ABP Connect Cargoflow, the stevedoring wing of ABP Connect, has invested £380,000 in ‘high and heavy’ handling equipment for a new contract with Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics.
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Michelin has won a “pence per kilometre” (PPK) contract to supply tyres to Pullman Fleet Services which manages around 1,100 of the 1,800-strong Tesco.com home delivery fleet in the UK.
Briggs Equipment UK, which acquired Finning Materials Handling in September, has launched the new NR-N range of Cat Lift Trucks.
Mitsubishi has launched its RBN series reach truck perform with what it describes as the “revolutionary Visionmast”.
Hallmark Cards has awarded a contract to Savoye for the automation of its 220,000 sq ft Dawson Lane warehouse in Bradford.
Paragon Software Systems is working with Harrods, to streamline the planning and enhance the service of its home delivery operation.
Nissan has launched a new range of low level order pickers with a modular format that enables users to specify an order picker tailored exactly to the requirements of their application –
Masternaut has acquired GE Mobile Solutions, the division of GE specialising in mobile computing technology for business.
US group Sammons Enterprises has bought the materials handling division of Finning (UK), which distributes Caterpillar equipment. Dallas-based Sammons is one of the world’s largest privately owned companies with assets in excess of US$30 billion.
Voice Picking is fast becoming the most efficient method of order picking in the warehouse, however the technology has come under fire from claims it has an alleged ‘dehumanising effect’ on employees.
