The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA), has made comprehensive changes to its management board.
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Univeyor is installing a state-of-the-art case conveyor for Direct Wines’ 180,000 sq ft mail-order distribution centre in Theale, near Reading.
The Cartwright Group is supplying 206 curtainsiders to TDG between now and December.
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.
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”.
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.
British Airways Regional Cargo is using a sophisticated web based vehicle tracking service to record the minute by minute movement of air cargo.
