n Manufacturing and finished goods company Cable Management Products (CMP) is using four new Crown RD 5000 pantograph reach trucks to perform a variety of roles within its Coleshill complex. The company manufactures metallic and non-metallic flexib
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n The RSW Group, a major importer, distributor and retailer of housewares, stationery, toys, baby products and Christmas crackers, has selected LXE’s new MX6 mobile handheld computer to automate its warehouse processes. Based from its 22,320sq m di
Volvo Insurance Services, in conjunction with specialist fleet insurance group SBP, is launching a brand new Volvo Fleet Insurance Initiative. The insurance program is aimed at both the truck, and bus and coach sectors.
For the first time in four years the Institute of Logistics and Transport’s (ILT) annual accounts show an improvement on the previous year, but even so net assets (i.e. members funds) are still virtually £2 million down on what they were on the 30
Millipore’s pharmaceutical filtration equipment factory in Gloucester features a new fully equipped storage and handling facility, completed by Couzens Storage Solutions. As well as replacing several storage premises scattered around the previous s
One of the largest distribution facilities in the UK will soon become available at Heywood, which is located close to J3 of the M66 and J18 of the M62 motorways. Following the departure of Index later this year, new owners Moorfield and Group and Westbroo
The Thresher Group, one of the UK’s leading independent, specialist drinks retailers, has awarded a contract valued at around £100M to Tradeteam, an Exel company, to become its sole UK drinks distributor for its 2,000 shops in the UK until 2010.
Bradbury & Son, of Buxton in Derbyshire, is an international cheese importer and one of the largest independent importers of Edam in the UK. As such, the company must ensure that its storage and handling systems’ cleanliness and safety continue to meet th
The Foot and Mouth epidemic in 2001 propelled food traceability issues to the top of the agenda for farmers, government ministers and consumers alike.
Construction has begun on five new production and distribution buildings totalling 7,896sq m on the nine-acre Catesby Park, Kings Norton, South Birmingham, and already one has been pre-sold and there is keen interest in two more.