Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) plans to reorganize its warehouse automation businesses in Europe and the United States to unify all warehouse automation-related organizations under the Toyota Automated Logistics (TAL) unit, the company said.
The new organizational structure is expected to begin operations in April 2026 and will focus on growing Toyota’s warehouse automation business through faster, group-wide decision-making. Overall, the company’s warehouse automation units provide automated systems for warehousing, storage, retrieval (picking) and other logistics processes in warehouses, distribution centers and factories.
The units affected by the reorganization would include three divisions: its Dutch subsidiary Vanderlande Industries Holding BV, which manages large-scale automation systems for airports, package handling and warehouse automation; its German subsidiary viastore Intralogistics Holding GmbH, which is dedicated to automating small and medium-sized warehouses; and its American subsidiary Bastian Solutions, LLC. Toyota acquired Vanderlande in 2017, acquired Bastian also in 2017, and acquired viastore in 2022.
Since absorbing these units, TICO says it has worked to strengthen collaboration between the organizations and create synergies through gradual organizational restructuring. To do this, the company can take three steps:
- In Europe, Toyota Industries plans to merge the warehouse automation businesses of Vanderlande and viastore.
- In the United States, TICO could integrate the American warehouse automation activities of Bastian and Vanderlande
- At the same time, Vanderlande will continue to specialize in airport and parcel operations, offering even higher value-added solutions and services.