Halewood International, the alcoholic drinks producer, shipper and supplier, has taken on four Renault Premium 420.26 dCi 6×2 rigids for its distribution requirements throughout the UK. The vehicles, which feature Privilege cabs, replace four Volvo

Alpha Airport Services has continued its acquisition of Volvo FL 18-tonne aircraft high-loaders with a further six vehicles, bringing the total to 27. Based at airports around the UK and supplied by the Avonmouth depot of Volvo Truck & Bus (South),

Coors Brewers, of Burton-Upon-Trent, is using Joloda’s Hydraroll Slip Chain System for unloading and transferring pallets of empty cans. The system was introduced to enhance efficiency, resulting in the reduction of the need for handling.

Northcliffe Group subsidiary Aberdeen Journals is using specialist newspaper strapping equipment from Mosca Direct as part of improvements to its printing facility. Aberdeen Journals, which publishes a variety of newspapers, prints more

Distribution business Phil Hanley has installed powered and gravity conveyor equipment at its new 129,000cb m cold store in Nottinghamshire to meet the need for high-volume pallet handling with minimal forklift truck use.

Fine paper producer M-real has invested in two Nu-Star Reel Pushers at its paper mill in Sittingbourne, Kent. The reel pushers, supplied by Nu-Star Material Handling, have speeded up the production process as well as removed the risk of

There are high productivity floors and poor productivity floors and, of course, many shades of grey in between. The worst floors will probably get noticed, for example, if there is a truck collision with the racking. However, many users probably just put

Contract packing, storage and logistics company Oakland International has invested £150,000 in a new warehouse management system (WMS) from Proteus to deal with expanding business in the UK and abroad. Oakland has installed the system at its Redditch he

Convenience retailer the Co-operative Group (CWS) has selected Manhattan Associates’ Integrated Logistics Solution for Retail to help automate and improve its supply chain of the future. The Co-op’s selection of Manhattan’s trading partner management,

Today’s logistics professionals need to be kept up-to-date with the very latest technologies and service provision available as they strive to reduce costs, while at the same time, boosting efficiency.