Fulfilment centre to extend Waitrose North London coverage
Waitrose is opening (7 May) a six-acre Customer Fulfilment Centre in Enfield, North London, to double its online grocery orders in the capital by September.
Airport warehouse fit-out
One of the UK’s largest airlines acquired warehouse space in close proximity to Manchester Airport.
Hazard warning tape for social distancing
Kite Packaging has added hazard warning tape, also known as lane marking tape, to its B2B website.
Farm-to-table logistics
Sustainable online supermarket Farmdrop has signed up to a three year SaaS (Software as a Service) contract with SnapFulfil.
Heavy duty castor for autonomous unit
A heavy duty castor from Blickle has been customised for a driverless transport system.
Precise and repeatable
A canned drink producer decided to place the labels onto the retaining straps (which are 12mm wide) that secure the load, instead of directly onto the pallets themselves.
Britvic’s Rugby warehouse increases storage density
Jungheinrich UK has provided Britvic with a multi depth, high density under pallet carrier (UPC) shuttle racking solution to optimise its warehouse space in Rugby.
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.
