productTHE UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has announced that 2024 will see the launch of a high profile, year-long campaign to highlight the critical role of warehousing in supply chains, the sector’s major contribution to the UK economy, essential employment of 1m people, and the key role it is set to play in embracing solar power to achieve UK’s net zero goals.
articleEDWARD HUTCHISON, managing director of BITO Storage Systems, looks at how companies can create high density storage to meet the challenges of warehouse space and labour availability. There is a myriad of options and approaches that can be deployed.
productLEADING UK racking supplier Stamina Handling has completed the installation of a bespoke storage system for Bowker, one of the UK’s largest private logistics operators.
productSUPPLY CHAIN consultants Bis Henderson has combined its consultancy and space businesses under a single new brand, Visku.
articleHai Robotics has launched new solutions aimed at heightening warehouse storage density and real-time efficiency.
articleGLOBAL WAREHOUSE storage leader Stow Group has launched automation and robotics brand Movu Robotics.
newsON 14 September the forklifts at Hochiki Europe’s new warehouse facility in Gillingham paused as the team welcomed MP for Gillingham and Rainham, Rehman Chishti and Mayoress of Medway Cllr Nina Gurung to cut the ribbon and declare the new part of the Hochiki operation officially open.
articleCold-formed and hybrid mezzanines have various advantages and disadvantages, including different impacts in terms of the environment,
productIron Mountain, global leader in innovative storage solutions, asset life-cycle management and data management, has once again expanded its operations in the United Kingdom, this time with the help of the comprehensive industrial racking supplier AR Racking.
articleSupply chain decarbonisation is complicated by the complex web of supply chains a company interacts with, says Alexis Normand.
productThrough careful planning, sourcing, and installing, the business solutions specialists at BiGDUG successfully delivered the complete installation of a two-tier shelving system to integrate with existing storage at the headquarters of EDM industry-leading manufacturer, Sodick Europe.
newsNORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR and logistics services provider for alcoholic beverages Vectura AS has installed an automated buffer and sequencing system on a 700 sq m mezzanine structure.
productBIEBER + MARBURG, a steel and non-ferrous metals stockholder in Germany, has purchased a new sawing centre from Kasto for close-tolerance cutting to length of its wide variety of bar, tube, profile and other products. As a result, it has reduced lead times from order to delivery and is able to respond more flexibly to customer requests.
newsAt the recent Multimodal awards ceremony and two weeks later at the UK Warehouse Associations, SEC Storage’s in-house bespoke artificial intelligence warehouse design platform, DIDO, (Data In, Design Out) scooped the awards for ‘Best Technology Company of the Year’ and ‘Best Digital Innovation Project (Software)’ respectively.
productLeading storage solutions manufacturer Whittan Group has appointed Richard Moss to CEO.
productAR RACKING has designed and installed the new warehouse for a leading 3PL operator in the technology sector specialised in servicing eComm companies.
newsUKWA WILL host its first ever UKWA Solar Showcase on Thursday 7 September, at UKWA member Howard Tenens Logistics’ warehouse in Swindon.
productNARROW AISLE, manufacturer of the Flexi Truck range of articulated forklift-based intralogistics solutions, has announced the launch of a storage solutions department offering a free warehouse planning service.
productHALLGRUPPEN PROVIDES temporary and permanent buildings adapted to all industries, locations and climates. The firm relishes its motto of ‘we cover anything anywhere’.
newsShane Brennan has stepped down after five years in the role, and will remain chief executive to the end of 2023.
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