Union awards £3600 tax-free bonus to each employee
Employee-owned Union Industries enjoys record sales year and most profitable trading year ever.
MoD targets huge savings with warehouse revamp
TGW completes automated warehousing solution for new £83 million Defence Fulfilment Centre.
Packaging firm receives safety accreditation
Samuel Grant Packaging has been awarded accreditation from Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellence in health and safety in the workplace. The accreditation demonstrates that Samuel Grant Packaging’s engineers work to exceptionally high safety standards when working at customers’ sites.
The space race
The market for warehousing in the United Kingdom is, if not in crisis, certainly facing some major challenges, says Sid Holian, MD, and Steve Purvis, operations director, at Bis Henderson Space.
Intelligent curtain for pharmaceutical sector
Nergeco Entrematic provides flexible, light and multi-directional contact detection of its Intelligent Curtain which provides users with maximum safety and minimum maintenance costs.
Ergonomic alternative to dead man’s switch
UniCarriers has developed the Driver Presence Sensor (DPS) – an ergonomic alternative to the dead man’s switch on order picking trucks.
Four forks to the rescue
Contact Attachments has been called upon by a large packaging manufacturer to provide a solution to handling goods more safely and efficiently.
Cold stores supplier gains latest accreditations
Reinforcing its on-going commitment to quality and the environment, Blue Cube Portable Cold Stores, a supplier of rental temperature controlled storage solutions for the food, pharmaceutical, logistics and manufacturing industries, has successfully transitioned to both the new ISO9001 and 14001 standards.
Wooden pallet collars
From state-of-the-art lightshows used by the latest headlining rock band to high quality engineering parts – they all need the correct packaging.
User group finds its voice
Voiteq hosted its seventh annual Voice User Group at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield, on Tuesday June 20. Attended by customers, prospects, partners and industry thought-leaders from around the world, the event is said to be the largest of its kind and welcomed over 150 guests.
Carpet manufacturer upgrades loading facilities
Cormar Carpets has made significant improvements to its Bury-based mill upgrading its loading bay facility using specialist apparatus, designed and installed by Thorworld Industries.
New safety standards
According to HSE, there are approximately 622,000 cases of reportable work-related accidents occur in the UK each year. Such accidents often involve ladders.
Side battery exchange
Side battery exchange is now an option on selected Hyster 1.5T – 3.5T electric counterbalance trucks. Exchange takes a few minutes, helping multi-shift applications.
Event tackles logistics issues
Hundreds of visitors arrived in Telford on 22nd June for Talent in Logistics, which is described as the only event dedicated to training, learning and development in the transport, warehousing and logistics industries.
Wire manufacturer revamps stock management
Webster and Horsfall, a 297-year-old Birmingham company at the forefront of wire manufacturing, has transformed its stock taking with a new stock management system from mobile computer solutions provider Portech Systems.
Prestigious transport award
Meachers Global Logistics, one of the UK’s leading independent providers of logistics services, is celebrating after winning the Motor Transport Partnership Award; one of the most prestigious accolades in the industry.
Goplasticpallets.com welcomes a new folding Twistlock box to the family
The new GoFold 34200P is manufactured by Cabka-IPS, with the Twistlock range a popular folding container among retailers, grocers, and food manufacturers.
Walker getting ready for Christmas rush
Balsam Hill– one of the world’s largest online retailers of realistic artificial Christmas trees and other seasonal decorations – has appointed Walker Logistics to manage part of its UK supply chain for the forthcoming 2017 season.
Warburtons fined nearly £2 million after conveyor injury
Warburtons has been fined £1.9m after a worker was injured when his arm got trapped against a running conveyor belt.
Visiting worker’s leg crushed by forklift
An international food company has been fined £333,000 after a fork lift truck collided with a visiting recycling company driver.
