Discount Tiles has installed an Optimiser warehouse management system by Optima at its main facility in Stockton-on-Tees.

Crisp maker Walkers is now operating a £3.7 million automated sortation and palletising system designed and installed by CSi at its factory in Coventry.

Landscaping products manufacturer Marshalls has replaced its diesel and electric forklift trucks for a fleet of Calor liquefied petroleum gas vehicles, to make both environmental and cost savings.

The findings from PRTM’s latest Global Supply Chain Trends Survey indicate that “by 2010, the need for greater supply chain flexibility will overtake product quality and customer service as the major driver for improving supply chain strategy”

FedEx has started trials of Iveco’s diesel-electric hybrid Daily.

Volvo has signed a contract with finished vehicle logistics software company Vehnet to install its iTracks yard management system at all its sites worldwide.

Independent UK central heating company Adey Professional Heating Solutions has chosen Wesupply’s On Demand Electronic Trading system to improve efficiency as it increases in size.

Argos distribution workers are set to go on strike in a dispute over pay.

ITM Power, the electrolyser and fuel cell development company, has unveiled a hydrogen-powered car and refuelling station, designed to help cut fuel costs for drivers and lower carbon dioxide emissions.

Wincanton has enlisted automated materials handling company FKI Logistex to extend the GlaxoSmithKline northern distribution base in Middlewich, Cheshire.