Ceva is to acquire forwarding group EGL for about £1 billion ($2bn).
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King Sturge is marketing a 65,000 sq ft high bay warehouse at Shepsted, Leicestershire that boasts six loading doors and a 3,907 sq ft first-floor office complete with a feature reception area for £4.50per sq ft.
Welconstruct has won two contracts with Toyota Manufacturing UK to install carton live storage and heavy duty pallet storage systems.
Duncan Smillie, managing director of the mobile computing company Psion Teklogix, believes that the shift towards a greater use of voice technology is probably one of the most significant events in the logistics industry at the moment.
Waverley TBS, a subsidiary of Scottish and Newcastle, has taken a 34,500 sq ft warehouse on a 15-year lease at Quadrant Estate’s 134,000 sq ft Ropemaker Park in Hailsham, East Sussex.
The amount of speculative warehouse development is growing apace – but will supply dry up as quickly as it came? Liza Helps takes a closer look.
Toshiba Europe has increased the throughput at its Regensburg plant in Germany by 5,500 units per day using an RFID system which has helped remove warehouse congestion.
Order picking is a critical operation where delays and errors can cost you dear. However, there are now a range of technologies available to help. The difficult bit is choosing the right one. Malory Davies reports.
Gladman Developments has started work on a £28 million, 525,000 sq ft speculative industrial and distribution scheme at Drum Industrial Estate in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.
Will a logistics degree set you on the path to untold riches? Malory Davies asks employers what they are really looking for when they are recruiting.
