Browsing: Intralogistics

London’s King’s College Hospital is a leading UK hospital with a worldwide reputation for teaching and research. It treats more than 500,000 patients a year and provides a full range of hospital services to the people of London.

Third-party logistics firm TDG has ‘gone live’ with Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management solution at its 16,740sq m distribution centre at Swindon. The TDG-operated facility serves as a dedicated national facility for the Early Learning Centre (EL

Rising costs for raw materials is putting pressure on forklift truck manufacturers to pass on the increase to customers. According to Jungheinrich’s sales director, Matthias Fischer, steel prices “have exploded this year” while those for copper have also

Chance & Hunt, which markets and distributes chemicals, is using a telemetry system at its Runcorn, Cheshire facility to manage clients’ inventories. The system constantly monitors client inventories, checking stock levels against optimum levels.

The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) has reported “an exceptionally strong quarter” as its members placed orders for more than 9,000 forklift trucks (FLT), taking the annualised UK FLT market to just over 31,400 units.

Laddaw, one of the largest automotive glass wholesalers and distributors in the UK, has installed Linpac Storage Systems racking to solve a storage challenge at a 12,000sq m warehouse and distribution centre to house windscreens, bodyglass

IKEA’s distribution centre complex at Peterborough, which is operated by ND Logistics UK, has been supplied with high performance batteries by Hawker Traction to power the 67 electric lift trucks working at the site.

Two 2.4 tonne heavy-duty Toyota powered pallet handlers featuring double pallet handling forks have helped the Fyffes Group’s Basingstoke site reduce the time spent off-loading bananas by 80%.

Barlows, one of the UK’s largest commercial interior contractors, has contracted Bibby Distribution to manage its full logistics operations from inbound international movements, to storage, pick and pack, despatch and delivery.

Mobile asset management company TrenStar has acquired and will provide outsourced management of the beer keg fleet of Adolph Coors Company’s UK operating subsidiary – Coors Brewers (CBL).