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Doré Metal Services has been able to improve storage capacity and efficiency as a result of moving to Atlet Forte UFS four-way reach trucks which support a new way of working with higher storage density.

Tesco has chosen an Easilift loading system for the loading bays at its store at Wick in Scotland. It was designed, built and installed by Easilift to meet Tesco’s specific requirements for what has been described as ‘Britain’s greenest supermarket.’

A mobile dock lift from Transdek is proving to be cost-effective for loading trailers at a new regional distribution centre opened by A F Blakemore and Son in the West Midlands.

Specialist video-game retailer Game Stores chose Vanderlande’s cross-belt sorter to help boost productivity by making picking operations faster, more flexible and accurate.

Godwin Pumps, which manufactures pumping equipment, bought two Kardex Shuttle XPs to help deal with its increasingly high stock levels and maximise space at its 10,000 sq m site in Quenington.

SSI Schaefer says the cold store industry lags behind other market leaders when it comes to warehouse systems and logistics. While capacities increase, the average degree of use in most warehouses is 75 per cent.

European Conveyor Systems recently completed a £550,000 goods handling system at a 300,000 sq ft national distribution centre in Northamptonshire operated by Exel for Mothercare. The NDC, which includes some 14,000 pallet racking locations and a mezzanine

Foster’s Group chose an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) from Swisslog, for its Wolf Blass Winery in Australia. The company needed a system to help it manage future growth, reduce freight and double handling costs, transport export products

Daifuku was appointed general contractor when Danish purchasing cooperative SuperGros decided to build an additional warehouse at Ringsted. The planned integrated consignment stock warehouse with its clad rack construction, has nine aisles with 20,544