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Amtrak is looking for extra overnight parcel-sorting facilities to meet rising volumes. The company has two hubs in the West Midlands which meet current needs, but Amtrak expects continued growth in home shopping which will demand extra capacity.

Hyster will unveil its new VNA man-up turret trucks at this year’s Manutention in Paris. The C-series offers application-matched performance and dependability, productivity, and low cost of ownership.

Platinum Equity, which has just sold ACR Logistics to Kuehne & Nagel, has completed the acquisition of Peak Technologies from RR Donnelley & Sons. Peak supplies automated identification and data collection systems and enterprise mobility solutions.

PB Logistics, a third party logistics operator, has appointed Conveyors (UK) to help replace its manual handling operation with conveying technology incorporating sequential routing for operators.

Figures released from the DVLA this week show that only 10,640 Smart cards have been issued to drivers in the UK.