articleMajor productivity gains
Voice-Directed Warehouse Solution delivers game-changing results for a leading flower wholesaler.
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newsChancerygate submits plans for Manchester scheme
URBAN LOGISTICS developer Chancerygate has submitted plans to speculatively build 59,500 ft2 of Grade A urban logistics and industrial space in Clayton, East Manchester.
newsBoohoo to close Leicester warehouse
FAST FASHION retailer Boohoo is to close its manufacturing facility in Leicester after a series of knock backs including the mislabelling of clothes as Made In UK when they were actually made in Southeast Asia.
product3PL launches competition for logistics start-ups
WINCANTON HAS launched the fifth edition of W 2 Labs, an innovation lab designed to discover emerging ideas and tackle some of the industry’s toughest challenges.
newsNew Kent DC for Tesco
TESCO IS believed to have signed for a new frozen and chilled distribution centre at Panattoni Park Aylesford in Kent.
productVirtual reality configurator for industrial doors
UNION INDUSTRIES has utilised virtual reality (VR) to help Leeds-based Met Fab Solutions maintain comfortable working conditions with the installation of a Bulldoor.
productEnhanced monitoring of sensitive cargo
T&D CORPORATION, the leading Japanese manufacturer of wireless data loggers, has launched its TR4A series of advanced Bluetooth thermo recorders.
productABB invests in AI-enabled navigation for AMRs
ABB HAS acquired Swiss start-up Sevensense, a provider of AI-enabled 3D vision navigation technology for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
newsBoughey secures third Midlands warehouse
3PL Boughey Distribution has taken Aver Properties’ £34 million 332,000 ft2 speculative warehouse known as Lymedale 332 at Lymedale Business Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme – its third in the Midlands – as part of expansion plans.
newsRetailers and carriers to catch up at The Delivery Conference 2024
Speakers from John Lewis Partnership, B&Q, and Uber Direct are among those taking to the stage on 6 February in London, with ‘AI in Ecommerce’ high on the agenda for 2024.
productStay flexible safely
DIFFERENT MATERIAL widths, varying material positions or partially loaded pallets pose special challenges for access guarding on conveyor lines. For this, Leuze relies on the concept of dynamic format adaptation. In this way, productivity and safety can be optimally harmonised.
newsSuez and Panama ‘perfect storm’ threatens supply chains
WITH ACCESS to the Suez Canal disrupted by Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, plus spiralling costs and delays caused by the Panama Canal drought, global supply chains are under strain.
newsWHSmith switches to 3PL approach
GXO IS the new outsourced UK logistics partner for the global travel retailer.
newsInvestor developer pins hopes on logistics
Firethorn is actively seeking more logistics investment and development opportunities In the UK this year.
newsSt Modwen wins planning for Brentwood scheme
THE DEVELOPER has won planning permission for a 1.2 million ft2 industrial and logistics scheme near Brentwood in Essex.
productWarehouse for convenience store chain
OXXO IS growing in the Peruvian market in collaboration with AR Racking.
newsNew ICS2 process by summer
The European Union’s new customs pre-arrival safety and security system – Import Control System 2 (ICS2) – will introduce a new process for entry of goods by maritime and inland waterways, road and rail in the EU as of 3 June 2024.
productRobotic pallet shuttle for 3PL
A MOVU Robotics atlas pallet shuttle system gives leading logistics service provider Kris De Leeneer (KDL) approximately 45,000 storage locations and the capacity to manage a potential throughput of up to 11,000 pallet movements a week.
productCutting-edge racking solutions
STAMINA STORAGE SYSTEMS, part of Stamina Handling, has collaborated with Gem Imports, a prominent UK online wholesaler, to optimise its warehouse expansion plans.
newsRiver Island chairman to turn offices into warehousing
A company set up by River Island chairman Clive Lewis is proposing to redevelop the former Volvo headquarters building in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, into warehousing and business box unit (BBU) space.
