Automated picking for new Markham Vale warehouse
An automotive distributor has appointed Witron as contractor to provide an innovative new logistics centre at Markham Vale.
An automotive distributor has appointed Witron as contractor to provide an innovative new logistics centre at Markham Vale.
Striebel & John processes about 9,500 tonnes of steel sheets a year and wanted consistent automation from sheet metal storage system to final mounting box production.
When a manufacturer goes from production start-up to nearly outgrowing a 60,000 sq. ft. addition in a few years – then optimises its new warehouse, tripling operational efficiency – the growing pains are worth it.
Storage products and solutions provider BITO has moved to new, larger premises in Nuneaton. Key factors in the significant investment are strong growth shown by the company over a number of years and a keen desire to take direct web sales of storage products to a higher level.
Romanian frozen-foods supplier Macromex built a distribution hub with Unitechnik as system integrator.
Manufacturer Hydrobolt revamps its storage system with Wickens Engineering bringing efficiency and health & safety benefits.
The installation, with a capacity of 21,812 pallets, allows P&B Foods to increase its logistics efficiency.
SEMA, the Storage Equipment Manufacturers’ Association, has reacted after a forklift operator was trapped for nine hours following a racking collapse at a Shropshire 3PL.
A Midlands steel stockholder automated its storage, revamping its operations.
Scottish based Complete Storage & Interiors have achieved full SEMA certification to inspect cantilever racking.
When plumbing product distributor VikingBad moved premises, Constructor installed P90 pallet racking and mobile pallet racking together with a modular office.
Buying good quality secondhand racking is said to be sensible but to then not adequately protect this asset can be an expensive mistake, says Secondhandracking.com.
Scottish-based Complete Storage & Interiors provided storage solutions for the New Tate Modern.
A Plymouth company has been fined £500,000 after an employee suffered fatal injuries when a stack of boxes of frozen fish fell on him.
BITO Storage Solutions is introducing its new EQ range of collapsible containers at IMHX 2016 as a space saving Euro-container option for transporting goods.
Exporta Global has launched its latest product range – small parts storage bins – which are suitable for organising and storing small items such as nuts and bolts or larger items such as tools and equipment.
A fleet of Flexi HiMAX articulated forklift trucks is at the heart of a new high-bay warehouse recently opened by one of the UK’s leading suppliers of disposable products and packaging to the food industry.
Making the most of valuable and scarce warehouse space was a key theme at the Warehouse Technology Group’s recent event in Manchester. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
Jungheinrich UK will use IMHX to showcase and demonstrate the significant customer benefits delivered by its broad range of materials handling products and intralogistics solutions.
The Storage Equipment Manufacturer’s Association has updated and published its Code of Practice for the Design and Use of Cantilever Racking Systems.