There is lots of interest in locating to rail-connected terminals, but the rail freight services need to be more user-friendly.
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Branston, the potato buyer, packer and distributor, has installed Union Industries’ 4.5 metre high Bulldoor at the hub of a loading bay at its factory in Ilminster, Somerset.
Getting the right equipment and systems in place in the loading bay is critical, not just to efficiency, but also to safe warehouse operation.
Widdowson has won a contract for the UK palletised distribution of Pearson Education and Penguin books
UK take-up of industrial property fell 15 per cent in the second quarter, according to DTZ’s Research UK Property Times Industrial market report. However, take-up in the West Midlands increased 15 per cent
Dematic has signed an agreement to buy North American material handling company, HK Systems.
Barloworld, the Hyster distributor, says it is seeing fewer breakdowns, faster engineer response times and less waste as a result of its Six Sigma continuous improvement programme
Rising volumes in the liner shipping market helped Neptune Orient Lines produce a core EBIT of US$40 million for the first half of 2010, compared to a US$353 million loss a year ago
Multipart Solutions has hired John Cascone as sales marketing drector.
An EU directive on air quality could be a major threat to rail freight operations in Europe, the Freight Transport Association has warned
