Greater traceability
Importer of South East Asian food brands, Manning Impex, has implemented the Access Delta warehouse management system from Access Group.
Campaign cleans up at awards
An anti-lorry and car litter campaign, jointly spearheaded by European palletised freight network Pall-Ex, has been named as best overall project at the annual Keep Britain Tidy Network Awards
Chains for the beverage industry
Chain specialist iwis has introduced hardened, wear-resistant stainless steel flat top chains which are used, for example, for conveying bottle crates and returnable bottles. The new chains are surface-hardened with a special process to reduce wear and maintenance costs.
SSI Schaefer supports local charity
Adam Goddard, project engineer at SSI Schaefer based in Andover, gave up his valuable time over a weekend to install racking and shelving donated by SSI Schaefer to the Andover Trees United community group.
Improved profits
Yorkshire-based Potter Logistics has posted its financial results for the year ending April 2013.
Bumper Christmas forecast
Indicating a strong Christmas and demonstrating the continued strength of the ecommerce market in the UK, NetDespatch is reporting an unprecedented 15% rise in parcel delivery for online shoppers over the past month.
Plastic-based A frame
Cargopak reports that its plastic-based nesting A frame roll containers are enjoying continued market success, with uptake of the product continuing to gather pace since the product was introduced in 2009.
Contact ploughs on for winter
Contact Attachments has been manufacturing high quality forklift mounted snow ploughs for more than 40 years, for clients ranging from leading supermarkets and borough councils, right through to premiership football clubs.
Salt spreader
To help customers cope with freezing conditions expected in the forthcoming months, Contact Attachments designs and manufactures a selection of salt gritters and spreaders.
Asset management
British Red Cross and its technology partners AIDC Solutions and TransitionWorks have developed a new system designed to streamline and improve the management of over 5000 Red Cross assets in the field, including laptop computers, satellite phones, GPS locators, surveying equipment and vehicles used in multiple humanitarian aid projects worldwide.
Plastic based A-Frame finds favour
Cargopak’s plastic based nesting A-Frame roll containers are enjoying continued market success.
Storage & picking
SSI Schaefer has been working with orthopaedics specialist, Össur UK, to design and install efficient storage and material handling solutions in its new Stockport warehousing facility.
Star performance
The UK’s largest cold storage and logistics company, Yearsley Logistics has invested in a bespoke high efficiency cooling system from Star Refrigeration as part of an expansion to cold storage facilities at its flagship distribution centre in Lancashire.
Growth strategy discussion
The president of Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co, one of the world’s largest forklift truck manufacturers, has met with Impact Handling managing director, Terry Kendrew, to discuss the company’s continued growth strategy and plans for 2014.
Mark of assurance
Lighting designer and manufacturer, Tamlite Lighting, is making it simple for customers to immediately identify LED products that meet technical standards for excellent light quality, with a new mark of assurance.
Website & catalogue
New from Redhill Manufacturing, Work Gear is an innovative new e-commerce platform, comprising a specially developed website and catalogue, available exclusively to Redhill’s distributor network.
Versatile robotic palletiser
Automated packing systems specialist Brillopak has introduced a versatile new robotic palletiser, capable of placing a variety of container formats including crates, cases and trays onto pallets.
Load up for 2014
At a time of the year when many companies assess their annual performance and prepare forecasts and budgets, Thorworld Industries says there is no better time to take a look at the effectiveness of the loading and unloading operation in order to determine what equipment a company needs to improve functionality.
Easy heavy load monitoring
Cost-efficient and durable, Adam Equipment’s PTS pallet truck scale has a readability of 0.5kg and maximum capacity of 2000kg.
Compact column
Conveyor Systems Ltd (CSL) has launched its new ‘Super Grip’ slat-spiral elevator/lowerator, a space saving, compact column spiral conveyor that can provide a smooth, continuous high throughput and flow of product vertically to/from different floor levels.
