One e-commerce retailer has found strong customer support for moving over to a more environmentally friendly box filler.
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Excel Automation has completed all four phases of a contract to upgrade the Chivas Brothers’ palletisation and automatic dispatch facility in Dumbarton.
FP International has launched two environmentally friendly packaging lines.
Czech automotive packaging specialist Omnipack is using ARPRO expanded polypropylene to produce up to 15,000 dunnage trays a year for the country’s automotive industry.
Smurfit Kappa developed the pack, which uses a cartridge body that can be cut away and recycled with domestic collections and a nozzle and plunger made from biodegradable plastics.
Iveco has been named Official Sponsor of the Fiat Yamaha MotoGP Team whose rider Valentino Rossi has won the world championship nine times.
Parcelforce Worldwide has invested in a fleet 1,106 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans fitted with ECO-start technology, designed to save fuel and reduce emissions.
House of Fraser in partnership with CitySprint, has launched a Wedding List delivery service designed to give couples and flexibility over when they can receive their gifts.
Fujifilm, the Japanese manufacturer of cameras and photographic processing, has outsourced its contract logistics to Kuehne + Nagel in Poland in order to consolidate the inventories of its three warehouses in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The United Kingdom Warehousing Association is working with the Carbon Trust to create an “emissions toolkit” to help warehouse operators cut carbon and save costs.
