articleDoosan Ice for sub-zero warehouses
Doosan Industrial Vehicle UK is launching a range of trucks designed for use in cold stores and other sub-zero working environments.
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productArgos warehouse staff strike
About 1,000 warehouse staff employed by Argos at five distribution centres went on strike for 24 hours on Friday, 4 July in a dispute over weekend working.
articleCML invests £400,000 in new fleet from Crown
Core Management Logistics has invested £400,000 in updating half of its fleet of mechanical handling equipment.
productHot-rolled racking
For many years, German company OHRA has specialised in the design, manufacture and provision of heavy duty, cantilever and pallet racking systems. The first OHRA cantilever rack was welded in several parts and the next generation was simply punched to enable the arms to be adjusted.
articleContainers key link in the cold chain
At the beginning of last year, Singapore-based supermarket Sheng Siong was looking for a safe and reliable way to distribute temperature sensitive products to its stores.
articleAldi builds big cold store DC
Aldi’s new cold store warehouse and distribution centre at Goldthorpe, near Barnsley, features a single envelope design by ISD Solutions and incorporates high performance insulated panels and a solar PV system from Kingspan.
newsSEKO opens 150k sq ft DC for Omni-channel operations
SEKO Logistics is keeping pace with phenomenal growth in UK retailers’ online sales by investing in a further 152,000 sq ft logistics centre to support its omni-channel services for global fulfilment, delivery management, returns solutions and ecommerce development and design.
productAisle-Masters save space for Yearsley Logistics
Yearsley Logistics is the largest frozen food logistics service provider in the UK, operating from 13 strategic locations around the country. It recently added the 200,000 sq ft automated cold storage facility at Hams Hall in the Midlands to its portfolio to continue improving its service offering to retailers.
productSpace efficiency – even for large metal stillages
As large, two-man delivery items such as such as white goods, TVs and furniture become more prevalent in the e-commerce sector the logistics challenge is to store a sufficient number of items within the space available, and in a way that makes order picking quick and easy, asserts Edward Hutchison, managing director at BITO Storage Systems.
productCarousel-based storage
Jungheinrich has added two new storage and retrieval products to its comprehensive range of logistics systems. The new products – which use proven carousel technology – are Jungheinrich Lift Racking (LRK) and Jungheinrich Paternoster Racking (PRK).
articleArgos warehouse worker strike set to escalate
Unite, the union is to escalate industrial action at Argos warehouses in a dispute over weekend working.
newsRefurbished logistics centre finds tenants
Four new tenants are set to move to Baillieston distribution centre, Glasgow, following the completion of extensive refurbishment works at the estate, letting agent Colliers International has announced.
productEnergy efficient cold storage
Yearsley Logistics has begun the second phase of a three-part, £5 million expansion of its freezer “superhub” warehouse adjacent to the group’s headquarters in Heywood.
productReduced emissions
Combining advanced warehouse design, high levels of automation and advanced inventory management, Partner Logistics has reduced CO2 emissions per pallet stored whilst enhancing quality and performance in cold storage applications.
productSwitch to smarter storage
Southampton City Council’s Corporate Records Management Department and Southampton General Hospital are set to take advantage of the recently launched Sustainable Distribution Centre (SDC), which provides innovative storage and last mile delivery solutions.
productInstant chilled space
Supermarket chain Waitrose has worked with Seymour Manufacturing International to develop and refine a new innovation which provides food stores with an instant chilled space, wherever and whenever they need it.
productAccreditation achieved
Two Bingley-based storage brands have been awarded ISO 9000:2008 Quality Certification and the CE Mark.
articleDedicated eCommerce storage & pick operation
SSI Schaefer has provided NBTY Europe (parent company of Holland & Barrett) with an automated system comprising a two-tier mezzanine and mesh-deck pallet racking to revolutionise its capabilities within the eCommerce market.
productCertification shows manufacturing quality
Heavy-load storage solutions company, AR Racking is now certified to EN-1090, a mandatory standard for steel structure manufacturers within the European Community as per Regulation No 305/2011 of the European Parliament, underlining the manufacturing quality of its rack-clad industrial steel systems.
articleFuture proof your investment
When you consider moving to or building a new warehouse, it is imperative that you plan for the future; even more so when constructing your own due to the inherent additional capital investment cost.
