Smart tips on managing your cold store trucks
Atlet delivers excellent advice to help you keep your trucks operating efficiently in the cold store.
Getting into the Swingo
The new TASKI swingo 5000 scrubber drier is the largest and most advanced floor care machine produced by Diversey Care.
Avoiding rack disasters
Rack inspector Lionel Drage asks, are you harbouring a potential killer in your warehouse?
In-depth look at specifying RTP for the waste sector
Many legislative, environmental and financial factors are driving the increasing use of RTP in the waste management and recycling sectors argues Simon Knights, sales director – UK/Ireland at Schoeller Allibert.
Mine takes grip of Hyster tyre handler
To help change the giant tyres on heavy duty mining trucks at an iron ore mine in Austria, VA Erzberg has selected the latest Hyster tyre handling truck.
Getting the sector skills strategy right
The recent liquidation of the National Skills Academy Logistics proved a dark day for the industry and has cast doubt on whether the sector has got its skills strategy right. HSS editor Simon Duddy talks to new Skills for Logistics CEO Ross Moloney who explains the relationship between the sector skills council and the Academy as well as outlining a strategy that will deliver practical help to employers.
Drones for palletising
Qimarox has launched a study into the use of drones for product palletising.
Food supplier to Sainsbury’s and Morrisons buys Cold Stop
A leading producer of chilled ready-meals has installed Cold Stop curtains from Seymour Manufacturing International to help solve a temperature control issue.
Scheme promises affordable loans to boost logistics skills
Skills for Logistics, together with industry partners, has called on the Logistics Sector to back The Logistics Guild Credit Union – an initiative that will provide an ethical and cost efficient source of finance for the industry.
Aramex fined after man killed in warehouse roof fall
A logistics firm has been fined £250,000 after a worker was killed when he fell through a warehouse roof.
Linde bids to raise awareness
The launch of Linde Aware, a new digital sales tool, highlights a key aim of Linde Material Handling UK – to make customers aware of the full breadth of the company’s offering and to demonstrate its customer focus. HSS editor Simon Duddy talks to sales and marketing director Andrew Daly about the company’s multi-faceted approach to solving material handling challenges.
Jungheinrich IC trucks offer German engineering at a lower price
Jungheinrich will release two ranges of IC counterbalance trucks combining high quality German engineering with a lower than usual price in May.
Retail credentials
Pall-Ex was a quick adapter to the rise of eCommerce but high fuel duty remains a key concern for its members.
Is this the world’s most cost-effective fork truck?
Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks believes the new LPG version of its 1.5 to 3.5 tonne GRENDIA ES range could be the most cost-effective IC engine counterbalance truck ever built.
Carbon neutral pallet pooling
Henkel has signed a lane expansion contract for the use of pallet pooling services in Germany with CHEP.
Hormann looks at the big picture
Temperature controlled operations have always been leading the logistics industry in terms of energy efficiency and environmental impact, since this represents a key element of their cost management.
Toyota invests £7m in STR fleet
Toyota Material Handling UK meets customer demand by investing £7 million into its short-term hire fleet, with a further investment of 500 trucks planned for 2014.
Join the debate at The Health & Safety Event
The Health and Safety Event, a new national Health and Safety exhibition and conference organised by Western Business Exhibitions will take place at the NEC in Birmingham from 11th to 13th March 2014.
A fresh look at automation for Omni-channel Retail
What you need to know to get the most out of your automated Omni-channel Retail operations. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
Tips for retailers to achieve Omni-channel nirvana
Demanding clear stock visibility, keen predictive techniques and tightly managed fulfillment operations, delivery is the exciting and troubling heart of the Omni-channel experience. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
