First female Tornado pilot to address FLTA Safety Conference
Jo Salter, the RAF’s first-ever female fast-jet pilot, will inspire and motivate delegates at the FLTA’s National Fork Truck Safety Conference at 29th June.
Hörmann strengthens its global presence
Leading industrial and domestic door manufacturer Hörmann has further strengthened its global presence with the acquisition of its largest dealer in Finland.
Clean-running trucks needed for busy hub
TPN – The Pallet Network – turned to Jungheinrich to provide 77 hardworking, low emission forklifts to keep its indoor operation rolling.
Hubtex to show off new sideloaders at CeMAT
The sideloader manufacturer will debut a multidirectional sideloader from its new production line at the show.
Re-Fresh your plastic boxes
Alison Handling has been appointed exclusive sales agent for Re-Fresh reusable plastic boxes, which are designed to meet the need for smaller volume packaging.
Scottish logistics group pays £2m bribery penalty
A Glasgow logistics group has agreed to pay more than £2m after it uncovered illegal bribery operations in its own organisation.
Siemens awards £3.3m crane contract
Siemens Wind Power has awarded Street Crane a £3.3m contract to supply overhead cranes for its £310m wind turbine production and logistics facilities in Hull.
Aldi opens new Northern DC
The new facility in Bolton encompasses 611,250 sq ft of warehousing and offices and replaces a smaller site in Middleton.
KPMG measures increase in transport sector buyouts
In 2016, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the transport sector will supersede the levels seen in 2015 by exceeding the £52 billion mark, according to KPMG’s Transport Tracker.
Cognex enters mobile terminal market
Machine vision leader expands its addressable market by $500 million with smartphone-based mobile terminals powered by Cognex’s barcode reading technology.
Fastlane predicts Christmas Day deliveries
Delivery firm Fastlane International says radical fulfilment plans need to be developed now to meet growing public expectations this year.
Flexible automated solution for E-commerce
The innovative ILS 2100 from Schönenberger Systeme tackles a wide variety of handling challenges in the complex and fast-moving Omni-channel retail setting.
John Lewis models Magna Park 3 DC
Retailer uses modelling and simulation tool CLASS from Cirrus Logistics for facility focused on larger items requiring 2-man deliveries.
New Doncaster facility offers access equipment training
Mentor has opened its latest access equipment training centre in Misterton, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. This new centre is a joint venture with the Construction Training Academy (CTA), and is the latest UK training centre for Mentor and their fourth to offer both IPAF and PASMA accredited training courses for all categories of equipment.
ABP modernises reachstackers
Kalmar to supply four new Gloria units as part of significant investment by ABP
Cereal manufacturer invests in carton conveyor system
Astec Conveyors has supplied a further high speed carton conveyor system to a major UK cereal manufacturer.
Lithium-ion truck range expanded
Linde Material Handling has expanded its range of trucks using lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology following a positive response from the market.
Dolly promotion
Schoeller Allibert’s latest plastic returnable transit packaging (RTP) promotion offers customers a free universal dolly and handle when purchasing five full pallets of some of the company’s most popular crate ranges.
Nilfisk Group at MACH
The Nilfisk Group is exhibiting a number of machines designed for the manufacturing industry.
Smart highways demo in the Netherlands
NXP Semiconductors and DAF Trucks demonstrated self-driving technologies in automated trucks.
