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Distribution business Phil Hanley has installed powered and gravity conveyor equipment at its new 129,000cb m cold store in Nottinghamshire to meet the need for high-volume pallet handling with minimal forklift truck use.

Northcliffe Group subsidiary Aberdeen Journals is using specialist newspaper strapping equipment from Mosca Direct as part of improvements to its printing facility. Aberdeen Journals, which publishes a variety of newspapers, prints more

Janssen-Cilag, part of healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, has renewed a contract with Exel for the third-party logistics company to continue operating UK warehousing and distribution for its medical products range.

Coors Brewers, of Burton-Upon-Trent, is using Joloda’s Hydraroll Slip Chain System for unloading and transferring pallets of empty cans. The system was introduced to enhance efficiency, resulting in the reduction of the need for handling.

Alpha Airport Services has continued its acquisition of Volvo FL 18-tonne aircraft high-loaders with a further six vehicles, bringing the total to 27. Based at airports around the UK and supplied by the Avonmouth depot of Volvo Truck & Bus (South),

Halewood International, the alcoholic drinks producer, shipper and supplier, has taken on four Renault Premium 420.26 dCi 6×2 rigids for its distribution requirements throughout the UK. The vehicles, which feature Privilege cabs, replace four Volvo

The past few years have been far from easy: slashed budgets have resulted in skeleton IT departments and overdue system upgrades. The ‘do more with less’ philosophy has been tough resulting in a further plunge in IT’s corporate credibility.

The latest 32 vehicles to join homecare equipment supplier Medequip’s 100-plus fleet have all been lined and laminated by bodybuilder GRP Westbury. The vehicles – 20 Ford Transits and 12 Citroen Relay vans – carry community equipment, covering both

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Corporation (SEM) has deployed i2 Technologies’ Supply Chain Management (SCM) to improve supply chain visibility. At the same time Samsung has implemented i2’s solutions in three of its divisions: Multi-Layered Ceramic Cap

Thamesport (London) is using seven new Terberg terminal tractors, from UK dealer Transtec Equipment, in addition to the four that arrived at the port in May. A further eight are due for delivery to the Medway facility in March 2005, completing the