Palletline is investing £20 million in a central hub at its 15-acre Solihull site ahead of plans to triple pallet throughout by 2020.
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Royal Dutch Shell has extended its collaboration with biotechnology company Iogen Energy Corporation in order to speed up the development of a second generation biofuel made from cellulosic ethanol.
BASDA members have launched the Logistics and Supply Chain Special Interest Group in a bid to increase the number of collaborative working practices and systems across the industry.
Mail order plant and bulb specialist J Parker Dutch Bulbs has signed a home delivery contract with Parcelnet worth more than £1 million a year.
Transaid is searching for 30 members of the UK transport and logistics industry to take part in Cycle Zambia 2009.
FedEx is thought to be in preliminary talks to acquire rival parcel delivery service TNT.
National rental company Burnt Tree Vehicle Solutions has added 100 factory-bodied DAF LF45 trucks to its 8,000-strong fleet.
DHL Exel Supply Chain has created a series of courses to help companies in the UK improve their health and safety records and reduce costs.
The findings from PRTM’s latest Global Supply Chain Trends Survey indicate that “by 2010, the need for greater supply chain flexibility will overtake product quality and customer service as the major driver for improving supply chain strategy”
FedEx has started trials of Iveco’s diesel-electric hybrid Daily.
