The amount of newly developed warehousing space built in 2009, was the lowest level in a decade, with just over six million sq ft completed according to Gerald Eve’s latest Prime Logistics Bulletin.
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TDG has acquired Hungarian transport business RRS Logistics in a move that enables the group to extend its full range of services in Central and Eastern Europe.
Over the past few years the growth of globalisation has challenged logisticians to deal with the massive changes of moving from local to international supply chains.
Czech automotive packaging specialist Omnipack is using ARPRO expanded polypropylene to produce up to 15,000 dunnage trays a year for the country’s automotive industry.
It’s been very long slow process, but the government is coming round to the idea that there is a logic to making deliveries at nights and weekends. Malory Davies looks at proposals
Smurfit Kappa developed the pack, which uses a cartridge body that can be cut away and recycled with domestic collections and a nozzle and plunger made from biodegradable plastics.
It only existed in the commercial arena for two decades but already it’s hard to imagine life without the internet. Networking giant Cisco Systems has played a key role in its development, and one of its top visionaries Mawgan Wilkins talks to Jessica Da
SSI Schaefer has developed an entry-level, semi-automatic pick-by-light system called i-Pick, designed to boost picking accuracy.
A new Logistex system for the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company increases pallet handling capacity by 33 per cent and enables the company to meet growth in the Romanian market.
A combination of network consolidation and warehouse automation has resulted in an improved supply chain for global sportswear brand adidas.
