articleRotating shuttles from YLOG add agility
The YLOG-Shuttle system enables shuttles to move both crosswise and lengthwise in a store by rotating.
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articleAnticipating a complex future
Vocollect explores what impact the rise of Omni-channel Retail will have on the warehouse and on 3PLs.
articleAvoiding danger from above
Warehouse Partners has updated guidance for the selection and safe use of its in-flue and back-of-rack netting solutions.
productModelling & simulation
Over the past year third-party logistics provider, Penske Logistics, has been using CLASS software from Cirrus Logistics to model over 10 warehouse facilities. Penske wanted to make operational improvements for its customers by testing its warehouse layouts and changes before any physical or financial investments were made.
newsPerth Food and Drink Park opens
The Food and Drink Park – representing a £5m investment by Perth and Kinross Council – provides up to 11 serviced development plots across a 16 acre site.
productInnovative warehouse extension
Pallet-Track has invested £1.5 million in an innovative new canopy-style extension to its Wolverhampton head office and distribution centre in order to increase capacity and drive more business through the hub.
articleAdapt your racking to suit
Link 51 MD John Halliday explains how the implementation of flexible racking and storage solutions can optimise warehouse space with minimal cost and disruption.
productPrime Yorkshire site
Onward Holdings is offering a dedicated industrial unit for rent at its South Kirkby site near Wakefield in West Yorkshire.
productContainer transformation
Shipping container specialist S Jones Containers of Aldridge, West Midlands, is celebrating its centenary after a record year of container sales, hire and conversions contracts for some remarkable alternative uses.
newsHigh velocity logistics breaking away from old notions
Making his first public address as CEO of UKWA (United Kingdom Warehousing Association), Peter Ward told a prestigious reception, held at the House of Lords on 25 February that high velocity logistics is breaking away from the ‘old’ notion of warehouses, placing the sector under a new light.
productTwo-tier shelving
Keltruck, the largest independent Scania dealer in Europe, is benfiting from a two-tier SSI Schafer shelving system at its Cardiff facility. The shelving is complemented by SSI Schaefer’s RK storage containers to best utilise the available shelf space.
articleThird more pallet positions gained
Rochford Garden Machinery boosts space efficiency with a Bendi forklift.
productFood & drink park
A ground-breaking initiative to create a new business park to strengthen Scotland’s diverse food and drink sector has hit a key milestone with the announcement that the site is open for occupation.
productAmbitious growth plan
Spaciotempo is set to increase its workforce by almost 50 per cent in the first stage of an ambitious development drive. The company saw impressive growth in both turnover and operating profit during a record year.
productQuiet on conveyors
Ensuring silent travelling on conveyors and giving excellent rigidity the new 53 litre capacity Bitobox XLmotion plastic container’s base features diagonal support ribbing.
productIncreased storage capacity
Drive solutions manufacturer, Belimo Automation, is developing its main site in Hinwil (CH) to include a new pallet-based storage system, an automatic small parts storage system and an overall conveyor system provided by Daifuku.
productBins improve picking
The finishing touches have been made with the installation of Rack Group 702 Pick Bin bays to the ASDA distribution centre in Doncaster.
productEasy access to motorway network
Onward Holdings has just one unit left at the popular Langthwaite Business Park in West Yorkshire after a major manufacturer snapped up more warehouse space at the site just months after successfully moving in next door.
articleLogistex signs distributor agreement with AutoStore
Logistex has signed an agreement with Norway’s Hatteland to be one of the official distributors of the AutoStore automated warehouse system in the UK.
articleWomenswear label inks deal with CML
Finery London has picked Core Management Logistics to provide its warehouse and distribution services.
