Chloride Motive Power’s new three-tier charging system offers optimal space use and improved health and safety for warehouses and other electric vehicle fleet users. Other battery manufacturers offer a double-deck system of battery chargers, but CM
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Mapei UK, part of the Italian Mapei group which is manufactures and distributes chemical building products, has settled into its new 6,038sq m premises on the 43-acre Coombs Wood Business Park, Halesowen. The company chose Coombs Wood, which is bei
Meachers Transport’s ability to provide a dedicated service to one of the UK’s largest independent producers of corrugated packaging, Encase, has resulted in it being awarded a long-term contract to manage the distribution of Encase’s produc
Supply chain management is a concept which is becoming more and more common and relevant to modern businesses. The chain begins with the simplest identifiable component, often raw materials, and finishes with the final product. In the Dasani case,
Dublin-based haulier O’Reilly Transport (Heysham) has taken delivery of 15 new Volvo FH12 Globetrotters, making the mainland UK side of the company now 100% Volvo. The order takes O’Reilly’s count to 60 Volvos in the past three years alone, heralding a co
RedPrairie Corporation, a leader in global supply chain technology solutions, has bought supply chain execution provider LIS. Operating under the RedPrairie name, the enlarged group projects 2004 revenues of US$130M and has more than 600 people from offic
In the highly competitive supermarket sector customers want a wide variety of quality products available 24-hours a day, and at the right price. This means retailers must continuously balance all aspects of their supply and demand chain management and inv
International express carrier DHL has taken delivery of its first two lveco Eurocargos, which replace two older Cargos operating out of its hub at East Midlands International Airport. Both vehicles are Eurocargo 75E17S models fitted with sleeper cabs, and
Unipart Logistics, part of the Unipart Group of Companies, has won a ten-year contract to manage a second major Boots distribution centre. The contract is part of Boots’ program of improvements to its supply chain and will result in 300 new jobs being cre
Allibert Buckhorn has launched a new extended length bulk box – its largest at a huge 2,059 litres capacity. Designed specifically for the storage and distribution of long or bulky items, extended length boxes are ideal for the automotive, plastics proces
