The Warehouse Transformation Awards opens for entries
There’s something for everyone at The Warehouse Transformation Awards.
There’s something for everyone at The Warehouse Transformation Awards.
In May 2025, AR Racking, completed the installation of its AR PAL racking system to help increase seasonal storage capacity at B&Q’s Blyth Distribution Centre (DC).
When you work with an industry-expert racking supplier or manufacturer, says SEMA, they will design a storage system that minimises stock damage, enhances stock flow, improves productivity and creates a safe working space.
AR Racking and distributor AVANTA has completed expansion of the facility to increase storage capacity.
Brewer Mahou San Miguel has tasked AR Racking with the design, manufacture and installation of the high-density racking system for its new logistics platform adjacent to Spain’s largest brewery in Alovera, Guadalajara.
AR Racking has successfully completed the verification of its Organisational Carbon Footprint for 2022, 2023 and 2024, covering scopes 1, 2 and 3 of the ISO 14064 standard.
The Storage Equipment Manufacturers Association Ltd (SEMA) has made it even easier for warehouse owners and managers to check the credentials of a racking inspector with the launch of its SARI Verification tool.
AR Racking has appointed Ryan Whitaker as the new key account manager for the United Kingdom.
Peel Ports Group is to invest £100m into the steels and metals sector in a move to enhance capacity and boost the efficiency of logistics.
Leeds based Stamina Storage Systems, a leading UK provider of pallet racking and warehouse storage solutions, has secured a shuttle racking contract installation of over 52,000 pallet positions.
Here’s a fun fact – your racking is classed as work equipment. That means, under UK law, specifically the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER), you are responsible for maintaining the structure, says SEMA.
Are you having some racking installed? Have you checked whether your racking installers need a CSCS card?
AR Racking, has renovated and expanded the system for FruitMasters, one of the largest fresh fruit operators in the Netherlands.
BT-Systems will deliver a fully automated high-bay warehouse as the core element of Sofidel’s $200 million expansion project in Duluth, USA.
Integrating racking systems, pick towers and other storage solutions with mobile robots will provide transformative automation. Edward Hutchison shows how.
The alliance positions AR Racking at the heart of a network that influences regulation, promotes technical training and fosters innovation throughout the cold chain.
A question we’re frequently asked at SEMA is whether it’s okay to buy second-hand racking. After all, there are plenty of suppliers in the market offering the benefits of their ‘reliable’ second-hand racking, so surely it’s safe.
SEMA poses some key questions to ask yourself if you want to keep your racking safe.
The new distribution centre in Almenara in Castellón will have more than 182,000 pallet positions.
If you haven’t been trained for your warehouse job, then how can you do the tasks expected of you? It’s an important question to consider especially when you realise that the HSE Health and Safety at Work Statistics repeatedly places the logistics and storage industry in the top four most dangerous places to work.