Articles tagged with 'sustainability' & 'sports' | Gebrüder Weiss

Gebrüder Weiss continues to advance the electrification of heavy-duty transport: two new fully electric trucks are now deployed in daily use for groupage transport at the company’s headquarters in Lauterach. Two additional e-trucks are already …

ETH Zurich’s aCentauri Solar Racing Team finished the World Solar Challenge in Australia in 11th place out of a total of 28 teams in the “Challenger” class. The students covered the approximately 3,000-kilometre route from Darwin to Adelaide in six …

At the end of September, Kiel-based water sports enthusiast and environmental activist Michael Walther will embark on an extraordinary mission: to become the first European to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo and unsupported on a stand-up paddleboard …

Logistics company Gebrüder Weiss is once again supporting the students of the aCentauri Solar Racing Team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich as they travel to Australia for the World Solar Challenge 2025. At this year's …

It’s time to get those pedals whirring again! On April 1, the fourth season of GWcycles, the international cycling campaign led by Gebrüder Weiss, will get underway. Cycling for the Seas is the rallying call for cycling enthusiasts worldwide to hit …

The international transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss closed the 2024 fiscal year with net revenues of 2.71 billion euros, representing a ten-percent gain over the previous year (2023: 2.46 billion euros). “We’re firmly on track: Despite …

Catholic missionary Erich Fischnaller is doing important development and construction work in the Palorinya refugee settlement in northern Uganda. This includes providing young people with the education to build an independent existence. With the …

Gebrüder Weiss’ international community of bike enthusiasts has raised the bar with this year’s GWcycles cycling campaign: More than 600 participants came together to cycle over 768,800 kilometers – the distance it would take to the moon and …

The international transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss and the ÖBB Rail Cargo Group have been working together for three decades. To mark this anniversary, Wolfram Senger-Weiss, CEO of Gebrüder Weiss, and Christoph Grasl, member of the …

Greenland has been the focus of climate research for many years because, as one of the largest ice regions in the world, the island is sensitive to climate change. This means Greenland is a particularly interesting place for scientists. With this in …

The transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss has enlarged its logistics facility at the Dunaharaszti location near Budapest. The new logistics complex covers 10,000 square meters and includes office space, a handling facility, and a high-bay …

Construction work for a new logistics hall has started in the Nagelsee industrial park in the municipality of Aldingen / Baden-Wuerttemberg. The international transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss is leading the building project. “There is …

This year, Gebrüder Weiss again calls upon cyclists to participate in the company’s international cycling campaign “GWcycles”. From March 25, cycling enthusiasts all over the world will be pedaling for all they are worth. The goal of the sports …

The Gebrüder Weiss Peak Evolution Team has set a new world altitude record for e-vehicles at 6,500 meters above sea level. They drove up to the western ridge of Ojos del Salado – the highest active volcano on earth – in their truck powered …

On October 27, the innovative solar car of ETH Zurich’s aCentauri Solar Racing Team was driven across the finish line in Adelaide. In just six days, the students covered the distance of 3,000 km across the Australian outback using nothing but solar …

At the end of September, the innovative solar powered car of the aCentauri Solar Racing Team arrived in Adelaide, Australia. As official partner, the international logistics company Gebrüder Weiss transported the high-tech vehicle, with all the …

“Cycling around the World”, the international cycling competition organized by Gebrüder Weiss, ended with an impressive result: together, 650 cyclists the world over covered a distance of 612,246 kilometers – more than 15 times around the globe, far …

Setting an example in the sphere of sustainable transport, the international logistics company Gebrüder Weiss started to provide zero-emission deliveries to end customers in Budapest this summer. Ten electric vans are cruising the streets of the …

The world’s highest volcano, a team trying to reach the summit using a solar-powered e-truck, an attempt at a world record: these are the essential components of a high-profile project that is about to get started in the Chilean Andes. The three men …

In the heart of Tyrol, Gebrüder Weiss is taking a leading role as the main sponsor of this year’s Austrian National Pool Championships. From October 24 to November 2, 2023, the best Austrian pool players will meet in Wattens to compete in …

Team aCentauri’s innovative solar car is on its way to the World Solar Challenge in Australia. The international transport service provider Gebrüder Weiss used its hydrogen truck on the first leg of the high-tech vehicle on September 05. With a …

The international logistics company Gebrüder Weiss takes charge of transporting an innovative solar car to Australia for the aCentauri Solar Racing Team of Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETH). This is where the World Solar Challenge …

Coffee manufacturer Atinkana pursues a vision of sustainability: in the long run, they want to restore the original structure of the virgin forest in Colombia and make the soil more fertile. The Swiss company is financing its project in Colombia’s …

In future, fans of Spielvereinigung Bayreuth and spectators will notice a new color on the yellow/black jerseys of the German soccer club also called ‘Altstadt’: an orange logo with the letters GW. GW stands for the international transport and …

Providing delivery services on Croatian islands with their small towns and narrow streets has never been easy. This is why Gebrüder Weiss has started to offer its customers a particularly eco-friendly transport solution this summer: the logistics …

The international transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss is further expanding its network of locations in southern Germany in the land transport sector by acquiring WEDLICH. Logistik - Transport - Umzug GmbH in Bayreuth with retrospective …

Logistics company presents itself with hydrogen truck at leading international trade fair // Wolfram Senger-Weiss (CEO) and Jürgen Bauer (member of the management board of Gebrüder Weiss) talk about crisis scenarios, their effects, and counter …

Logistics company relaunches cycling campaign / Ambitious goal: seven circumnavigations of the world / Support for a reforestation project in Nicaragua

Logistics expert increases turnover by 18 percent, consolidating its position in core markets / 67 million euros invested in network expansion and digitalization / additional steps towards CO2 neutrality

With immediate effect, Gebrüder Weiss offers its customers a particularly eco-friendly transport solution: the logistics company uses an e-cargo bike to deliver consignments to private households and companies in Lauterach, Wolfurt, Hard, …