productFSDF to tackle food challenges at leading show
UK trade body Food Storage & Distribution Federation (FSDF) is to exhibit at this year’s Foodex exhibition at the NEC Birmingham, From 18th – 20th April 2016.
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articleVoices from the cloud say ‘you can save money’
Voice software is joining the migration to the cloud says Voxware president and CEO Keith Phillips.
articleEffective palletising key for safe transit
For buyers in charge of purchasing effective production lines on behalf of food and drinks manufacturers, every decision they make is ruled primarily by two factors; time and cost, says Daniel Lambie, sales and marketing director for Kensal Handling Systems.
productStrong & hygienic
Thirty one extra plastic pallets available in the UK only through Goplasticpallets.com will be revealed over the next few months as the company launches its new CABKA-IPS pallet range.
productAsda chooses Star Refrigeration for chilled and frozen DC
The green credentials of Asda’s new chilled and frozen distribution centre in the North West have been bolstered by an environmentally conscious cooling system from Star Refrigeration.
articleGoing further to optimise space
Articulated forklift manufacturer Bendi specialises in products that optimise space in the warehouse and back of store.
articleAsda invests in space efficient automated storage
Swisslog’s AutoStore boosts space efficiency at Asda’s Lutterworth IDC providing an advanced storage and picking solution featuring 140 robots.
newsAmazon warehouse workers strike in Germany
Around 700 Amazon warehouse workers in Germany went on a one-day strike over pay this month.
blogDeutsch arbeiter über Amazon?
The rise of eCommerce is a bright spot in a gloomy economic landscape but it is also bringing new problems and new battlegrounds for old problems.
productGuernsey harbour crane
Terex Port Solutions has delivered and commissioned a Terex Gottwald HMK 170 E Mobile Harbour Crane to St. Peter Port Harbour in Guernsey, UK. This represents the first phase of the project, with another HMK 170 E crane scheduled for delivery during November 2013.
newsPallet turner causes crush injury for 51 year old
51-year-old David Wain suffered serious injuries when a 1.5 tonne pallet of tin plates fell onto his right lower leg and foot when he was employed by Emballator UK at its factory in Bradford. Emballator UK was fined £12,000 and ordered to pay £3,769 in full costs.
productHeaters for large spaces
Powrmatic’s TE range of gas and oil fired free-standing air rotation heaters deliver highly efficient heating with excellent temperature control for large spaces such as warehouses, factories, retail ‘sheds’, leisure facilities etc.
productForth Ports see the light
LED lighting provided by Dialight has eliminated a maintenance problem in a bulk store operated by Forth Ports at its Leith facility.
articleEngineering firm goes for reliable service from Windsor
When its existing materials handling contract came to an end, engineering firm ConMech turned to Windsor Material Handling and its local partnership approach for a competitive price combined with a reliable service.
news‘Elephant in the room’ as billions spent on omnichannel
A report from LCP Consulting has found UK’s non-food retail sector set to invest almost £5 billion in omnichannel retailing – an integrated retail experience across stores, mobile devices and internet etc – within the next five years.
articleReturnable crates cut packaging waste
The UK’s leading fresh fruit and vegetable supplier to the restaurant and catering industry has implemented a reusable transit packaging (RTP) crate scheme with Schoeller Allibert, to reduce waste and keep produce fresh. Reynolds estimates that, as a result, over the last year it has sent out 750,000 fewer cardboard and wooden boxes to customers and saved hundreds of tonnes of cardboard and paper.
articleCorrugated packaging proves a flexible friend
Corrugated packaging has adapted to provide solutions suiting eCommerce, retail-ready requirements and much else, says Charapak MD Richard Smith.
articleNo growing pains
Specialist grower, Barfoots of Botley makes productivity and environmental gains by introducing Jungheinrich’s lithium-ion powered pallet trucks to its fleet.
articlePorsche revamps small parts storage with BITO
A total of 168,000 bins and trays supplied by BITO are used for automated small parts storage at the Porsche central spare parts warehouse in Germany.
articleAutomated pick and pack
Increased use of automation has allowed Unipart to shrink the footprint of the picking and packing operation within one of its warehouses.
