Quick void fill
Protective packaging manufacturer Sealed Air has launched a low cost inflator for void fill protection.
Containers key link in the cold chain
At the beginning of last year, Singapore-based supermarket Sheng Siong was looking for a safe and reliable way to distribute temperature sensitive products to its stores.
Aldi builds big cold store DC
Aldi’s new cold store warehouse and distribution centre at Goldthorpe, near Barnsley, features a single envelope design by ISD Solutions and incorporates high performance insulated panels and a solar PV system from Kingspan.
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Mini-load collapsible tote for parts
Orbis has developed a 600 x 400 Mini-Load Collapsible tote, a handheld container designed for use with custom protective dunnage to increase part density, reduce part damage and efficiently ship and store parts.
Yusen Logistics fails to protect agency worker in loading bay
A leading logistics firm has been prosecuted after an agency worker fell from a loading ramp at their site on the Isle of Grain in Kent.
Suited to long runs
Combilift has added to its 4-way sideloader portfolio with 4 wheel models designed for long runs.
Centralised recycling approach
Home, leisure and garden products retail group, The Range uses a Middleton baler and conveyor to help with an active policy on minimising waste to landfill.
Protect your profits
Retailers who do not invest in automated systems that can accommodate volume growth, reduce costs and ensure smooth supply chain flow will struggle to compete, warns Gordon Smith, CEO of SDI Group.
Reducing manual handling
Steel stockholder Abram Pulman and Sons has taken delivery of two more Sidetracker multi-directional trucks.
Wood supplier sources fuel efficient fleet
Metsä Wood UK bought three Baumann LPG powered HX 4 tonne sideloaders for its Widnes-based production facility. There is a total of eight Baumann sideloaders on-site.
Made to boost profits
Atlet says every one of its forklift trucks are developed and produced for a specific reason: to improve the customer’s profitability.
Operating in tight spaces
European Handling Equipment has launched the latest generation of Mariotti compact electric rider forklifts in the UK.
Management needs to be aware of risks
The Fork Lift Truck Association has emphasised that managers need to be aware of forklift-related dangers, in the wake of the prosecution of a company and one of its directors after a forklift accident.
Safer tires safer logistics
Tires on forklifts play a critical role in their safe use says Trelleborg Wheel Systems; they are the only part of a forklift that is in constant contact with the ground. Like cars forklift trucks have become significantly safer pieces of equipment in recent years, better design, better features and better regulation surrounding working practices have all contributed to making warehouses safer operations.
Bendi adds multidirectional forklifts
After once again listening to the needs of the market place, Bendi, the global leading British manufacturer of articulated forklift trucks has extended their already impressive product range with the introduction of the Hubtex electric, LPG and diesel three-wheel multidirectional forklifts.
Argos warehouse worker strike set to escalate
Unite, the union is to escalate industrial action at Argos warehouses in a dispute over weekend working.
Plastic quarter pallet launched by CHEP
CHEP has introduced a new generation plastic quarter pallet that is initially being used by more than 1,400 customers in Germany.
Costain hit with £600,000+ fine and costs after telehandler death
Global engineering specialist Costain has been ordered to pay more than £615,000 in fines and costs after a worker was killed when a telehandler overturned during the construction of the Parkway development in Newbury.
Automation is the key to online retail
Automated handling equipment suppliers and the logistics professionals that will design, operate and maintain these systems have an absolutely critical role to play in online retail, says HSS Editor Simon Duddy.
