NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights

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MILESTONES

• C.H. Robinson performed more than 3 million shipping tasks with its fleet of generative AI agents—proprietary tech tools the global logistics provider has built to automate steps across the lifecycle of a shipment and reduce customers’ speed-to-market from hours to seconds.

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INVESTMENTS

↑ Silicon Valley venture studio NEC X made a strategic investment in SeafoodAI, a startup enabling sustainable seafood with real-time biometric data and AI-powered traceability.

• 1Logtech, a no-code integration platform purpose-built for transportation and logistics, closed a $1.5-million seed funding round led by North Coast Ventures, with additional participation from Queen City Angels and other investors.

• Optilogic closed its Series B funding round, led by NewRoad Capital Partners, with participation from MK Capital and Moore Strategic Ventures. Optilogic’s cloud-native platform empowers businesses to model and optimize complex supply chain scenarios.

• Atomic, an AI-powered platform, closed a $3-million seed round that included DVx Ventures, the company creation platform run by former Tesla president Jon McNeill, and Madrona Ventures, a venture capital firm known for backing Amazon, Snowflake, and Smartsheet.

• Vallor, an AI-agent platform that puts procurement contracts on autopilot, completed a $4-million seed round led by Dynamo Ventures with Bloomberg Beta as a co-lead, with participation from Liquid 2 Ventures, El Cap Ventures, and Rock Yard Ventures.

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RECOGNITION

↑ Hyster’s hydrogen fuel cell-powered ReachStacker was named a transformative product in the 2025 BIG Innovation Awards. The lift truck uses a hydrogen fuel cell engine to convert hydrogen into electricity.

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UP THE CHAIN

← 4flow appointed Greg Toornman, AGCO Corporation’s former global vice president of materials management, logistics and demand planning, as strategic advisor.

→ MGX Beverage Group, a supply chain and logistics company specializing in the alcohol beverage industry, expanded its executive team with two new appointments. Strategic financial advisor Randy Leeder (pictured) joined the team as chief financial officer and Rob Bradshaw was tapped as chief commercial officer.

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SEALED DEALS

↑ Furniture manufacturer Uttermost improved billing accuracy and operational efficiency by integrating with Shiplify, an accessorial revenue identifier.

• Through a partnership with ITS Logistics, Ghent, a manufacturer of visual communication display products, replaced traditional LTL shipping with a streamlined distribution model to minimize handling, decrease transit times, and elevate the overall customer experience.

• Roche selected Tecsys’ Elite for laboratory inventory management. The solution will move Roche toward automated demand capture, real-time visibility, and smarter supply chain management.

← Riceland Foods, a U.S. rice miller and marketer, partnered with ODW Logistics to optimize supply chain operations and expand into the Memphis market.

• Flat River Group, an end-to-end ecommerce distributor, implemented John Galt Solutions’ Atlas Planning Platform to incorporate Amazon point-of-sale data into the planning process, and leverage advanced analytics and automation to enhance demand planning, visibility, and inventory alignment.

→ Magid Glove & Safety Manufacturing Company, a personal protection equipment manufacturer and distributor, selected FORTNA to retrofit its Romeoville, Illinois, distribution center with a warehouse-ready, high-density AutoStore solution.

• De’Longhi, which manufactures home appliances, designated Encompass Supply Chain Solutions as its main parts supply manager and authorized reseller in North America.

← Instinct Pet Food, a provider of raw, natural pet nutrition for dogs and cats, entered a strategic partnership with Demand Chain AI to enhance its sales and operations planning capabilities.

• The CMA CGM Group and Mistral AI, a generative artificial intelligence company, entered a five-year strategic partnership. Working in collaboration with CMA CGM’s in-house team, Mistral AI will deploy and scale AI solutions across shipping and logistics operations.

↑ Schlüter-Systems KG, a tile and natural stone installation company based in Iserlohn, Germany, is streamlining shipping processes with the International Shipping System from EPG (Ehrhardt Partner Group). The multi-carrier management solution processes approximately 800 orders daily, ensuring scalable and cost-efficient shipping operations.

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