Rising costs for raw materials is putting pressure on forklift truck manufacturers to pass on the increase to customers. According to Jungheinrich’s sales director, Matthias Fischer, steel prices “have exploded this year” while those for copper have also
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A faster, more efficient order picking routines are now being realised by Hi-Tec Sports UK following a major reorganisation of existing material flow procedures at its Southend warehousing and distribution complex.
Telford-based Schneider Electrics has reached maximum storage density at its 6,000sq m warehouse extension now that it is using two side-loading Bendi forklifts from Translift Engineering.
The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) has reported “an exceptionally strong quarter” as its members placed orders for more than 9,000 forklift trucks (FLT), taking the annualised UK FLT market to just over 31,400 units.
Chairmen and CEOs ignore the supply chain at their peril. Retailers may consider their main activity as selling, but the more astute may make a more considered analysis. The ‘Chairman’s Agenda’ column on page 22 of this issue refers to Wal-Mart’s descript
Laddaw, one of the largest automotive glass wholesalers and distributors in the UK, has installed Linpac Storage Systems racking to solve a storage challenge at a 12,000sq m warehouse and distribution centre to house windscreens, bodyglass
The Transnorm Group, the unit load conveying technology provider, has been bought from Swisslog by a management buyout team led by Detlef Walter, chief executive officer of Transnorm Germany. Together with Nord Holding based in Hanover,
When Palletways needed to secondary-sort product for a major customer it turned to Axiom GB to develop a manual cross docking system that would improve order picking efficiency and secondary-level sorting.
Transporting perishable goods can be a tricky business and recent problems faced by Nene Valley Foods resulted in lost profits, as well as spilt milk! But the company has solved the problem by using ArcaSystem’s Combo plastic reusable IBC.
Barlows, one of the UK’s largest commercial interior contractors, has contracted Bibby Distribution to manage its full logistics operations from inbound international movements, to storage, pick and pack, despatch and delivery.
