articleYale launches pedestrian stacker series
The trucks promise to deliver a range of improvements in through-mast visibility and load lifting controls.
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articleTech powers dairy of the future
Supply chain and mobility specialist, Rocket Consulting, is working as a strategic SAP partner on an Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) system with Arla Foods.
productHarvest Fine Foods revamps warehouse lighting
Carbon8Lighting’s Discus and Discus Zero luminaires have enabled a projected 180,000kW reduction in energy consumption in a lighting upgrade for Harvest Fine Foods.
productFood company signs 5-year MHE deal with Impact
Processed vegetable, salad and mayonnaise producer Troy Foods has taken delivery of a fleet of materials handling equipment from Impact, the UK’s sole Cat Lift Trucks distributor.
productOnline retail specialist boosts warehouse management
Manhattan Associates will supply Southeast Asia’s leading eCommerce service provider and online distributor aCommerce with its SCALE product suite.
productTV features Howard Tenens
ITN Productions and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) have teamed up to produce TV programme “Tomorrow’s Supply Chain, Today”.
productDorner acquires Geppert-Band
Dorner is a conveyor system manufacturer and Geppert-Band, a European manufacturer of belt and modular belt conveyors.
articleThe ‘Voice of the Logistics Industry’ at IMHX
One of the attractions at the forthcoming IMHX Exhibition (NEC, Birmingham, 13-16 September) will be the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) Pavilion.
articleAmazon selects Werma for two more warehouses
Werma’s andon lights have been chosen by the online retail giant for two new warehouses in the UK.
productTow tractor for shopping centre
The Thistles Shopping Centre in Stirling has taken delivery of a new T1200 tow tractor from Bradshaw Electric Vehicles, the UK manufacturer and supplier of industrial electric vehicles.
articleTGW acquires CHM
Automated materials handling solution specialist TGW Logistics has acquired German robotics company CHM Automatisierungstechnik for an undisclosed sum.
articleHoneywell to acquire US warehouse automation firm
The highly diverse manufacturer will splash out £1.13 billion ($1.5bn) on Intelligrated.
articleStorage facility helps firm recover from fire
Family run business Express Linen Services, whose clients include the NHS, suffered a devastating fire at one of their depots meaning the immediate and dry storage of linen became a major priority.
productBespoke access platforms for rail application
Transdek UK’s specialist services operation has engineered and installed two bespoke goods lifts and over 200-metres of railway carriage refurbishment access platforms for Wabtec Rail.
productBusiness streamlined
Express from DA Systems has provided an advanced, web-based booking, despatch and tracking solution for Cold Blooded Movements, a high value reptile courier service.
articleDense storage cube
A fleet of Flexi HiMAX articulated forklift trucks is at the heart of a new high-bay warehouse recently opened by one of the UK’s leading suppliers of disposable products and packaging to the food industry.
articleNational Logistics Academy launches to fill skills gap
The Academy has assembled a nationwide network of logistics training providers to deliver a uniform product from 45 locations in England, Scotland and Wales, all working under a single National Logistics Academy brand.
articleTaking a leading role
Kathryn Lewis, operations director of Advanced Supply Chain won Leader of the Year at the recent FTA Everywoman Awards for her efforts turning around the operation of a key warehouse for client Ultra Finishing, a bathroom product supplier. HSS Editor Simon Duddy visited Kathryn at the Bolton facility to find out how she completed the transformation.
productJohn Lewis invests in clamp attachments
B&B Attachments has provided John Lewis with 21 Appliance Clamp attachments for its forklift truck fleet.
newsAmazon announces 1,000 new jobs
Many of the permanent jobs will be in the logistics sector as the online retailer extends its fastest delivery service Prime Now.
