articleAttracting talent
DELEGATES AT this year’s UKWA National Conference, held on March 8, heard from a series of high profile speakers offering advice, insights and inspiration on the theme of Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Today.
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productRefrigerated trailers go electric
AS PART of NewCold’s Sustainability strategy, the company is taking active steps to mitigate the effects of its operations on the environment.
newsIngredients firm increase resilience with new warehouse
BENEO INVESTED €7.7 million in the new automated warehouse in Germany.
productEnvironmentally friendly thermo roofing
SPACIOTEMPO IS using of Low E thermo polyester roof technology, an enhanced energy efficient insulator, in the temporary and semi-permanent buildings sector.
articleLearning to prepare for uncertain times
UKWA National Conference delegates urged to ‘be curious, be imaginative, and be bold’.
articleThe art of dark storage
Edward Hutchison shines a light on the emergence of dark stores for the new breed of dynamic micro-fulfilment operators and how to kit them out.
productInvestment in Midlands logistics almost doubles
CAPITAL INVESTED in industrial and logistics assets in the Midlands almost doubled from its previous high in 2020 (£1.6bn) to £3.1billion in 2021, Colliers reports.
productRespond fast to warehouse space scarcity
WITH A lack of available warehousing space a key trend in 2022, an Aganto temporary building is your ideal solution.
newsMid-box acquired in Southhampton amid tight market
GARMIN HAS acquired a further 100,000 sq ft of operational space in Southampton to accommodate ongoing growth in Europe.
productWarehouse capacity boost on way for West Midlands
WORK ON four speculatively built units is underway at two West Midlands logistics parks.
newsTwo warehouses hit the market
Realterm, a vertically integrated owner and manager of high flow through logistics facilities serving the transportation industry, has instructed Colliers and LSH to let two warehouses in Warrington (257,319 sq ft) and Long Eaton, Nottingham (261,904 sq ft).
articleDigital eyes in the warehouse
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality offer the potential for improved warehouse efficiency but how does it work, and should SMEs pay attention?
productPurpose-designed lithium-ion pallet truck
TOYOTA HAS introduced the materials handling industry’s first purpose-designed lithium-ion powered pallet truck (PPT) – the 1600kg capacity BT Levio LWI160.
articleOptimise volume and rotation
AR Racking has installed a combination of several storage systems adapted to the volume and rotation of the different products that GKN has in its plant in Carcastillo, Spain.
productHandling and inventory halved
PRECISION ENGINEERING firm Werner Weitner has centralised a large part of its activities in a new factory building.
productWorld first: automated cold chain port warehouse
GEEK+ AND 3PL Engero have deployed a fleet of Geek+ moving robots to create a smart, unmanned cold chain port warehouse in the port of Tianjin, China.
articleTackling tricky items
No matter how difficult a product is to store and pick, improvements in space and picking efficiency can always be found, insists Edward Hutchison.
productSurvey: Homeware firms lagging on sustainability
A SURVEY of business leaders across the grocery and homeware industries, found that nearly half of homeware organisations surveyed (40%) do not have a sustainability strategy in place at all, comparing unfavourably to the grocery industry, where 80% of businesses report having an environmental plan.
productKey appointments to drive growth for Rack Group
INDUSTRIAL RACKING services specialist Rack Group has appointed two senior executives as it continues to invest in strategic growth across UK and international operations.
newsLast mile estate sells for £38 million
DTZ INVESTORS has completed the sale of a multi-let industrial and trade counter estate in Kingston upon Thames, south west London, to Mirastar/KKR JV for circa £38 million.
