Smart solutions not enough, says Kalmar
With port machines getting ever-more intelligent, traditional hardware manufacturers, such as Kalmar, now find themselves straddling the hard and software line.
Speaking to Port Strategy, Kalmar president Antti Kaunonen says: “We are becoming the software company with roots in hardware. We deliver the equipment, but the value-add is more and more on the software side and on the solutions. It’s a big change in our strategy.”
Yet while port machinery today is getting to be smart, equipped and connected, that is still not enough. “Even the smartest car will not move anywhere if it detects a person on each side,” points out Mr Kaunonen. “It’s not enough to make the smartest machines, you also need the TOS or TLS or whatever the central control might be to work out a solution for an exception, for example honking the horn if you are boxed in.”
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