IKEA’s distribution centre complex at Peterborough, which is operated by ND Logistics UK, has been supplied with high performance batteries by Hawker Traction to power the 67 electric lift trucks working at the site.

Evermore pressure is being put on the supply chain as companies push to move goods through more efficiently while remaining responsive to demand. The logistics function is a key differentiator in the race to work smarter and stay agile in the face of evol

Gold Crown Foods has bought a fleet of 11 new Still counterbalance forklift and warehouse trucks to support the tea and coffee manufacturing, packaging and distribution operations at its plant based in Liverpool.

Clarks is building a new central distribution centre (CDC) at its headquarters in Street, Somerset. The new purpose-designed building – which will be the largest of its kind in the county – is nearing completion on a seven hectare site adjacent

Chance & Hunt, which markets and distributes chemicals, is using a telemetry system at its Runcorn, Cheshire facility to manage clients’ inventories. The system constantly monitors client inventories, checking stock levels against optimum levels.

Third-party logistics firm TDG has ‘gone live’ with Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management solution at its 16,740sq m distribution centre at Swindon. The TDG-operated facility serves as a dedicated national facility for the Early Learning Centre (EL

JD Sports, one of the largest retailers of sports and leisure goods in the UK, is using nearly 200 Datalogic Viper RF-3 portable data collection terminals at two of its distribution centres.

Turner Bianca, which imports fine household textiles, has taken delivery of two new Romadek HH1500 mobile dock lifts to improve handling safety in offloading shipping containers arriving at its Manchester depot.

London’s King’s College Hospital is a leading UK hospital with a worldwide reputation for teaching and research. It treats more than 500,000 patients a year and provides a full range of hospital services to the people of London.

Kingwinsford-based company FDB Distribution is realising an increase of more than 30% in order picking efficiency and overall productivity having replaced ageing VNA trucks with new Jungheinrich ETX Kombi man-up machines.