systems, offers integrated material handling systems, small parts storage systems, and automated high-bay warehouses, and acts as a global AutoStore(TM) partner, offering flexible and modular storage and order fulfilment solutions. The Group employs around 2,900 people in over 30 countries. Kardex Holding AG has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 1989. Please contact LightGuide, Inc via its contact form if you have any questions.

Announcement: Jaap Vos expands role to lead European growth. Rainbow Dynamics is pleased to announce that Jaap Vos will expand his responsibilities to further drive its growth and development across Europe. With extensive experience in warehouse automation, intralogistics, and global industry leadership, including his previous roles at SSI Schäfer and Kardex, Jaap will focus on strengthening partnerships, supporting customers, and accelerating market expansion across European markets. His deep industry knowledge and strong network will play a key role in bringing Rainbow Dynamics' advanced 4-way shuttle AS/RS and RackBot solutions to more customers throughout Europe. Rainbow Dynamics look forward to this exciting next chapter. Jaap Vos