articleThe drive to reduce downtime led to Fowler Welch’s decision to switch its 170 forklift fleet to lithium-ion powered models. Head of procurement David Lowe tells HSS editor Simon Duddy how they arrived at the decision.
productInspired Pet Nutrition (IPN) has renewed its contract with Pooling Partners.
productFactory ERP software from CSB-System is helping to deliver higher speed and efficiency and full traceability both up- and downstream at the new meat processing facility of leading Belgium producer the Colruyt Group.
productA new innovation which could spell the end of the unwieldy ‘night door’ for food retailers has been warmly welcomed by top supermarkets.
newsKFC has closed more than half of its 900 UK outlets after delivery problems meant they ran out of chicken.
articleAs loss of sales quickly negates the cost benefits of switching logistic suppliers, SCALA says companies like KFC need to look at the details and plan for contingencies.
productToyota Material Handling UK will be displaying a range of equipment ideal for use in the food supply chain at Foodex 2018 at the NEC, Birmingham, 16-18 April 2018.
productsara LBS has installed two new dock levellers at one of the UK’s largest food production facilities, replacing older units that were approaching the end of their design life.
productThe Combi-WRs enable the food firm to move pallets in very narrow aisles, with the multi position tiller arm allowing the operator to stand to the side of the unit to eliminate crush risk.
articleThe UK manufacturer of loading bay equipment, Dock Solutions, has completed work on a distribution centre for new customer CM Downton. The new site will contribute to CM Downton’s huge alcohol distribution operation.
productThe French subsidiary of the agri-food group Mars has implemented automated handling systems and robotics at the XPO Logistics site at Boigny-sur-Bionne, near Orléans.
newsStowga was called upon by DHL and KFC to provide eight different warehouse spaces across the UK to help get food deliveries to restaurants back on track.
productThe Platform attachment from Packline has been designed to meet with a customer’s bespoke lifting and handling requirements while providing optimum flexibility and control.
articleWestgate had previously worked with Kingsland Drinks supplying them with Hoardfast; a part height partitioning system.
productBID Group was recently called in to a Lancashire Dairy when a new high speed door was needed for its cold store.
articleA new plastic pallet offering optimum hygiene and strength has joined the range offered by Goplasticpallets.com.
articleBidvest Logistics confirmed it has signed a long-term agreement with KFC UK & Ireland to provide renewed supply to up to 350 of their restaurants in the North of the UK, from 26th March 2018.
articleBidvest ‘effectively bails out’ DHL for a significant portion of KFC’s restaurant deliveries, after DHL ran into serious difficulties after it took the contract on.
productSauces manufacturer Jigsaw Foods in Shirebrook, Mansfield needed two new doors in one of its factory units in an area where ingredients are first unpacked to be moved into production.
articleAirflow has released a new machine that allows the insertion and removal of freezer spacers into the palletised load.
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