productJohn Lewis leases small warehouse to serve Southampton
Retailer, John Lewis, has completed on the pre-let of Unit 3 at South Central, Southampton, at £9 per sq ft, on a 15-year lease, from Peel Logistics and Rockspring.
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newsPallet collar business acquired
James Jones & Sons (Pallets & Packaging) has today announced the acquisition of one of the UK’s leading pallet collar manufacturers, Billington International, for an undisclosed sum.
productAndroid migration
Brighthouse has used TranSend ePOD to manage deliveries and collections between its depots, stores and customers for five years on rugged Windows Mobile devices.
productWincanton deploys TranSend delivery app
Its vehicle fleet will have new smartphone software to track and trace deliveries following a successful trial. This move demonstrates the company’s commitment to harnessing digital innovation for the benefit of both its workforce and customers.
productEnhanced customer unboxing experience
Storopack has introduced the PaperPlus Papillon system for protective packaging.
productMultifloor dispatch warehouse conveyor
Conveyor Systems Ltd (CSL) has provided a conveying system for the new SGS Engineering NDC in Derby.
productBattery protection
The IonPak, a reusable FLC and dunnage system, has been designed to protect electric vehicle batteries in the supply chain.
newsThe Government issues help documents for no-deal
Technical papers on coping with a no-deal scenarios released by UK Government.
productFood distributors warn of £100m red diesel shock
The Government plans to remove food distributors’ prerogative to use red diesel to power refrigeration on vehicles to reduce air pollution.
newsUKWA welcomes no-deal Brexit guidelines
UKWA – the United Kingdom Warehousing Association – has welcomed the Government’s recently published guidance for British businesses on trading with the EU in the event that a Brexit deal cannot be reached.
articleDistribution company fine tunes RFID operation
An RFID tagging project for a major distribution company was at risk of failing without expert analysis of the difficulties. The system was achieving a 99.5% success rate in the outbound lane but only a 70% to 80% success rate in the in-bound lane. CoreRFID was hired to diagnose and help resolve the issue.
productTemporary loading canopy wins business for 3PL
3PL Mars-Jones has seen its business grow significantly thanks to the installation of a temporary loading canopy.
productKnifeless opening of boxes
Tesa has launched a packaging tape – tesa 4190 – which is designed to facilitate knifeless opening of boxes and cartons.
productPlastic pallet boxes for automated facility
Goplasticpallets.com has just completed one of its most challenging pallet box deliveries to date, delivering 19,750 plastic pallet boxes to GA Pet Food Partners.
productGreen packaging
Pregis will be showcasing its latest eco-friendly packaging technology at FachPack in Nuremburg, Germany from 25 to 27 September.
productSmart glasses for connected field workers
Vuzix has announced its M300 smart glasses now support TechSight, an augmented reality solution for distribution centre workers developed by Honeywell Intelligrated for its Lifecycle Support Services customers.
productEnvironmental award won
Howard Tenens Logistics has won the UKWA “Environmental Award” 2018.
productUnipart bags NHS logistics contract worth £730m
The government has agreed a 5-year contract as part of the new NHS Supply Chain, which aims to save billions of pounds and simplify the NHS goods-buying process.
productHouse of Fraser Milton Keynes DC to close says GMB
GMB said its members were informed on September 6 that the Milton Keynes depot of House of Fraser will close on November 27 with the loss of more than 300 jobs.
productThink again about plastic
Jim Hardisty, MD of Goplasticpallets.com speaks out about his concern over the media attacks on plastic and why he feels more needs to be done to regain public confidence in plastic.
