Safety in the round
This year’s SEMA storage safety conference took a broad, holistic look at warehouse safety covering a number of hot button topics.
This year’s SEMA storage safety conference took a broad, holistic look at warehouse safety covering a number of hot button topics.
Warehouse manager Nicki Milner explains how ingredients supplier Muntons got to grips with space constraints, rationalised the forklift fleet, and deals with health & safety. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
Jaap Vos, President of SEMA, the Storage Equipment Manufacturers’ Association says that given the volume of safety and guidance available, there is no excuse for occupational ill health, injury or fatality.
An extensive wide aisle pallet racking solution from storage specialists, Link51, has helped AMG Group, one of the UK’s leading outdoor companies, consolidate their supply chain from three distribution centres to a single 130,000 sq ft warehouse.
SALTO Systems, the company specialized in access control innovative solutions and market leader in electronic locks based in Spain, has completed the acquisition of the Dutch company Clay B.V and has invested in the Danish firm Poly-Control / Danalock.
Automotive component supplier Nifco UK has taken on a custom-designed temporary building to maximise available space.
Temporary buildings are helping to meet the needs of the highly demanding automotive industry, explains Dan Barker, sales manager at Spaciotempo.
Smart-Space, a leading manufacturer and installer of re-locatable, semi-permanent and permanent buildings, has completed construction of a timber processing and storage facility at Mike England Timber’s headquarters near Preston, Lancashire.
Rubb has designed, manufactured and delivered a warehouse storage facility for racking and food packaging at a farm in Oxfordshire, UK.
The Talent in Logistics event is dedicated to promoting logistics recruitment and supporting staff retention. The event is moving to Milton Keynes for 2019 and the team will unveil a white paper on student perceptions of logistics in the coming months.
A specialist food firm renovated its new Biggleswade facility to create more than 4,200 pick locations and eliminate the need for third party storage.
Smart-Space has completed the construction of a 250-pallet packaging store for Cranswick at the food producer’s cooked chicken facility in Hull.
Entries are open for the Talent in Logistics Awards 2019. Talent in Logistics supports and celebrates the 2.2million+ logistics, transport and warehousing employees that keep the logistics sector running.
Interroll will showcase its proven space-saving, energy-efficient solutions for both the handling of pallets and cartons at IntraLogisteX.
Built to stretch beyond the horizon, Britain’s vast ‘mega’ warehouses and distribution centres are a sign of an ever-evolving logistics sector that demands a faster, more flexible and efficient response to customer demands. Paul Gouland, marketing director at Clugston Group, discusses the secrets behind building modern distribution centres.
AuchanDirect.fr – a subsidiary of the French food retailer, Auchan – is delivering an average of 2,800 online grocery orders per day from a new distribution centre equipped with automation from KNAPP.
Specialist UK storage manufacturer Safety Unlimited offers a broad choice of hazardous storage options, such as The Relocatable Safety Store and the Multi Purpose Storage Unit.
Leading European forwarder Rhenus Logistics has continued its programme of UK growth, through the acquisition of the eCommerce focused 3PL.
The Health & Safety Executive has released a case study summarising a fire at a warehouse storing various materials including oxidising materials, solvents and various other chemicals in drums.
Hines European Value Fund (HEVF) has acquired Cribbs Causeway DC, a value add-profile logistics investment located in Bristol.