Specialist video-game retailer Game Stores chose Vanderlande’s cross-belt sorter to help boost productivity by making picking operations faster, more flexible and accurate.
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ProLogis has “no exposure to empty rates legislation at the present time”, Robert Watson, chief executive of ProLogis European Properties, has told the company’s annual meeting. “Demand in the UK has been driven by internet and conventional retailers
Over the past few years insurance costs for commercial buildings have risen beyond inflation. High profile incidents such as the Buncefield fuel depot explosion in Hertfordshire in 2005, have continued to drive premiums higher.
Godwin Pumps, which manufactures pumping equipment, bought two Kardex Shuttle XPs to help deal with its increasingly high stock levels and maximise space at its 10,000 sq m site in Quenington.
Amazon has opened its 800,000 sq ft distribution facility in Swansea and has launched a huge recruitment drive to find some 1,000 staff.
I am privileged to have worked in the logistics sector for many years. While I don’t quite go back to the days when Pontius was a pilot, I have been fortunate enough to work with and for some real characters whose working lives dated back to the post-war
SSI Schaefer says the cold store industry lags behind other market leaders when it comes to warehouse systems and logistics. While capacities increase, the average degree of use in most warehouses is 75 per cent.
Gazeley is believed to have acquired a 20 acre site in Stoke-on-Trent off junction 15 of the M6 motorway and is believed to be in the process of acquiring an 11 acre site off junction 3 of the M6 motorway in Nuneaton.
Demand for logisticians is as strong as ever. Industry challenges such as increasingly complex supply chains, shorter lead times, and global sourcing means customers are demanding more, and companies such as DHL Exel Supply Chain, need
European Conveyor Systems recently completed a £550,000 goods handling system at a 300,000 sq ft national distribution centre in Northamptonshire operated by Exel for Mothercare. The NDC, which includes some 14,000 pallet racking locations and a mezzanine
