Home-grown firm rolls out driverless forklifts to logistics giant

xSquare has supplied Belgium's Katoen Natie with five machines at Jurong Island terminal

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A three-year-old home-grown company is supplying an international logistics giant with a fleet of autonomous forklifts in a move that could eventually lead to worker-less warehouses.

xSquare, a fully owned subsidiary of Singapore engineering and transport group Goldbell, started with a single forklift retrofitted to be autonomous for Katoen Natie two years ago.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 29, 2021, with the headline Home-grown firm rolls out driverless forklifts to logistics giant. Subscribe