An internal power-lift platform has been developed by trailer and bodywork manufacturer The Cartwright Group to help with the loading and unloading of high volume trailers and bodies with loose load products. Called CubeLift, the system has been de
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Grainger Trust, advised by FPDSavills, has sold the freehold industrial investment of Unit 2, Wyncolls Road, Severalls Park, Colchester, Essex, to private clients of Colliers Capital UK for £3.66M reflecting a net initial yield of 7.36%.
Cheshire Recycling is using PD Logistics to expand the kerbside recycling collection contract in the Liverpool City Council area. The contract follows on from the appointment in 2003 of PD Logistics to cover North Lincolnshire, which resulte
Somerfield has recruited Grampian Country Transport (GCT) as its regional chill consolidator. The contract means that all volume produced in the load area for Somerfield will pass through GCT’s warehouse. The company will initially handle 1,200 pallets a
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.
n A sophisticated barcode labelling solution by Paxar UK is helping hi-fi speaker manufacturer Monitor Audio to achieve unprecedented levels of quality assurance and customer satisfaction. Monitor Audio is now also able to accurately track and trace goods
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.
The UK forklift truck industry has seen a second consecutive record year for new truck orders. Almost 30,000 powered truck unit orders were placed on British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) members in 2003, representing an 8% increase on 2002.
Greenwoods Stock Boxes says a new lift installed by European Conveyor Systems is proving a cost-effective and efficient means of moving pallets between the ground and mezzanine floors at its warehouse in Nottingham.
