articleFSDF helps with DEFRA food chain emergency planning
DEFRA has published two new reports examining the potential impact of natural disasters on UK food supply and appropriate contingency planning.
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productMeeting the Christmas potato rush
Spaciotempo helped Greenvale ramp up potato production to meet a massive increase in demand from major supermarkets over the festive period.
productFresh produce wholesaler returns to Conveyor Systems
CSL has installed a conveying and packing system at a national fresh produce wholesaler.
productKanes Foods awards contract to Pooling Partners
Pallet pooling specialist, IPP Logipal UK & Ireland, part of Pooling Partners, has won a sole-supply contract from Kanes Foods, one of the UK’s most respected suppliers of fresh prepared chilled produce to the major multiples. Previously, Kanes Foods dual-sourced its pallets.
productSamson Nano to show its transparent costing
Samuel Grant will exhibit its Samson Nano palletwrapper at Foodex 2016.
articleAutomation relieves pressure
Dave Mayne, UK operations manager at integrated logistics provider Partner Logistics, looks at the challenges faced by the cold storage industry faces and how warehouse automation can help to overcome them.
articleReaching up in plunging temperatures
Food group deploys Combi-WR pedestrian reach stacker from Combilift in cold store.
articleAir hoist concept for clean applications
Materials handling specialists J D Neuhaus will present their concept study of a stainless steel air hoist for the first time at the LogiMAT 2016 exhibition.
articleProtect against rust and humidity
TCM forklifts has introduced an anti-corrosion assurance for its counterbalance truck range (FTB, FB and FHB).
articlePlea for information as man shot dead during warehouse robbery
Detectives have launched a major murder investigation after a man was shot dead during an attempted robbery at a warehouse in Birmingham on February 3.
article110,000 sq ft cold store extension gets go-ahead
Temperature controlled food distribution business Reed Boardall has been granted planning permission for a 110,000sq ft extension to one of its largest and most modern cold stores.
articleNew build automated cold store for food firm
Egemin Automation has embarked upon a new major phase in the construction of the new deepfreeze warehouse of Agristo in Belgium, the installation of the automated stacker cranes.
productWhisky pallets
Scott Pallets’ specially designed bespoke ‘whisky pallets’ are produced to withstand the particular demands of the whisky industry, such as excessive weight bearing capabilities and an unusually long life span for holding whisky casks whilst the product matures in storage.
productAre you the best forklift instructor?
RTITB lift truck training instructors are invited to compete in the first RTITB Lift Truck Instructor of the Year competition which is being run in association with FoodEx and UniCarriers.
productStrategic SAP partner
Supply chain and mobility specialist, Rocket Consulting, is working as a strategic SAP partner on an award-winning Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) system.
articleNestlé invests in AGVs at baby & infant food plant
The Nestlé factory in Biessenhofen (Bavaria) ranks as one of the most important production sites for baby and infant food in the world. To ensure the 24/7 operation of its production, the multinational food company has commissioned Egemin Automation to automate all material handling flows in the plant.
articleYearsley optimises warehouse flow with dense racking
SSI Schaefer has delivered a new pallet storage solution to Yearsley Logistics’ Belle Eau Park distribution centre at Newark.
productImproving moving & handling
According to The Tube and Bracket Company, optimising workstations, introducing live storage, roller track and carts and trolleys purpose built to store, handle and transport items, are changes that can be made to improve the layout and ergonomics of working areas and ensure produce, components and tools are always within easy reach.
articleRepair with minimum disruption
Uretek MD Roland Caldbeck explains how warehouse floor stabilisation need not be disruptive.
productDomino’s Pizza DC set for Warrington
Omega Warrington Ltd (OWL) is seeking to welcome a second manufacturer to Omega with a deal pending, subject to planning, with Domino’s Pizza Development Ltd.
