A theme emerging from the recent Intermodal Transport & Logistics 2004 conference in Copenhagen concerned the capacity of the rail network and intermodal terminals to absorb the growth of international combined transport in forthcoming years. The E

Westler Foods has installed ATMS’ StockTrackPLUS warehouse management system with RF terminals for production receipt and finished goods control. The development follows the decision to take its distribution and warehousing in-house followin

Nissan has had to close three factories in Japan for five days and cut production by 30,000 cars; BP is struggling to find the materials to build its Alaska pipeline; Norwich bus station will be delivered over time and over budget. The world steel crisis

n Nimans has invested in five new Crown Wave work assist vehicles (WAVs) for its 8,370sq m trade counter and national distribution centre at Pendlebury, Manchester. The facility houses a stockholding of 4,000 product lines, worth more than £

n Topps Tiles has enlisted the help of Linde Creighton to provide high quality materials handling equipment capable of withstanding the intensive environment at its central warehouse and distribution centre near Leicester. The facility moves

Premier Decorations, supplier of Christmas decorations and seasonal products, is deploying Vocollect’s Talkman T2 voice terminals and VoiteQ’s Voiceman middleware system within its warehouse in Wrexham. Working closely with Christian Salve

The Consortium started life in 1971 as the buying department of a local authority in Wiltshire. Within a short time it had expanded to become the supplies organisation for a large group of local authorities across the South-west and Wales.

The philosophy of Logistics Link 2005, as with all the Logistics Link exhibitions, centres on maximising the productivity of attendees’ time. Sandown Park Exhibition Centre is one of the best equipped and located venues in the South-east to provide logist

The strength of Logistics Link has always been its diversity of products and services on show, and the Sandown Park exhibition will be no exception. In addition to the usual areas of the supply chain, such as materials handling equipment and storage, visi

Packaging and labelling are increasingly becoming key functions in the supply chain as companies strive to eliminate damage to their products as well as ensure that consignment labels feature the correct information.