Good quality floors are a key requirement for any materials handling system. If neglected they can cause damage to equipment and reduce warehouse efficiency. Mezzanines may seem like a quick and easy alternative for increasing storage space, but they’re n

It’s almost a cliché to say that transport ministers are the Cinderellas of the British government.

At the Littlewoods distribution centre in Burton-on-Trent, operated by Wincanton, a two-tier cross-belt sorter incorporating 338 separate carriages is a key element of the fulfilment solution implemented by Dematic.

Astec Conveyors has completed a project at the TNT Preston depot following the success of an earlier installation in Birmingham.

Logistics systems integrator SDI Greenstone has supplied a high-capacity automated sortation system to book wholesaler Bertram Books.

Product recognition technology from Knapp has helped Europe’s largest independent home entertainment specialist, S Gold & Sons, to improve the availability of goods for picking.

Samsung has taken its new material handling system for small electronics and spare parts into operation in its new DC in Breda, the Netherlands.

Finding a new niche in the logistics market is the dream for many entrepreneurs. For Circle Express managing director Chris Coffey it has been a 25 year journey.

The environment in which UK grocery retailers operate is changing – quite literally – and that means big changes ahead for logistics suppliers. These changes were highlighted at the Institute of Grocery Distribution’s convention last month. Malory Davies

Norbert Dentressangle created SA Norbert Dentressangle, specialising in cross-channel traffic, in 1979 and by 1987 it had built up a network of branches in Italy, Spain and the Benelux countries.