newsPharma player’s move has supply chain resilience at its core
Consumer health company Opella has launched a $70 million production facility in Mexico.
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newsUnipart supply chain lead for ORION defence consortium
Unipart, KBR and IBM have launched Team ORION to bid for defence contracts at the UK Ministry of Defence.
articleTurning up the heat: why UK warehouses are not built for a 30 deg C reality
The conversation around the future warehouse typically centres on automation, humanoid robotics, labour shortages and e-commerce growth. Increasingly, however, there is another factor shaping performance, heat. In the UK, this is not about Mediterranean-style extremes, but something more subtle and arguably more dangerous: a logistics network built for a temperate climate that is now regularly operating outside its design envelope. Tristan Holiday comments.
newsPackaging firm secures 100% renewable electricity
Independent packaging supplier Hub Packaging has announced a strategic partnership with renewable energy provider 3T Power that will see its facilities powered by 100% locally generated renewable electricity.
newsIron Mountain partners with Creating Tomorrow College to open new Rugby campus
The strengthened partnership is designed to help young adults with special educational needs and disabilities build the skills, confidence and experience needed to move towards employment.
newsLeidos and DHL form UK defence logistics alliance
The partnership intends to bring integrated, resilient and scalable logistics capabilities aligned to the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Future Defence Support Services (FDSS) programme.
newsInfios adds gamification platform to accelerate warehouse optimisation
The global leader in intelligent supply chain execution has announced vaibe will join the Infios suite of solutions.
productOPEX wins SupplyTech Breakthrough’s 2026 ASRS Innovation of the Year Award
OPEX Corporation, a global leader in Next Generation Automation providing innovative solutions for warehouse, document and mail automation, has been presented with the 2026 ASRS Innovation of the Year Award by leading independent market intelligence agency SupplyTech Breakthrough.
newsShip Sherpa launches to shake up same-day logistics
Ship Sherpa, a new AI-native logistics platform built to modernise same-day delivery, has officially launched in Manchester.
newsYusen Logistics opens European HQ in Antwerp
The new headquarters serves as the nerve centre of Yusen Logistics’ European operations, housing approximately 140 employees and supporting the company’s continued growth across the continent.
newsNew dry bulk rail terminal at the Port of Middlesbrough
AV Dawson has announced a £5 million investment in a new dry bulk rail terminal at the Port of Middlesbrough.
newsFedEx Life Sciences launches
The dedicated organisation will support the increasingly complex movement of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biologics, clinical trials, and other critical healthcare shipments.
newsReshaping global supply chains could cost $23.6 trillion by 2050
The cost of replicating China-linked supply chains across the US, UK and Eurozone could reach approximately $23.6 trillion by 2050, according to new EY-Parthenon analysis.
articleNew food waste rules aim at the bin but it starts in the cold chain
Weekly household food waste collections are now rolling out under Simpler Recycling, and by March 2027 even the smallest firms will have to separate their food waste from general rubbish. Amit Sandhu of Paragon Logistics argues the rules target the caddy, when most avoidable waste is decided far earlier, in the temperature-controlled links that set what reaches the shelf fit to sell.
productUK bakers keep reusable asset losses below 10%
Bakers Basco (representing the leading UK plant bakers) has kept gross attrition rates for its reusable bread baskets and dollies below 10%, despite the continued loss of equipment through theft, misuse and illegal recycling.
newsCEVA Logistics opens new distribution facility in Derby to support eCommerce growth
The leader in third-party logistics, has announced the opening of a new large-scale warehouse operation in Derby, UK.
articleAutomation is a given – how you handle it is the key
The key theme at Tomorrow’s Warehouse Coventry was operations professionals coming together to share insights and finds ways to ‘do transformation’ better in the warehouse.
newsTPN appoints UK network director
The Pallet Network (TPN), part of Culina Group, has appointed Matt Garland as its UK network director.
articleGXO sets out AI transformation agenda
Artificial intelligence is moving from experiment to operational architecture in logistics, Nizar Trigui, chief technology officer at GXO Logistics explains to Logistics Matters editor Simon Duddy.
articleThe agility advantage
In the world of logistics, the last five years have felt less like a business cycle and more like a gauntlet. Dionne Redpath, group chief operating officer and warehouse division director at Europa Worldwide Group tells Logistics Matters editor Simon Duddy the operating environment remains defined by volatility, cost pressure and constant recalibration.
