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Super-fast case marking

Designer and manufacturer of offline advanced carton feeding systems, Rotech is unveiling its new RF-Box Feeder at PPMA 2015, stand B74. The launch is in response to an unprecedented number of enquiries from food and FMCG packers wanting to code secondary flat-pack boxes and cartons offline.

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Next generation WMS

Worldwide Chain Stores (WCS) has announced general availability of its latest warehouse management system, CSnx. A next generation platform, CSnx offers organisations easy-to-use, flexible, scalable and relevant out-of-the-box capability to automate, diagnose and seamlessly manage the supply chain from procurement of inventory through to management of the warehouse.

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DSV opens up more routes to and from Poland

DSV, the world’s fifth largest freight service provider, has announced it is broadening its services to and from Poland. With the addition of Gdansk and Poznan on top of the existing routes from the company’s terminals in Warsaw, Wroclaw and Łódź, DSV now offers direct services covering all the industrial areas of Poland.

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Bubble wrap alternative

Antalis Packaging has become an exclusive distribution partner of newly the launched Geami WrapPak, an eco-friendly and cost effective paper packaging alternative to plastic bubble wrap from Ranpak.

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Peak programme leader

Independent parcel carrier Yodel has appointed Mark Horrobin to the newly created role of peak programme director.

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Asian group buys 200 US warehouses

Global Logistic Properties (GLP), a leading provider of logistics facilities in China, Japan and Brazil, has acquired a $4.55 billion US logistics portfolio from Industrial Income Trust.

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Streamlined expense management

The UK’s largest bathroom retailer bathstore has invested in aCloud Expense from Access Group. The solution will streamline the expense process for hundreds of bathstore employees who claim expenses.

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Cost effective load unit security

At this year’s FachPack, which taken place in Nuremberg, 29th Sep to 1st Oct, film producer DUO PLAST will demonstrate how the right combination of stretch film, wrapping machine and technology for examining and auditing of packaging concepts leads to an effective load unit security at optimal costs.

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New brand campaign

Employees at refrigerated courier experts Igloo have been transformed into superheroes as part of its new brand campaign, which reflects a major investment by Igloo in its fleet of vans, IT infrastructure and customer service support.

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Depot investment

Fast-growing Cheshire and North Wales transport firm Delivery Solutions (Delsol) has invested £¼m on building a new warehouse to extend its Deeside depot.

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Trial shows longer semi-trailers are safe

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says figures just released by the Department for Transport (DfT) show that longer semi-trailers pose no greater safety risk and are valuable in reducing HGV miles and making carbon savings.

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RHA launches petition to end Operation Stack

The RHA has launched a mass petition to restore law and order in Calais, to put an end to Operation Stack and to stop the misery for hundreds of thousands of holiday makers planning to cross the Channel.

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RHA urges PM to witness Calais crisis first hand

RHA Chief Executive Richard Burnett has written to the Prime Minister requesting an urgent meeting regarding the crisis at Calais, the effect on the UK haulage industry and the implications for the economy as a whole.

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The apprentice

Apprentice Alex Woltman has secured a full-time role at strapping equipment specialist Mosca Direct.

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Law firm: don’t fine haulage companies over migrants

Law firm Moore Blatch is calling on the Government to waive fines for haulage companies and drivers who find they are unwittingly transporting ‘clandestine entrants’ in their vehicles, until the escalating border control situation in Calais has been rectified.

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Warehousing sites sought

Leading supplier of warehousing in the north of England, Onward Holdings is looking for additional units to purchase, or potentially buy land, as part of investment plans aimed at delivering much-needed locations for companies to set up logistics operations in the Yorkshire area.

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