3PL quickly deploys vehicle loading bay
Fabric building specialist Rubb created a new hub for vehicle loading operations for Walkers Transport in just six weeks.
Fabric building specialist Rubb created a new hub for vehicle loading operations for Walkers Transport in just six weeks.
Chemicals firm Johnson Matthey needed a canopy structure to create a covered loading area for trailers due to concerns that the wind around the trailer posts could cause whiplash and become a safety risk for employees.
Online grocery specialist Ocado is a key innovators in the food market, but an early challenge they faced was keeping chilled and frozen products cold and in safe conditions but, importantly out of the warehouse space, to keep the warehouse free for the new products constantly coming in.
Delivery specialist for chilled and frozen goods Long Lane Deliveries has enhanced its client focused capabilities, with the addition of Thorworld Dock Plates.
One of the UK’s leading food and confectionery manufacturers relies upon a pair of Stertil FlexiEdge fast-action doors to provide access to a fork truck drivers training facility and a stores area within its manufacturing and distribution complex in York.
The leading door provider has unveiled the new HS 5012PU 42 S spiral door, which features a 215mm narrow side element, which allows for quick and easy installation, even in the tightest of spaces.
HSS editor Simon Duddy visited Hörmann’s iconic headquarters in Steinhagen, Germany, and sat down with Hörmann UK’s projects director, Tom Langley, to discover the latest developments in loading bays.
BID Group has successfully completed the major contract for the installation of 74 Klimate K2 high speed freezer doors at the retailer’s new dedicated national frozen food distribution facility at Prologis Park Pineham, Northampton.
Working for an international food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services business, Hart is installing a number of its Speedor high speed door range at a major UK production facility.
Sara LBS has supplied all the loading bay equipment for the new £6million Dalcross Distribution Centre at Inverness Airport Business Park (IABP).
Joloda provides a wide variety loading systems to suit a broad range of operations.
Loading bays are an area where significant improvements can be made for any business looking to improve the overall efficiency of its operations, whilst also improving thermal performance and ensuring the highest standards of site safety and security, Here Phil Clark, industrial service manager at Hörmann UK, explores the key features professionals should be focussing on in order to successfully manage the increasing demands placed on warehouse and storage facilities.
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Interfloor’s busy warehouse facility had been operating two, regularly serviced, rented Thorworld mobile yardramps; positioned to safely load and offload raw materials to and from trailers using a fork lift truck.
Dematic has debuted PackMyRide, which is said to be the first fully automated parcel loading solution concept for the last mile.
John Munnelly, head of operations at John Lewis & Partners will present on Automation – a journey or a destination? at the next Warehouse Technology Group Live event in Manchester on June 5.
Transdek, the leading manufacturer of specialist loading equipment for double deck trailers, recently fitted a modular loadhouse and goods transit lobby at A.F. Blakemore’s Tipton distribution centre.
The installation of Thorworld kit helps the 3PL to maximise safety.
Based at Hörmann UK’s HQ in Coalville, Leicester, the facility offers comprehensive training.
Thorworld’s rent-a-ramp solution keeps wheels in motion for Nagel Group’s improved warehouse development.