BS Handling Systems launches COVID-19 support solution
To help mitigate against the risk of infection and assist employee safety, BS Handling Systems has invested over £100,000 in a specialist electrostatic sanitisation system.
Hart Door Systems
Hart Door Systems, universally referred to as Hart Doors, is foremost an engineering company that specialises in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of door systems relevant to the challenges of everyday business…
Customer ordering portal for new era
TouchPath is launching TouchSales, a web-based customer ordering portal designed for remote, COVID-19-driven working.
Geek+ expands robot range to reach up to 5m
The leading AMR provider has launched the extended-depth bin-to-person robot.
UK warehouse robotics partnership targets SMEs
Chinese robotics manufacturer Hikrobot has announced a partnership with UK firm OW Robotics (OWR).
Conveyor Networks and Geek+ announce UK partnership
Automation specialists Conveyor Networks has become become an official UK and Ireland distributor for robotics and AI logistics solutions from Geek+.
60 high-speed screens supplied
Working through Vanderlande, Hart Doors has won a contract to supply 60 high-speed screens for a new baggage handling system at Manchester International airport.
Batteries developed specifically for ATEX applications
NexSys ATEX batteries, available from EnerSys, allow materials handling vehicles to work safely in hazardous areas where there is an explosion risk.
Firm building European last-mile logistics platform
Urban property specialist Meyer Bergman is creating a €2 billion platform allowing institutional investors to tap into surging demand for last-mile distribution centres, with the launch of Crossbay.
COVID-19 Good Practice Guide launched for logistics operations
Leading business group, FTA, and professional membership body, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), have launched the Good Practice Guide for COVID-19.
Hiring drum handling equipment
St Clare Engineering says some of its customers only use drum handling attachments on their forklift trucks for a specific task once or twice a year, or for brief periods of time, in which case it makes sense to hire it from instead of purchasing outright.
PUMA’S NEWEST DC IMPROVES SERVICE LEVELS
Puma, one of the world’s leading sporting goods manufacturers for sport shoes, clothing and accessories, has invested in a new central European Distribution Centre in Geiselwind, Germany. The objective was to bundle multiple B2C/B2B distribution centres into one fulfilment centre. The new omni-channel DC serves all channels (retail/wholesale, direct) from one location and fulfils orders from throughout Europe.
HIGHLY AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION CENTER
The Swiss grocery retailer Coop has invested 600 million CHF in a new central and highly automated distribution center. In Schafisheim near Zurich, three regional distribution centers, three freezer distribution centers and three large bakeries have been combined in a single location. The heart of the facility is a fully automated freezer distribution center, ‘the refrigerator’ for refrigerated goods and the empty container control center, that is helping Coop set new standards.
OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE FOR MANGO
Near Barcelona, a highly automated global multi-channel distribution center was created for the Spanish fashion retailer Mango. It centralizes all of the fulfillment centers into one location. Currently, this central logistics hub is being used to supply more than 2,200 stores in over 100 countries. The highly automated solution ensures optimum performance and high throughput capacity.
AUTOMATED LOGISTICS FOR SMALL ORDERS
Customer service is the hallmark of Würth Elektronik eiSos; they are known for free sample supplies to developers. Since 2016, the electronics specialist has a sophisticated distribution center based in Waldenburg, Germany, that allows it to reach consumers faster and more efficiently. Due to strong sales growth in recent years, Würth decided to expand their existing warehouse in the course of a modernization project and double the capacity of the order fulfillment system.
GAP AUTOMATES CASE HANDLING
Since 1969 GAP has grown from a single retail store to the largest specialty fashion retailer in the US with seven major brands (Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, Intermix, Hill City, Janie and Jack). GAP’s main goal was to improve operational efficiency by reducing the number of manual touches in their DCs. They have invested in highly automated case handling technology over the past eight years in their fulfillment centers in Fishkill (US), Fresno (US), Gallatin (US), Groveport (US) and Brampton (CAN).
CENTRAL DEEP-FREEZE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
In 2018, the freezer specialist Nordfrost decided to invest in a centralized distribution center for the region of western Germany. As a central hub, the newly constructed building in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia will take over the supply of customers from the entire region. The distribution center is designed for high picking capacity and quality. Several thousand packaging units per hour can be processed in the DC, to a large extent in an automated process.
SPARE PARTS SUPPLY FOR CLEANING SYSTEMS
What do you do if the high-pressure washer you need to use has a clogged nozzle? The Kärcher distribution center in southwest Germany ensures the fast replacement of spare parts. The company relies on a fulfillment solution from TGW to support its spare parts fulfillment. The Obersontheim facility ships all the spare parts, accessories and some of the cleaning agents to its customers. This adds up to about 2.8 million order lines a year.
Export boost for Hart Doors
Hart Door Systems, the Newcastle-based specialist engineering company, has won multi-door orders for export to Russia, Hong Kong and Kuwait.
Wanted: Skill, talent and motivation for forklift operation
Once again, but quite a bit differently this year, Talent in Logistics and UniCarriers are searching for the new Forklift Operator of the Year.
