articleAuchanDirect.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.
productSpecialist 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.
productLeading European forwarder Rhenus Logistics has continued its programme of UK growth, through the acquisition of the eCommerce focused 3PL.
productThe 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.
productHines European Value Fund (HEVF) has acquired Cribbs Causeway DC, a value add-profile logistics investment located in Bristol.
productAmco Group has secured a new packaging supply contract with a major 1st Tier automotive supplier. This follows a recent packaging assembly contract agreed between Amco and Denso Group.
articleSiemens Industrial Turbomachinery invested £48 million to consolidate its service and storage operations into a new Global Service Operation Centre.
productAs a Legal Deposit Library since 1710, Cambridge University Library has been entitled to claim a copy of every book published in the UK and Ireland for more than 300 years. Today, the University Library collections encompass around nine million books, manuscripts and other physical items. So what happens when the University Library runs out of space to store them all?
productBITO Storage Systems will be throwing the spotlight on solutions for highly productive order picking at IntraLogisteX, which is being held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on 26-27 February.
productOnward Holdings MD Neil Storey says online shopping has led to a spectacular growth of warehouse space, but there are competing land uses, particularly in the south east where industrial property developers are reportedly frustrated by housing developments being given preference leading to a depletion of potential warehousing sites.
productFabric building specialist Rubb created a new hub for vehicle loading operations for Walkers Transport in just six weeks.
productFabric building specialist Rubb created a new hub for vehicle loading operations for Walkers Transport in just six weeks.
articleViokox specialises in the design, development, manufacture of cosmetics products and has expanded the warehouse in the company’s headquarters in Spain.
productBrexit is prompting firms to hold more stock, driving up warehouse utilisation, which in turn is leading to an increased demand for rack protection products, says A-Safe.
productTritax Big Box REIT has completed contracts for the forward funded development of a new logistics fulfilment centre at Integra 61, near Durham, pre-let to a financially robust world leading retailer, which is thought to be Amazon.
articleChemicals firm Johnson Matthey needed a canopy structure to create a covered loading area for trailers due to concerns that the wind around the trailer posts could cause whiplash and become a safety risk for employees.
productOnline grocery specialist Ocado is a key innovators in the food market, but an early challenge they faced was keeping chilled and frozen products cold and in safe conditions but, importantly out of the warehouse space, to keep the warehouse free for the new products constantly coming in.
productIn the run up to leaving the EU, businesses have been facing great uncertainty over what the future might hold. In the event of ‘Deal’ or ‘No Deal’, many UK businesses are increasingly looking for facilities with agility and flexible storage space.
productGlobal-MSI has completed a loading bay canopy for The Box Factory in Leamington Spa.
productOver the past 18 months, businesses have been advised to prepare for a ‘no deal’ Brexit outcome to preserve supply chains. Aganto MD Andy Butters recommends taking advantage of the flexibility of temporary industrial buildings.
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