articleCHEP UK & Ireland director of retail & asset management Helen Lane talks to HSS editor Simon Duddy about exciting new developments, the standardisation of last mile solutions and many other issues.
productPallet and container pooling solutions specialist, CHEP, has launched CHEP Stretch, an innovative new service that allows customers to use a market-leading, semi-automatic stretch wrap machine on a simple cost-per-wrap contract basis.
productAutomated packing systems specialist Brillopak has introduced a versatile new robotic palletiser, capable of placing a variety of container formats including crates, cases and trays onto pallets.
articleNestable plastic pallets offer clear advantages over wooden pallets for optimising order picking in the retail environment, says Jim Hardisty, managing director of Goplasticpallets.com.
productHighland Spring Group has significantly upgraded the end of line pallet conveyors and lorry loading capability at its Fells plant in Lennoxtown. The project was handled by Aetna UK and Russell Distribution.
productPallet pooling specialist, FHG IPP Logipal, has launched a range of reusable box solutions – the FHG Bulk Box, FHG High Protection Box – plus accessories including liners, flexible textile inserts and a smart pocket frame.
articleAs technology advances and the supply chain becomes increasingly automated, there are numerous cost and efficiency benefits to be gained. But, warns Jane Gorick, UK managing director of LPR, without strict quality management this also leaves the door open for ‘computer says no’ to end up costing the industry dearly.
articleIn order to transport palletised beverage cartons to the central warehouses and distribution centres of customers, the German market leader for sparkling wine, Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien equipped two of its production locations with the Beumer stretch hood M high-capacity packaging systems.
productGoplasticpallets.com is launching two new websites – Goplasticpallets.com and Goplasticboxes.com – which not only have a fresh look, but for the first time, include a useful search facility so customers can type in product codes or the name of a manufacturer to find exactly what product they are looking for.
articleFANUC Robotics UK has launched the M410-iC/185 universal palletising robot.
articleEvery logistics operator understands the challenges facing their supply chain, but many lack the belief that asset-related challenges are simple and cost effective to solve, says Richard Jenkins from RF Code.
productRM2 International S.A. has announced its intention to float on the AIM market. With an anticipated market capitalisation of £278.3 million on listing, RM2’s debut will be the largest AIM IPO in 2013, according to the company.
productWith competition rife, shop retailers are more reliant than ever on their promotional displays for grabbing customers’ attention and Goplasticpallets.com believes it holds the solution with its plastic point-of-sale pallet.
productCarlsberg UK has signed a new contract with pallet pooling operator LPR to solely manage the pallet movements for all of its brands, which include Carlsberg, San Miguel, Tetley’s and Holsten Pils.
productLast year saw pallet pooling specialist, FHG IPP Logipal, achieve its ninth successive year of double-digit growth since its foundation in 2005.
articleQimarox has launched a study into the use of drones for product palletising.
productOffering the advantages of traditional bale arm crates, Goplasticboxes.com’s range of stacking and nesting food crates have the additional benefit of a prolonged life span.
articlePall-Ex was a quick adapter to the rise of eCommerce but high fuel duty remains a key concern for its members.
articleHenkel has signed a lane expansion contract for the use of pallet pooling services in Germany with CHEP.
productThe European Pallet Association e. V. (EPAL) has recorded production of the 30-millionth Euro pallet with the EPAL logo on four corner blocks.
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