E2open has acquired icon-scm, the supply chain planning and collaboration systems provider, in a deal valued at some $34 million

Arla plans to close its dairy and distribution facility at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in April 2014 and transfer operations to a new dairy at Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire which is now nearing completion

Waitrose will officially open its £35 million regional distribution centre in Leyland on 4 September, following a phased roll-out which started this month

Stobart’s Biomass division has won a £75m contract to supply fuel to the Evermore Renewable Energy Plant, a 15.8 MWe recycled wood fuelled combined heat and power station to be constructed in Derry/Londonderry

Doug Brittin has been appointed as The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) new secretary general, effective of 15 August this year

Hermes has teamed up with the Royal Logistics Corps and the Logistics Guild, to launch a series of events to help find employment for military personnel faced with redundancy

E-commerce technology provider Rangespan has awarded Norbert Dentressangle a contract to manage its reverse logistics operation, which will see Norbert take responsibility for the processing and handling of all returned goods at its shared-user facility i

European provider of tanker transport services for chemical goods, Lehnkering Chemical Transport, has implemented Trimble Transport & Logistics’ V3 CarCube System to its fleet, to make all future processing of orders more efficient

DSV has acquired the entire share capital of road transport provider Ontime Logistics AS, which operates in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, with a total of 220 employees

Tony Mohan of Bibby Distribution has taken on the role of vice chairman of the UK Warehousing Association, while Peter Masters, managing director of Miniclipper has joined the board