A leading car manufacturer awarded Conveyor Systems Ltd (CSL) a contract to design and supply a conveying system incorporating both twin and single trolley cars to transport cages of flat steel sheets weighing up to 4 tonnes to and from a hydraulic press to produce body panels.
As delivery times grow shorter, digital commerce is becoming ever more dynamic. To keep pace with these developments, businesses have to rethink and invest in new logistics concepts. The challenge today is to complete picking, packaging and shipping within a few short hours.
In lean manufacturing, the general rule of thumb is that anyone should be able to enter the facility and identify the flow of work within 60 seconds. With facility labelling, you can make sure your employees don’t lose valuable time looking for tools, spare parts or wondering how to re-order supplies.
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Grupo JPG, a local integrator of Verlinde hoists and crane components in Spain, has equipped the CISF (Centro Integral de Sistemas Ferroviarios), a new 20,000m2 train maintenance area for ADIF (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias), with overhead cranes to lift the train power and motorisation equipment.
Working through Building Craftsmen, the Dumfries-based contractor, Hart Door Systems has completed the installation of more Speedor ‘Minis’ at Arla Foods’ production facility at Melton Mowbray.
Konecranes has re-launched its Trucare remote service package. First introduced in 2012, Trucare has been remodelled into a modular concept that is designed to better serve the needs of customers from across a host of industry sectors.
Having used a Bradshaw FB1000 load carrier for over six years at the Grosvenor Waterside development, St James Group has now purchased another FB1000 load carrier from Bradshaw Electric Vehicles for use at Kew Bridge West Development.
Lift Turn Move Limited has became the UK and Ireland agent for Planeta Hebetechnik, which manufactures hoists and other lifting equipment. The agreement adds explosion proof manual chain hoists up to 10t capacity and air hoists up to 25t capacity to LTM’s product offering, as well as ultra low headroom chain hoists.
A new software module that provides full traceability of pharmaceutical packs throughout the distribution chain, from manufacture to the end-user, and offers companies the ability to future-proof against further traceability legislation, will be demonstrated by Travtec at this year’s Emballage exhibition.
Heat sealing specialist Proseal has designed and installed a bespoke packing system for blueberry punnets for Berry Gardens that has increased speeds and accuracy, reduced product waste and provided a more ergonomic and user-friendly working environment for operators.
CKF Systems, the Gloucester-based engineering company specialising in robotic and automated solutions for manufacturing industry, has completed the purchase of new freehold premises on the Olympus Business Park in Quedgeley.
The despatch area of Lancashire-based Gemini Dispersions had a manual roller shutter door on it with a set of very large, heavy rubber crash door in front to help keep out some of the elements.
When ThyssenKrupp Materials, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp AG, moved to new premises the company changed its fleet of specialised sideloaders.
Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received an order from Hans Lehmann KG (Lehmann) for a second diesel-electric G HMK 5506 variant of the Tere® Gottwald Model 5 mobile harbour crane.
Linde Material Handling is celebrating a milestone in manufacturing at its main plant in Aschaffenburg, Germany with the assembly of its 750,000th truck. It also announced the biggest ever investment at the Aschaffenburg site – worth about 60 million Euros – which will be focused on expanding the busy site by 2021.
Protecting people and property, the LBS EI 120 insulated sectional overhead door is said to be the only fire shutter to have been independently tested as providing up to 132 minutes stability, integrity and insulation.
The revised EN ISO 14119 defines Escape Release as the ‘possibility to release manually without aids the guard locking from inside the safeguarded area to leave the area’, explains Rob Lewis, MD at Fortress Interlocks.
Heavy transport company, Collett has successfully completed the collection, transport and delivery of a 156Te steel casting from Sheffield Forgemasters International to the Port of Goole on behalf of international freight forwarder, Expeditors.
Frontline Packaging completed the supply and installation of a specially adapted bale wrapper for Zeon Chemicals around 12 months ago and the machine hasn’t missed a beat since.
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