MiX Telematics is the new name for a well-established company in the market – Omnibridge.

TomTom Work, the business-to-business division of TomTom, has won a contract to supply a vehicle navigation and tracking solution covering 1500 vehicles operated by Scotia Gas Network (SGN).

In-cab technology has been an age in the gestation, but suddenly systems are becoming widely available that offer real benefits and, perhaps most importantly, offer realistic returns on investment.

Daifuku was appointed general contractor when Danish purchasing cooperative SuperGros decided to build an additional warehouse at Ringsted. The planned integrated consignment stock warehouse with its clad rack construction, has nine aisles with 20,544

Foster’s Group chose an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) from Swisslog, for its Wolf Blass Winery in Australia. The company needed a system to help it manage future growth, reduce freight and double handling costs, transport export products

European Conveyor Systems recently completed a £550,000 goods handling system at a 300,000 sq ft national distribution centre in Northamptonshire operated by Exel for Mothercare. The NDC, which includes some 14,000 pallet racking locations and a mezzanine

SSI Schaefer says the cold store industry lags behind other market leaders when it comes to warehouse systems and logistics. While capacities increase, the average degree of use in most warehouses is 75 per cent.

Godwin Pumps, which manufactures pumping equipment, bought two Kardex Shuttle XPs to help deal with its increasingly high stock levels and maximise space at its 10,000 sq m site in Quenington.

Specialist video-game retailer Game Stores chose Vanderlande’s cross-belt sorter to help boost productivity by making picking operations faster, more flexible and accurate.

Logistics companies are looking toward automation to address challenges such as globalisation of goods flows, lean supply chains, and multi-channel retailing. Rising land prices and the scarcity of labour also continue to stimulate the development of auto