Friday - 03 September 2010

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Navista picks ATMS to distribute mobile terminals
ATMS, the Birmingham-based logistics IT provider, has been appointed UK and Middle East distributor for the Navista range of mobile terminals...

 

Unilever launches tool to target supply chain emissions
Consumer goods giant Unilever has come up with a new tool designed to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its supply chain...

 

RH Freight launches daily Helsinki service
Road freight network operator RH Freight, has launched a daily service from the UK to Helsinki...

 

New commercial director for Cargo Wise
Logistics technology supplier Cargo Wise has made Adam Kossak its commercial director...

 

Deutsche Post to test Mercedes electric vans
Deutsche Post is to start testing 15 Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell vans from the autumn. ...

 

Carbon Trust Standard awarded to Unipart
The Unipart Group has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard, which is awarded to companies that have taken direct action rather than paying to off-set their emissions...

 

Norbert Dentressangle takes West Midlands shed
Norbert Dentressangle has taken Legal & General’s 141,770 sq ft warehouse at Centurion Park, Tamworth on a ten-year lease at a rent of £4.75 per sq ft....

 

Build to suit on the up
Build to suit warehouses accounted for 30 per cent of all take up in the second quarter of this year according to the latest Jones Lang LaSalle warehouse report. ...

 

Aggressive action needed to cut transport emissions
AEA, a climate change consultancy, has told the European Commission that it will take ambitious and aggressive measures to achieve a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from transport...

 

Toyota launches compact electric truck range
Toyota Material Handling has launched a new range of compact electric forklifts with three new models offering capacities of 2.0 tonnes, 2.5 tonnes and 3.0 tonnes promising better performance that their predecessors...

 

Barcode app for iPhone
KoamTac has released the KTSync keyboard wedge and application generation software for its KDC line of barcode scanners designed to work with smart phones like the iPhone...

 

£103m supply chain win for Accenture
Accenture has won a £103 million ($160m) contract extension to manage the end-to-end supply chain for US group Educational Testing Service...

 

Zara launches e-commerce site
Zara is set to launch an e-commerce site tomorrow (2nd September), which will offer customers the option of 48-hour delivery....

 

UK manufacturing recovery continues
UK manufacturing continued to recover in August, but rates of expansion in production and new orders slowed further, according to the latest Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI....

 

LPG boosts share of forklift market
LPG supplier Calor reckons that gas is catching up with diesel as a fuel for counterbalance trucks...

 

Next Month in Logistics Manager
 Rise of the machines What's new in the world of automation? We look at the latest and greatest options when it comes to fitting out your warehouse. A game of tag ...

 

On the move
Promotion for Kent Panalpina has promoted Chris Kent to global head of Panprojects, a wholly-owned subsidiary, he was previously divisional director of the company in the UK. Panalpina has a...

 

IBM completes Sterling Commerce takeover
IBM has completed its takeover of Sterling Commerce which provides software for cross-channel commerce and integration of customer, partner and supplier networks across a wide range of industries. ...

 

GLS starts Irish express service
GLS Ireland is to launch a guaranteed national express delivery service from tomorrow (1st September). ...

 

Porsche to design new Scania
Scania has selected Porsche Engineering Group as its partner in the development of the next generation of truck cabs....

 

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