Bito Storage Systems has developed a new parts kitting design to save space and increase efficiency for manufacturers. BMW has already deployed the system at its Hams Hall engine plant.
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TDG won more new business than in the first half of 2005 and also secured the bulk of its contracts scheduled for renewal. Net business wins of £34m were up by more than 60 per cent.
The new building took nearly a year to plan and erect and Total was consulting at the site over that time period. “The previous plant was at Dun Laoghaire, some seven miles south of Dublin,” says Ian O’Toole, project manager for Cadbury.
A new national hub for the Co-operative group has been officially opened in Coventry. The site will serve the 3,300 stores, that form the Co-operative Retail Trading Group.
Gazeley is to launch Felixstowe Portside – a “port-centric” logistics park development, supported by the Port of Felixstowe.
TM Logistics has selected Tranman software from VT Software, to manage its fleet of 200 vehicles and 300 trailers. TM Logistics, part of Taylors of Martley, operates from 16 company and customer-owned sites nationally.
The European Commission has recognised the key role that freight transport and logistics are making to the expanded European economy in its new transport policy statement, says the Freight Transport Association.
The UK Warehousing Association says it is adopting sweeping changes to its constitutional rules.
Samuk +HC is to launch its new H series range of diesel, LPG and electric lift trucks for the UK market in the new year.
Insulation supplier SIG has sub-let an 80,121 sq ft warehouse on Hornhouse Lane, Knowlsey Industrial Estate in Liverpool for ten years.