Parcelnet, which is owned by The Otto Group, has integrated into its parent company’s international logistics strategy enabling it to extend its home delivery business into Europe.

Kitchen and homeware company Lakeland Limited has increased its order of Belgravium’s Monaco 7100 Truck Mounted terminals at its Kendal distribution facility.

Freight exchange company X4Freight is set to rebrand as FreightEx on 24 June following its growth across Europe.

Same day courier service CitySprint has appointed Chris Rodney as an area sales executive for the Gatwick/Croydon region.

AT&T subsidiary Sterling Commerce has created a global electronic invoicing system, designed to enable multi-national companies to keep on top of country-specific tax regulations.

GreenChem is set to increase the price of AdBlue by six pence per litre in the UK from 1st July, following a sharp rise in the cost of its key ingredient urea and exchange rate developments affecting the pound.

Frozen food transport and storage company ACS&T Logistics has appointed Steve Tomlinson as financial director.

SSI Schaefer has started work on a 4,500 sq m test and technology centre in Giebelstadt, Germany where it will develop new technologies and hold its automation conventions.

Storage and retrieval systems company Kardex Remstar International Group is fully integrating Megamat with Kardex, following its purchase from Lista in 1999.

Wal-Mart has sold its UK-based property business, Gazeley, to Economic Zones World (EZW), part of Dubai World.