Ex-Or is launching HighBay LightSpot, a presence-detection system designed to cut out unnecessary use of…

Sainsbury’s is to fit its 343 new trucks with TISS’ TankSafe Impregnable fuel security and safety device, in a move to cut diesel spillage and improve its environmental credentials.

The government is cracking down on the number of foreign lorries that continue to flout UK road laws. Police and VOSA enforcement officers can now, for the first time, issue on-the-spot fines to all foreign hauliers found exploiting drivers’ hours, overlo

UK orders for forklift trucks fell 14.5 per cent during 2008 to just over 26,500 – the lowest since 2001, according to the British Industrial Truck Association.

Groupe SEB has chosen Norbert Dentressangle for a new five year warehousing and two year distribution contract.

Companies need to have fitter, leaner and more agile supply chains to deal with the recession, according to LCP Consulting.

Deutsche Post DHL has chosen Quintiq, the supplier of planning & scheduling systems,to take part in its SmartTruck pilot project.

Delhaize will optimise its supply chain with the scheduling and collaboration functionality of the RedPrairie solution.

Meachers Group has leased a further 30,000 sq ft of warehousing, adjacent to its five-acre site at Nursling, to cater for an increase in demand for storage for existing contracts and to cater for additional new business.

The Bottlegreen Drinks Company has awarded its outsourced warehousing and UK distribution to Gloucestershire-based Downton.