United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) CEO, Peter Ward, has expressed the Association’s disappointment and frustration that the Government seems not to have recognised the critical labour shortage facing the warehousing and logistics industry.
A Bedfordshire waste company has been sentenced after two of its employees suffered burns whilst processing flammable aerosol containers.
Having entered three categories of the 2018 TMMX Awards; West Yorkshire Manufacturer and workplace safety barrier innovators, A-Safe, has been shortlisted across the board.
Supply chain firm Oakland International had thousands of pallets of frozen products to store in the run up to Christmas.
As part of the realignment of structural pallet racking at one of its sites, builders merchant Covers was looking for a more robust and long-lasting alternative to cold-rolled pallet racking, that would enable safe storage of various heavy building products.
Howard Tenens, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned logistics companies has been awarded a new contract with one of the UK’s largest Tools suppliers; Cromwell Tools.
Demand for warehouses has led to an all-time low in big shed availability, says Colliers, with just one and a half months’ worth of supply of large speculative developments (over 100,000 sq ft) available to meet current market demand.
Amazon warehouse workers suffered fractures, contusions, head injuries and collisions with heavy equipment, GMB investigation shows.
With the strapping of heavy goods playing such as a big part in the transportation business, the main question that people tend to ask is – should we use polypropylene or steel strapping?
The deal is said to make the newly created Joloda Conveyor Services one of the largest service providers in the sector.
Responding to confusion over LOLER requirements in the marketplace, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed the CFTS position that hand pallet trucks with maximum lifting heights below 300 mm are not subject to LOLER.
UPM Conveyors says: “This year, we returned to the annual PPMA show – the Packaging Machinery and Manufacturing Show at NEC – and are pleased to report it was the best exhibition we have ever had as a company, in our 45 year history.”
ByBox, specialists in smart locker technology and field service solutions, has received a strategic investment from Francisco Partners that values ByBox at £221 million.
The automated warehouse has space to store 23 million pints of beer at its largest UK brewery in Magor, South Wales.
Industry 4.0 isn’t just a buzzword. Swisslog says in the near future, warehouses will be using real-time data and smart robots to monitor conditions and improve operations.
A new Spiral Lift unit has been optimally adapted and added to the Interroll Modular Conveyor Platform (MCP).
The main theme for the Finnish postal operator this year was Innovation. One example is the Parcel cage that will be used in line hauls between sorting centres. The new design will reduce handling times, improve ergonomics and allow modularity with other handling equipment.
Humidity Solutions offers a remote monitoring service where the control panel is fitted with an online connection. This is for sites that do not have a workforce with the experience or time to maintain the equipment.
Ecolighting UK has won an £850,000 contract with Stapletons Tyres to install LED lighting into all its 11 warehouses around the country saving the company in excess of 50% energy and CO2 costs as well as significantly improving light levels.
To reduce operator fatigue and boost efficiency and safer manual handling when transferring finished steel components from automated CNC machine onto trays on stillage, Tecmach has supplied a series of scissor lift tables with indexing turntables.
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