Rexam, a manufacturer of drinks cans, has extended its £4m contract with TM Logistics until December 2008.

Christian Salvesen has won a new contract with Vandemoortele (UK), the Belgium-based manufacturer of frozen bakery products.

Culina Logistics has won a new distribution contract with Hero UK, for thelaunch of the Fruit2day drink.

The subject of distribution agreements will come under scrutiny at the 2006 Express Delivery Conference on 3-4 July at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel.

Dürkopp Fördertechnik, an automated sortation designer, has installed a high performance system for the Dräxlmeier Group,

Nissan has launched a new range of electric lift trucks, spearheaded by a unique Syncro feature which Nissan says provides “instant straight-line travel.”

For paperless, high-capacity picking, Danish company Univeyor has released its vacuum Layer Picker, a centrifugal fan creates a vacuum chamber inside the Layer Picker head,

David Hindson, director of marketing and strategy for TDG, told delegates that third party logistics suppliers had to decide which road they wanted to ggo down if they wanted to prosper.

There was an error in the article “Yearsley buys Celsius depots” on page 5 of the May 2006 edition of Logistics Manager relating to the cold store at Hams Hall.

Seven, the privately-owned logistics support services group based in Ipswich, has acquired H J Calver Ltd, the Felixstowe based container transporter, for an undisclosed sum.