Barloworld Handling has opened a National Used Equipment Reception Centre in Tamworth, Staffordshire.

Avery Dennison has launched a high-speed printer, called the SNAP 700 which is designed to produce the most commonly used types of apparel and retail tags, labels and tickets.

Core Management Logistics has adopted GXS Trading Grid as its platform for electronic trading with Marks and Spencer.

China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), the ocean container shipping company, today has chosen GT Nexus as its preferred industry portal for e-commerce services.

UK truck registrations were down 36 per cent in the first two months of 2009, reflecting just how tough it is for manufacturing industry at the moment.

Building work has been completed on The Co-operative Group’s new £15-million Composite Distribution Centre Birtley in County Durham.

Newcastle-based bakery group Greggs is looking at restructuring its supply chain to centralise production of more products.

Kuehne + Nagel is to take over J Martens Holding AS, the Norwegian service provider to the oil and gas industry.

Wincanton, has been awarded a £50 million, five year contract by Lafarge Plasterboard to operate its UK national transport network.

Parcelnet is set to rebrand as Hermes following the decision to integrate the company into a newly-formed European services division.