With land values continuing to rise and labour becoming more expensive and harder to find, will 2007 herald a golden age for warehouse automation? James Falkner reports.
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Bertram Books, a UK book wholesaler is using a void fill cushion from Easypack on a conveyor sorting system.
WH Smith has increased outbound productivity by 20 per cent at its Dunstable distribution centre, after installing a sortation system from SDI Greenstone.
The race to win the home shopping, e-fulfilment market is on, according to Steve Richmond, general manager for the systems and projects division of Jungheinrich.
Environmental concerns are increasingly influencing the logistics decision-making process – particularly among public-facing businesses such as retailing. How is forklift truck technology developing to meet the challenge?
Linde scooped the environmental award at the 2007 Fork Lift Truck Association annual awards for extended component life on its electric counterbalance range.
A fuel cell operates a little like a battery.
MAN ERF chief executive Des Evans has taken overall responsibility for sales development for the whole of MAN’s Region North
Secureseal has signed an agreement with Axonn, a US-based global satellite tracking specialist
Toyota has launched the Tonero range of engine-powered counterbalanced forklifts
