ProLogis’ recently completed 28,830sq m distribution warehouse at ProLogis Park at Coventry has been let to Co-operative Group. The rent achieved is close to the asking price of £5.50 per sq ft and brings the total warehouse space let at ProLogis P
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There is no doubt that information technology continues to form the backbone of any organisation with an evolved logistics operation. The latest breed of logistics software products is providing forward thinking companies with the ability to have greater
Northern Foods has contracted Norprint Labelling Systems to supply more than one million metal detectable labels each year. The new range of aluminium reversed labels, known as Food-Safe labels, have been designed to work within Northern Foo
Thales has launched a new in-vehicle messaging and navigation system to enable car, van and commercial vehicle fleet operators to communicate more effectively with their drivers. The Thales Messaging System (TMS) uses Personal Digital Assistant (PD
Tesco has signed an order for 120 Cool Liners from trailer manufacturer Krone, following an order last year for 160. The vehicles will be deployed Tesco’s Polish subsidiary. Krone says it is the only trailer manufacturer to offer refrigerated trailers
LPC AFH, the Away From Home division of leading tissue and soft paper products manufacturer LPC, is using Premium Freight Services (PFS) to handle nationwide distribution for its products. A member of the Palletways network of overnight pall
Gazeley has launched a template for developing environmentally and socially responsible warehousing at low cost across Europe. The ‘EcoTemplate’ is the result of two years of research, conducted by Gazeley and its partners at a cost of more than £6
TrenStar has sold its barcode labelling and printing division in the UK – the Label Store – to John Crow Holdings. The Label Store (UK), as it is now known, provides a manufacturing capacity for John Crow Holdings, a group of companies including Me
The on-going success of the Siemens Variable Speed Drive Assembly Plant in Congleton, Cheshire has placed more emphasis on the need to maximise efficient use of space. With some 700,000 individual assemblies produced each year the company
PD Logistics has signed a three-year contract with Expamet Building Products (EBP) and IG to manage UK distribution from their manufacturing plants at Hartlepool in Teesside, and Cwmbran, South Wales. The £7M contract starts in Januar