newsKevin Richardson to take over from Steve Agg as CILT CEO
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK has today announced that Kevin Richardson FCILT has been appointed as the new Chief Executive.
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articleResearch finds RFID market exceeds $10bn milestone in 2015
RFID is thriving, reaching total sales of $10.1bn in 2015 with a large scope ahead for continued roll-out in many established markets and growth in new markets.
articleGets to grips with returnable transit packaging
Companies in the food industry can benefit greatly from a supply chain audit, says Schoeller Allibert.
productRackable multi-trip box with superior strength
Goplasticpallets.com has introduced a new multi-trip pallet box. The Trip Box offers the benefits of a sleeve pack system, with improved strength and excellent performance in racking.
articleYusen Logistics supports first National Lorry Week
Yusen Logistics UK is supporting National Lorry Week, a new initiative to help raise awareness of the road freight industry and its importance to the UK economy.
newsFTA calls on Government to support logistics apprenticeships
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on the Government to support logistics industry apprenticeships in its submission to the Transport Select Committee inquiry into skills and workforce planning in the road haulage sector.
productHard times for UK metal industry but aluminium frame buildings still a hit
It is more than disheartening to hear about the collapse of the UK’s once mighty steel industry, says temporary building supplier Aganto.
newsLEEA unveils LiftEX presentations
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has unveiled its new Innovation Fast Pitch presentations for LiftEx 2015, the UK’s leading exhibition for the lifting industry.
productFree seminar at The Lean Workshop Group
The Lean Workshop Group invites you to a free seminar to learn the theory of lean manufacturing techniques and to examine the operation of a Lean manufacturing cell.
articleWho’s hiring? PMP on warehouse recruitment drive
PMP Recruitment is seeking 18,000 temporary picking and packing warehouse workers as retail and distribution gears up for Christmas.
articleThe rise of click & collect
Online retail is a sector that’s hugely reliant on technology in order to function effectively and efficiently. Consequently, there is an awful lot of jargon that we in the industry become used to and assume everyone understands says Andrew Starkey, head of e-fulfilment, IMRG.
articleCILT unveils annual award winners
Over 500 of the UK’s leading professionals in transport, logistics and transport planning gathered in London last night for The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s Annual Awards Dinner.
articleManitou ups tonnage
Manitou is expanding its range of industrial forklift trucks with 6 medium-tonnage and 8 heavy tonnage units.
articleOvercoming environmental challenges
Rachael Dillon, the Freight Transport Association’s climate change policy manager, looks at ways in which the FTA can help with some of the environmental challenges faced by the logistics industry.
articleTackling issues facing food logistics
The FSDF is the sole trade body which represents and supports the interests of the entire food logistics industry.
newsContract packer doubles in size
Elision UK – a specialist contract packer of fresh produce – has more than doubled its site capacity by expanding to a second site in Honeybourne, five miles east of its original base in Evesham, Worcestershire.
articleAmazon treats DC floor to adapt to VNA configuration
When one of Amazon’s distribution centres in the North of England adapted a section of wide aisle racking to very narrow aisle, they needed a floor suitable for the change.
articleStep it up
A fast growing and innovative pure play retailer upped the IT ante to allow it to offer third party eCommerce fulfilment services.
articleBuild stable mixed stacks
Witron’s Automated Case System (ACS) allows users to stack cartons, crates, plastic totes, wooden boxes etc as they react to retail challenges.
articleMany innovations highlighted
The PPMA Show 2015 returned to the NEC from the 29th September – 1st October, with more than 1,000 leading packaging and processing machinery manufacturers represented at the show and providing a platform to showcase the latest technological innovations and discuss key business opportunities with more than 7,500 visitors.
