AGC Automotive Europe, a supplier of glass components, has taken on the services of DB Schenker Logistics’ new bonded warehouse in Kragujevac, Serbia

Skillweb has launched a parcel tracking app called SmartTask POD offering tracking capability without the cost, management time and hardware required for a specific tracking system

Schoeller Allibert is to launch the Minipac, a retail packaging and display unit, later this year

DHL Global Forwarding has launched DHL Flexitank, for the shipment of bulk non-hazardous liquids, which it reckons is cheaper and greener than ISO tank containers, IBC totes or drums

SBS Worldwide has signed a deal to offer Tibbett & Britten Unique’s services covering Switzerland

Conveyor manufacturer Sovex has won its first order in China after opening a sales office in Shanghai in December

Goplasticpallets.com has added a lightweight modular container to its range

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has awarded a five-year contract to specialist Wincanton to manage the storage and distribution of its generating sets destined for UK armed forces around the world

Toyota has introduced a new optimised diesel engine for its Tonero range of counterbalance trucks which it says gives and eight per cent improvement in fuel efficiency and lower CO2

The tragic events in Algeria last week have only emphasised the political instability in that part of the world. But even before that, trade and logistics professionals were pessimistic about the near-term prospects of Arab Spring countries