High street retailer Primark has taken Ikea’s 640,000 sq ft Thrapston distribution warehouse
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FedEx UK has opened a facility in Exeter, doubling its capacity in the South West, as demand grows in the region.
British Home Stores has extended its relationship with DHL after signing a three-year contract worth £3.6 million with DHL Exel Supply Chain to provide logistics e-fulfilment warehousing services.
Graham Wall, commercial director of PD Ports’ Teesport facility, is set to succeed Derrick Potter as national chairman of UKWA in 2009, following his appointed as vice chairman.
JDA Software has acquired global supply chain software provider i2 Technologies for an enterprise value of around £182 million ($346 million) as it tries to strengthen its position in the supply chain and optimisation market.
Redhead International has moved its Paris operation to a dedicated facility just outside the capital in Garonor, allowing it to offer a quicker and more reliable service transporting UK goods to and from France.
Plant hire company Liebherr-Rental has fitted a range of RDS on-board weighing systems to its fleet of wheeled and telescopic loaders in the UK.
The following companies have been shortlisted for the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2008.
European freight operator The RH Group has posted a 20 per cent increase in pre tax profit to £3.57 million for the year ended 31 December 2007 despite the “triple challenge” of slowing economy, rocketing fuel prices and decline in value of the sterling a
Plastics company Borouge has awarded a service contract to Agility (Abu Dhabi) to build its logistics hub in Shanghai, China, along with a ten-year deal which will see the company providing local logistics services for Borouge customers in Asia.
