articleResearch suggests far-reaching jobs impact of automation
Ti Insight’s Professor John Manners-Bell argues automating a labour-intensive sector such as warehousing will have repercussions.
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articleZalando to build highly automated DC in the Netherlands
The pure-play retailer will start the build right away and expects the first parcels to be delivered from summer 2021.
articleASOS hits bump in the road with automation at Eurohub
The troubled ramp-up of a new automated system at its Berlin-based European distribution centre led to the retailer issuing a profit warning.
newsAvonmouth development
St. Modwen has delivered a further two units at St. Modwen Park Access 18, the developer’s £260 million industrial and logistics scheme in Avonmouth.
newsHyundai develops industrial wearable
The car manufacturer has developed the Vest EXoskeleton (VEX), a wearable robot created to assist industrial workers who spend long hours working in overhead environments.
articleLayer picker solutions
Solutions promise to address customer need for improved and highly specialised layer picking processes.
productWaitrose abruptly shifts online fulfilment strategy
The grocer has changed its approach to online fulfilment, ditching a recently engaged partner.
news1 million sq ft warehouse portfolio changes hands
Investor Warehouse REIT has bought an eight asset fully-let portfolio of warehouse and distribution assets from Aviva Investors for £70 million.
newsGrade A warehouse let in Brackley
Colliers International along with their joint agents White Commercial and Brown & Co have secured a new tenant at Arrow Park; a Grade A warehouse and production development of eight units in Brackley, Northamptonshire.
newsFor life not landfill
Warehouses in the UK are more full than ever, with demand only going up. Something has to give – could redistribution be part of the solution?
articleRound table to provide insights on forklift safety
Forklifts present a significant danger in the warehouse and logistics setting. That’s why Handling & Storage solutions has scheduled a round table to provide answers.
productLogistics Park being built to suit eCommerce market
A warehouse and distribution complex is being designed specifically to meet the needs of eCommerce logistics.
articleWireless battery charging firm gets funding boost
Start-up Wiferion has received a capital injection from investment firms to fuel its vision to become the standard of wireless charging for the global electrified economy.
newsNorth Lincs investment
Kitchen retailer, Wren Kitchens, will open a £120m manufacturing facility in North Lincolnshire.
newsFree advanced IT for collaborative logistics
SELIS (the Shared European Logistics Intelligent Information Space), a €17 million flagship European Commission-funded research project, has announced its open source cloud-based platform with built-in industry knowledge is now available to the transport and logistics community for further development and commercialisation.
productCalor awards contract to BT Final Mile
Following a successful trial and onboarding process, BT Final Mile has announced a new contract with Calor to support the company’s field service engineering team using the Final Mile network of lockers and boxes.
productWMS drives DC optimisation for glass and tableware supplier
Utopia Tableware, the UK’s largest supplier of glass and tableware to the hospitality industry, has deployed Microlistics WMS at its recently opened DC.
productSpec development scheme extended
MEPC has confirmed that a recently announced 138,000 sq ft speculative development scheme at its high-tech business estate Silverstone Park will be increased to 258,000 sq ft due to market demand.
productGlobal market for warehouse automation to double by 2025
A market research study carried out by LogisticsIQ forecasts the global warehouse automation market more than double from $13 billion in 2018 to $27 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 11.7% between 2019 and 2025.
productCrewe warehouse planned
Logistics property developer Panattoni has submitted plans for a single warehouse of 305,000 sq ft at Crewe Commercial Park on a 14-acre plot.
