productWarburtons fined nearly £2 million after conveyor injury
Warburtons has been fined £1.9m after a worker was injured when his arm got trapped against a running conveyor belt.
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productFirst phase of complex DC completes
Automated materials handling solutions specialist TGW Logistics has completed a major milestone in the development of a huge logistics centre being built for Swiss food company Coop on a 110,000 sq m site in Schafisheim – one of the largest construction sites in Switzerland.
newsSupermarket Nisa renews logistics deal with DHL
DHL Supply Chain has been reappointed by Nisa to manage its logistics operations across the UK and Ireland, delivering in excess of 100 million cases per year.
productAirport makes use of temporary warehouse
Dusseldorf Intl. Airport is using a Herchenbach temporary warehouse to help sort baggage.
productASRS serves multi-level racking
An automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) is enabling the Lear Corporation factory at Coventry to triple the output of car seats to over 300,000 sets a year in hundreds of different specifications and meet its customer’s just-in-time delivery schedules.
product3D images taken with single snapshot
SICK has launched the Visionary-T, its first robust, industrial imaging camera to capture high-resolution 3D data with a single ‘snapshot’, whether the object is stationary or moving.
productMobile packing conveyor provides flexibility
As part of a new customer product launch, Astec Conveyors provided a number of mobile conveyors to give a flexible packing operations for a major food manufacturer.
productGetting serious about grime
Food industry supplier Granta Processors installed the CleanTrax ProfilGate system from Unisan at their site in Cambridge.
productSIGNATROL’S DATA LOGGING SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRY
Moving food in transit and keeping temperatures within limits is an element of food safety that can sometimes be overlooked.
productManufacturer invests in electric trucks
Tiger Trailers has taken delivery of a fleet of new materials handling and access equipment from Impact, the UK’s sole Cat Lift Truck distributor.
productMassive underground warehouse in Hounslow gets go-ahead
Hounslow council has approved a visionary proposal to extract minerals from underneath the currently disused land and create up to 177,500 sq m of underground warehousing space, attracting thousands of jobs.
productAre single use garments preferable for cleanrooms?
Do you understand the potential risk of using launderable garments?
articleMichelin opens European DC in Stoke
Michelin has invested more than £10m in a major upgrade of its Stoke-on-Trent based logistics operation, opening a new European Distribution Centre.
productWork on Liverpool2 gathers pace
Peel Ports Group, owner of the Port of Liverpool, has started the second phase of its expansion programme at Liverpool2. The company is to invest in equipment and port infrastructure works to expand the terminal and will introduce new port technology solutions.
newsWork begins on 150k sq ft cross dock facility at Avonmouth
DHL Supply Chain has started work today on a new cross-dock facility at Avonmouth which, on completion in January 2018, will enable companies to better service end customers in South West England and Wales.
productHeavy duty container released
Dolav has unveiled a hygienic, heavy-duty, folding large container. The DFLC is made with easy-to-clean base and sides as five removable parts.
productPaper converter invests in LPG and electric trucks
A fleet of Mitsubishi fork lift trucks is helping one of the UK’s largest independent paper converters maintain a decade of consistent growth.
articleSwisslog releases software platform to get the most out of automation
The software is called SynQ – Synchronised Intelligence, and is the next generation of its proven warehouse management software platform, WM 6.
blogWaterworld warehouses
Amazon has done it again. In filing a patent for underwater warehouses, the online retail behemoth has radically shifted our concept of what the warehouse could be.
productConveyors designed for handling mattresses
Anyone who has ever moved a mattress knows how difficult it is to man-handle due to the awkward size and weight. However, rising to the challenge, Astec Conveyors recently provided various non-standard conveyors to automate and improve operator’s ergonomics in handling a broad range of mattresses.
