productA need for increased personnel safety in a hospital loading bay has led building and property maintenance contractor Booker & Best to implement an improved loading solution using a platform manufactured and supplied by Thorworld Industries.
productManufacturer Sovex has delivered a multi-million pound project boosting capacity for loose loading.
articleStertil Dock Products has installed a series of loading dock houses for Greggs to ensure safe and efficient distribution from the Group’s bakery in Birmingham.
productTransnorm Group has bought Sovex, a UK manufacturer of loading and unloading modules and components that are mainly used in parcel and distribution hubs and distribution centres for an undisclosed sum.
articleIn June 2014, members of the FEM (European Materials Handling Federation) Elevation Equipment Product Group issued new guidelines for customers, specifiers and end-users of dock levellers.
productThorworld Industries is urging companies not to skimp on the provision of training to their loading operatives, citing not only the Health & Safety risks of non-compliance but the practical benefits that can be achieved from enhanced efficiency.
articleDock houses – complete pods consisting of a dock leveller and dock shelter in one – can be useful to maximise warehouse space providing an additional area between the warehouse and the vehicles being loaded and unloaded.
productUnion Industries has added two members to its sales team following an ongoing period of increased demand from the South of England. Union says its growth has been spurred by the success of its Lifetime Warranty scheme.
productLancashire-based SAP Logistics specialist The Config Team has helped a leading UK food manufacturer to transform yard management at one of its main distribution centres with the implementation of its new YardMap interface.
productThorworld Industries is reporting significant export success, as the loading and unloading benefits of its range of mobile yardramps – already a market leader in the UK – become apparent worldwide.
productEasilift Loading Systems has reported that the sales success experienced by the company in the final quarter of 2014 has continued to accelerate, with order intake for the half year 2015 up 86% on the equivalent position in 2014.
productTransdek UK has supplied a high-specification multi-temperature DUET Wedge double deck trailer to foodservice operator Thomas Ridley, along with a new loading bay facility.
articleA medical supplies firm has boosted warehouse processes and increased space with a canopy from CopriSystems. HSS talked to Squadron Medical’s operations manager Sue Nevitt about how this was achieved.
newsDavid Newcombe, managing director of Hörmann (UK) Ltd, has raised over £3,000 for two charities after completing the Great North Run and a 350 mile cycle ride in the space of just a week.
productGerman-based Deutsche Post DHL challenged Sovex to manufacture a cutting edge, space-saving parcel handling system which has led to several multi-million pound orders.
articleTransdek UK has fulfilled a major order to supply 15 double deck lifts, and ancillary equipment, at a new Southern regional distribution centre (RDC) for TJ Morris, the Home Bargains retailer.
articleA leading think tank has recommended owners and occupiers future proof their warehouses in the face of massive market disruption from eCommerce.
articleIn June 2014, members of the FEM (European Materials Handling Federation) Elevation Equipment Product Group issued new guidelines for customers, specifiers and end-users of dock levellers. ALEM updates us on what impact this has had on industry and the implications of non-compliance.
newsRetailer extends voice technology to loading and marshalling area with improved shipping accuracy to stores the key driver. Voice is more typically used to assist picking in the warehouse.
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