productToyota Industries Corporation’s acquisition of Vanderlande – the global market leader for value-added logistic process automation at airports and in the parcel market, as well as being a leading supplier for warehouses – has been completed.
productDematic revamps its HQ as an attractive destination for customers and prospects to discuss solutions and see automated equipment in action. The firm also sees the facility as key in cherry picking the brightest talent.
productThe UKWA Awards reward excellence in the third party logistics sector and attract entries from some of the most influential companies in the logistics and materials handling industry.
articleLogistex has designed and installed a sortation solution for Clipper’s latest facility located at the M1 Junction 15 near Northampton.
productEuroSort received the Innovation Prize for the best further-developed product at Promat 2017.
productFresh Marketing and Belvoir Fruit Farms have joined the customer portfolio at Fowler Welch’s ambient flagship in Heywood, Greater Manchester. Both businesses have come on board with Fowler Welch in ongoing contracts, beginning in March.
productThe pure-play fashion retailer will put the money towards an automated ‘super-site’ of c.600,000 sq ft, which is intended to provide boohoo with over £2 billion of net sales capacity.
articleHSS editor Simon Duddy meets distribution centre manager Allan More at fast fashion retailer Quiz’s distribution centre in Bellshill near Glasgow, and hears how automated systems integrator Logistex helped it implement a leading edge approach to logistics.
articleWith OFP (Optimal Fresh Picking), Witron has applied for a patent that combines all applications of efficient fresh food logistics in one system.
articleHSS editor Simon Duddy reports on the opening of the new facility and also hears Dematic talk about key trends in automated warehousing.
articleDescartes has launched the pixi* eCommerce WMS in the UK, which does not require a high level of mechanical automation in the warehouse to have an impact.
productSo, what exactly is it all about? Can I go out and buy Industry 4.0? Is it a tightly written specification of what Industrial organisation is supposed to look like?
articleThe growth in single-piece picking is driving increasing interest in automation. Craig Rollason, MD of KNAPP UK, outlines the latest trends.
productDarren Alden has taken on the role, having previously worked at Logistex, where he was responsible for their residential sites.
productDematic, a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimise the supply chain, today announced the appointment of Jan Vercammen as Dematic Managing Director for Central Europe effective immediately, replacing Barbara Wladarz.
articleAutomation specialist, Swisslog, is inviting businesses looking to invest in robot-based and data-driven intralogistics solutions to take a virtual tour around their own future warehouse.
productIntralogistics solutions specialist, Narrow Aisle, has appointed Pete Lancaster to the position product manager – Flexi Systems.
productTGW completes automated warehousing solution for new £83 million Defence Fulfilment Centre.
articleJames Sharples, Managing Director of Swisslog UK, shares his thoughts on the challenges impacting warehouses, and how using tomorrow’s technology today could abolish these issues.
articleLogistics is in a phase of historically significant change, says Simon Barkworth, UK managing director of Crown Lift Trucks, meaning it is a fascinating time to work in the business he tells HSS editor Simon Duddy.
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