The Department for Transport has set out its plans to support the logistics industry in a new review: “The Logistics Growth Review – Connecting People with Goods”
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Packaging equipment supplier Packer Products has launched a paper void-filling machine dubbed SpeedMan which dispenses recycled paper
American Airlines parent AMR Corporation has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a move designed to enable it to restructure its costs and debts to make it more competitive
Geodis Wilson has appointed Gilbert den Bekker as vertical market director, retail and fashion. He will be based at the company’s office in Paris
Whitbread is investing in 12 double-deck trailers for its distribution fleet, to save fuel and reduce emissions whilst delivering to its Costa stores, Premier Inn hotels, and its restaurant brands Beefeater Grill, Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Taybarns
Norbert Dentressangle has opened a new, shared-user cold store at Miramas in the south of France, as part of its strategy to develop its temperature-controlled logistics business in Europe
Logistics firm Spatial, part of Keswick Enterprises, has appointed Jil Towersey to the newly created position of commercial development manager at its Castle Donington head office
Corrugated packaging manufacturer W E Roberts has taken delivery of four Mitsubishi 2.0 tonne Grendia diesel counterbalance trucks to maintain production in line with growth
Weetabix has taken on LPR to open a new pallet sort and repair facility at its production site in Burton Latimer, near Kettering, operated by Norbert Dentressangle
The new Mercedes-Benz Actros has won the title of International Truck of the Year 2012.