Procter & Gamble’s Northern Service Centre opened on the 31st March 2006, incorporating a Swisslog automated pallet warehouse solution.

Founder and managing director of Pall-Ex, Hilary Devey, has been named as one of four finalists in the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year award 2006.

Thorworld Industries has introduced a new low cost economy mobile yard ramp and announces a significant reduction in the cost of its maintenance service.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has ordered 11 RoRo trucks and seven terminal tractors for 13 of its vessels.

TNT Freight Management has selected Four Soft’s iDRIVE business intelligence application for their global operations.

Baylis Distribution, has re-branded the company as Baylis Logistics.

Freightliner Heavy Haul (FHH) has secured a five year contract with Aggregate Industries UK (AI) to move a “millions of tonnes” of its rail borne aggregates per annum.

Sbh.uk is to project manage and act as quantity surveyors for a new 19,300 sq m (210,000 sq ft) warehouse and office complex on First Point, Burton-on-Trent, for property developer Eden Park Developments.

The EC Bestlog initiative will research best practice and the ELA will disseminate information as the project progresses

Focus on the ‘three Vs’, says the director of supply chain and customer service EMEA, Rockwell Automation