productBack of store space management
As back of store areas need to accommodate increasing volumes of stock for rapid access for shop floor replenishment, maximising holding capacity in this area has become a prerequisite for many store managers.
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productAutomated high bay
Flooring manufacturer IVC has awarded Egemin Automation a contract to supply a complete warehouse and distribution system.
articleComplete storage solution for beauty products distributor
When distributor of professional hair and beauty products SBH UK & Ireland wanted a complete storage solution for its new NDC in Walker Park, Lancashire, it turned to BITO Storage Solutions.
articleMajor storage deployment part of LG’s growth plans
Storage solutions company AR Racking has fitted out new warehouses for LG in Spain.
productToyota MHE to offer racking
Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE) is extending the scope of its offer by providing a full range of racking solutions.
productWarehouse expansion
Work to create new warehouse facilities for Import Services in Southampton is on schedule for a summer opening following the traditional topping-out ceremony.
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productBuilding on economic recovery
Portakabin reports that in the last nine months the upturn in UK manufacturing has resulted in a 19% rise in orders from the manufacturing sector for its modular buildings.
productPartner Logistics keeps its cool
Partner Logistics provides state-of-the-art, highly automated warehousing, primarily for frozen foods. It currently operates six large-scale deep freeze warehouses – two in the UK (of which one is the UK’s largest), three in the Netherlands and one in Belgium.
articleThe composite revolution in material handling
Modular handling systems took a major step forward recently with the launch of the new Graphit system from Trilogiq.
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.
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).
