newsRESPONDING TO the ‘Levelling Up’ strategy revealed by Michael Gove today, Clare Bottle, chief executive of the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA), has said that it is ‘extremely disappointing after all the months of hype’ that warehousing is not so much as mentioned in the Government’s 12 Missions to Level up in the UK.
newsA key report has highlighted a warehouse supply bottleneck, which the authors claim could undermine economic growth in the UK. The Report outlines a raft of measures to tackle the crisis,
productWITH THE launch of its LiDAR-LOC 2 solution, SICK has made it easy to teach mobile machines virtual paths in order to enhance, expand, or replace physical floor-based guidance systems that use taped lines or 2D-codes.
productAS PART of its optimisation campaign Logistics 2030, EDEKA Nord again relies on the storage and picking systems of the general contractor Witron, for the design and implementation of the new regional warehouse in Neumünster.
newsTHIS IS the second business to sign a tenancy in three months at London Gateway.
articleThe innovative grocer and integrator says technological breakthroughs will boost the Ocado Smart Platform, allowing it to work faster with lower operating costs, with the strategic aims of providing shorter delivery times and quicker speed to market for installations.
newsROBOTICS AND automation solutions provider CKF Systems, which has been serving the manufacturing and logistics industries for over 30 years, has achieved its second-best trading year with £7.98 million of orders in 2021.
productA REPORT by Style Intelligence, a research firm focused on warehouse robotics, says ‘growth returned in 2021 having been stagnant at best in 2020, with many vendors reporting greater than 50% expansion’.
articleThe Christmas peak may have been a big mountain to climb, but retailers are increasingly aware that many of the challenges faced will continue well into the future. The sector must plan now for even higher levels of agility going forward. Louisa Hosegood sets out a five-point strategy for supply chain leaders.
articleLIFTING EQUIPMENT specialist Konecranes has upgraded and relaunched its popular range of belt hoists.
productSTAYLINKED HAS launched the Evolve integration platform for UK warehouse and logistics providers.
productSWISSLOG HAS strengthened its leading position in e-grocery automation solutions by landing two new projects for Rohlik, the fast-growing European e-grocery retailer. The projects are part of the Rohlik 45 MEUR automation investments.
newsDP WORLD in the UK has announced it will fast-track the delivery of a speculative 119,000 sq ft green warehouse at London Gateway’s port-centric Logistics Park to meet unprecedented demand for space at the freeport site.
productBUSINESSES WITH cold storage facilities are being urged to act fast to make use of the new application window to access Climate Change Levy savings by joining the cold storage Climate Change Agreement (CCA).
articleWe have some great advice on warehouse automation from tech-led logistics firm GXO. Its UK & Ireland managing director Gavin Williams outlines some key options to consider and updates on GXO’s advances in automation.
productRANPAK HAS acquired Recycold Cool Solutions BV, a manufacturer of sustainable cool packs. Unlike typical cool packs, Recycold Cool Packs are made from a drain safe, plant-based gel and the addition expands the diversity of Ranpak’s cold chain packaging solutions.
productTHE RETAILER has launched the UK’s first commercially used fully electric heavy freight articulated trucks.
productGREGORY DISTRIBUTION is extending the use of Bio-LNG into its milk transhipment operation, with the arrival this week of 12 new Volvo FM Globetrotter LNG 6×2 tractor units for its Cullompton base – each expected to clock-up 200,000 km per year for the next five years.
newsDavid Wells, chief executive of Logistics UK, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list, for services to transport and logistics.
newsUPCOMING CHANGES to import regulations could bring widespread disruption to UK supply chains in the New Year, warns Speedy Freight.
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