articleBritish Gypsum seals deal to use Teeside freight terminal
Middlesbrough freight logistics firm AV Dawson has signed a multi-million pound deal with British Gypsum, part of the Saint Gobain group.
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articleHandling at inland terminal operations
Inland container terminals face many handling challenges. Here, Hyster Europe reveals practical solutions for overcoming common issues.
newsDPD opens Notts DC and Barking depot
The parcel firm relocated its Nottingham depot to a new 60,000 sq ft distribution centre at Blenheim Park Road, while the parcel carrier has also opened a new purpose-built 45,200 sq ft depot in Barking – a new location for the company.
productMiniload combines high storage density and high travel speed
Shortly after the launch of the STC 2B1A, Jungheinrich received the first order for its new stacker crane for automated miniload warehouses.
productKNAPP boosts revenues to over 700 million euros
Logistics automation specialist, KNAPP AG, has announced results for the year to 31st March 2018, showing an increase in net revenue of 12.3% from 631.9 to 709.6 million euros.
articleAutomotive supply chains will need to start from scratch
The impact of electric vehicles on logistics in the automotive sector will be immense. The problem is that nobody is quite sure just how immense, says Thomas Cullen at consultancy Transport Intelligence.
productBoth totes and cartons handled for Pharma firm
Accord Healthcare has awarded a contract to Gebhardt European Conveyor Systems for the supply and installation of an automatic storage and retrieval system (ASRS) and warehouse control system at its distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire.
articleSteeled for growth
Massive automated metal warehouse incorporates quick loading of lorries as steel merchant raises the bar.
articleA high level of preparation
An important repair service provider for the automotive industry, Fletcher Moorland uses an industrial vending solution from Apex Supply Chain to ensure its engineers are well equipped to meet challenging deadlines.
articleHave you considered going waveless?
Waveless picking can help streamline operations, says Eric Lamphier, senior director, product management, Manhattan Associates.
articleASRS allows designer furnishings firm to consolidate five warehouses
ROMO, the manufacturer of designer fabrics, wallcovering, rugs etc turned to Ferretto Group for an ASRS solution.
productIoT-ready intralogistics
With the new Galileo IoT platform, Gebhardt-ECS offers operators of intralogistics systems the possibility of completely and consistently digitising and networking all system components from the mechanics, via the control system and the software, into the cloud.
articleTHE FUTURE – Did you anticipate robots or drones?
Does the ‘warehouse of the future’ imagined ten years ago look like the warehouse of today? Did you imagine goods-to-person being delivered by robots? Or hives with swarms, and drones? I’m guessing not…
product260 cranes and hoists at power plant
Grosskraftwerk Mannheim AG (GKM) produces energy and distant heating for the booming Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Each of the approximately 260 cranes and hoists used in the plant requires maintenance and safety-related checks on an annual basis.
articleVNA trucks help distillery take exports to the next level
Crown’s customer service and multi-faceted product range enhances productivity at Bruichladdich Distillery, the first full-scale, purpose-built distillery on the Scottish island of Islay.
article“Never before has there been such a marked difference between the requirements for a warehouse and the needs of a fulfilment centre.”
Demand for fulfilment is rising rapidly, however, developers are still building big footprint structures that are very tall, says Martin O’Grady, director, Unipart Supply Chain Consultancy.
productSiemens sorts dockside lift
Below-the-hook equipment manufacturer Modulift and Siemens Heat Transfer Technology combined forces to design a special rig for lifting modules that weighed nearly 200t apiece.
newsEmployee killed by toppling food trays
A company which manufactures freshly prepared meals was fined £176,000 when an employee was killed after being struck by empty food trays.
productScissor lift tables with indexing turntables
To reduce operator fatigue and boost efficiency and safer manual handling when transfering finished steel components from automated CNC machine onto trays on stillage, Tecmach has supplied a series of scissor lift tables with indexing turntables.
articleLinde Material Handling launches automated guided cart
Linde Material Handling has launched the Linde C-MATIC; a new automated guided cart (AGC) designed to improve production logistics.
