Sweating storage assets
Making the most of valuable and scarce warehouse space was a key theme at the Warehouse Technology Group’s recent event in Manchester. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
Semi-automated option
Grocery retailer SPAR in Austria is operating a semi-automated solution from KNAPP that enables goods to be picked directly from pallets to roll containers, dispensing with the need for decanting.
Logistics industry concern BREXIT could lead to higher duties
Ian Stansfield (pictured), former VP Logistics & Supply Chain for Asda and now managing director of Summit Consulting raised the concern at the Annual Logistics Debate, which was hosted by supply chain consultancy SCALA in association with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT).
Get yourself connected with Jungheinrich at IMHX
Jungheinrich UK will use IMHX to showcase and demonstrate the significant customer benefits delivered by its broad range of materials handling products and intralogistics solutions.
Major wood recycler invests in Windsor fleet
Windsor Material Handling takes strong partner approach to meeting the MHE needs of Hadfield Wood Recyclers.
Flexibility of automation key to Ramadan rush
Retailers looking to respond to seasonal demands are turning to automation to achieve the flexibility and rapid scalability required.
MPs hammer Mike Ashley for litany of warehouse worker abuses
Mike Ashley, Deputy Executive Chairman, founder of, and majority shareholder in Sports Direct must be held accountable for the appalling working conditions and practices at the retailer’s shops and at the Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire, the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee finds in its report on Employment practices at Sports Direct.
David Selfe new Southgate Packaging BDM
Southgate Packaging Group has appointed David Selfe as an additional Business Development Manager.
A-Safe to unveil a revolution in rack safety at IMHX
Would a racking collapse pulverise your productivity? Would it ruin your reputation? Could it even cripple your company?
Rulmeca UK to showcase rollers and components at PPMA Total Show
Rulmeca UK will introduce all the rollers and components dedicated to process and packaging machines.
A-Safe unveils a revolution in rack safety
RackEye by A-Safe is designed to allow managers to monitor rack integrity via a smartphoen app and help them proactively manage rack safety.
Throughput boost in single item orders at JD Williams
Axiom GB has completed an automated packing line solution for JD Williams, the UK’s largest independent home shopping retailer, at its Lilac & Briar Mill facility in Shaw, Lancashire.
Brexit dominates SCALA debate
I attended the annual SCALA Logistics Debate in July. It is always excellent – thought-provoking, packed with presenters brimming with insight. This latest Debate was even better still as it happened in the immediate wake of the UK’s referendum vote to leave the European Union. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
Relevel key to continued safe operation
Uretek were brought in to relevel the floor of a major industrial building while allowing it to remain fully operational.
Online stock database launches
Zupplychain has launched its Stock Database, the latest development of its website available to warehouse providers registered with it.
Lowest platform height
Hubtex has developed a new freely manoeuvrable platform truck with a platform height of 457mm and load capacity of up to 35 tons or 70 tons in its coupled operating mode.
Paperboard firm installs overhead crane
Terex Material Handling has installed a Demag double girder overhead travelling process crane at Iggesund Paperboard’s production facility in Cumbria.
Yale launches pedestrian stacker series
The trucks promise to deliver a range of improvements in through-mast visibility and load lifting controls.
Low emissions and no DPF
UniCarriers has introduced its new Advanced Turbo Diesel engine for its GX series of forklifts.
Monitor performance
With Smart Dynamics, Toyota Material Handling presents its ultimate approach to making material handling operations safer and more efficient.
