Kuehne & Nagel Ireland has won a contract to manage the global logistics requirements for Organon Ireland, a manufacturer and marketer in the health care industry.

Operating profit rose seven per cent at Wincanton to £42 million despite some pressure on margins. Sales were up 9.6 per cent to £1.8 billion and the company said business wins and renewals totalled some £385m during the year.

Stewart Oades can take credit for pushing up operating profit at Christian Salvesen by 15.5 per cent after just a year in the hot seat. Operating profit for the full year rose to £20.9m on sales up just 1.9 per cent at £820.7m.

Wallpaper supplier CWV has extended its contract with DHL Exel to handle its warehouse operations from a DHL shared user site in Middleton, Manchester for the next two years.

Hyster has launched its latest high-stacking empty container handlers, the H16.00-22.00XM-12 EC series.

Linde has launched a new range of electric counterbalance trucks. The range is made up of 15 different models and covers the lifting capacity of 1,200kg to 2,000kg.

Certex UK, a supplier of lifting products and services, has been appointed as a main UK distributor for Demag Cranes and Components.

Mark Aylwin is leaving Musgrave Group to take over as chief executive of Blueheath in September. Blueheath is a wholesaler of groceries to convenience stores in the £16.8 billion UK grocery wholesale sector.

The contract logistics market saw double digit growth in 2005, boosted by expansion in fast emerging markets in Asia Pacific and the strong economy in the US.

Eddie Stobart has launched a new web site. Visitors can read about the services Eddie Stobart offers and pinpoint depot locations as well as browse through client case studies.