productPalletline is opening a secondary hub in Coventry, a large proportion of which will provide a dedicated processing centre for Amazon as part of its ongoing strategic partnership and to help fulfill demand created by the online retail giant.
productRecent high profile news articles on plastics polluting the oceans and conflicting reports about the success rates of recycling could result in a confusing message, warns Jim Hardisty, managing director of Goplasticpallets.com.
productFood supply chain expert Fowler Welch has won additional business from long-standing customer Worldwide Fruit, doubling the volume of product stored and distributed via its national network.
productCHEP enabled Highland Spring Group to achieve substantial environmental savings, reducing CO2 emissions by 56% per year compared with white wood pallets.
articleThe pallet network has taken on a new hub in Coventry and one facet of its operation will be the consolidation of in-bound pallets to Amazon fulfilment centres. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
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productJoloda helps business improve time-efficiency by providing automatic loading and unloading systems for industrial applications. The three systems provided are the Trailerskate, the Slipchain and the Moving Floor System.
productOmega’s latest portable temperature and humidity data loggers offer accurate and repeatable logging for temperature (OM-91) and temperature/relative humidity (OM-92).
productKern has released 24/7 Smart Terminals, included an option that is suited to storing refrigerated or frozen food or pharmaceuticals.
productKernPack has released PackOnTime to help optimise production or shipping processes and increase productivity, while ensuring environmentally friendly use of resources.
newsFSDF has appointed a new Chief Executive to follow Chris Sturman who will be retiring after nine years at the helm.
newsRob Gittins, who has developed the firm’s Fulfilment business, has taken over from Dave Walmsley who left recently.
articleLocated at the DP World London Gateway Logistics Park, the UK package processing hub has capacity to process up to 28,000 packages per hour.
newsDemand for UK logistics space continues to be resilient with the first quarter of 2018 being the strongest for the past three years, according to research from Cushman & Wakefield.
articleTo increase revenue and market share, 3PLs are improving packaging and delivery systems, entering quality agreements with partner firms, and investing in temperature monitoring, according to Sharan Raj, a lead analyst for logistics research at Technavio.
productScrewfix has officially opened its fourth warehouse, in Fradley, near Lichfield, expanding its distribution base to meet the needs of its customer demand and growing store network. The new DC will be operated by Wincanton on behalf of Screwfix.
articleWhether a business is moving goods around the warehouse or on the road in transit, when it comes to pallets, load retention is key, says Kite Packaging.
articleThe contract with Clipper Logistics is a bid to keep up with the demands of fast fashion.
productThe owner of TK Maxx has reappointed DHL Supply Chain to manage its logistics operations across Europe for a further five years, building on its established relationship.
articleRakuten Super Logistics has partnered with inVia Robotics to integrate picking robots into its US warehouses.
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