SSI Schaefer has added a new modular shelving system to its portfolio of materials handling solutions for the logistics industry – the R3000 tilt shelving system.
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DHL has contracted conveyor manufacturer Sovex to maintain its conveying equipment in the UK.
Materials handling company SDI Group UK has appointed Mike Hilton as managing director.
The Co-operative Pharmacy has begun work on its new £15 million national distribution centre at the Meir Park site in Stoke.
While some sectors of the economy have wobbled in recent months, there is still an air of confidence in the European automation market with strong performances and healthy order books.
UniChem, the distributer and wholesaler of pharmaceutical, medical and health & beauty products, has installed a Peer Conveyors powered roller conveyor system at its delivery centre in Swansea.
Knapp AG, the Austrian warehouse automation supplier, has bought Swedish logistics firm Moving AB from its owner Atle Industri for an estimated ten million Euros (£7.9 million), as it tries to strengthen its position in Scandinavia.
SSI Schaefer has started work on a 4,500 sq m test and technology centre in Giebelstadt, Germany where it will develop new technologies and hold its automation conventions.
SDI Group has appointed Sheldon England to the newly created role of European sales director to help support the company’s international growth.
Logistics companies are looking toward automation to address challenges such as globalisation of goods flows, lean supply chains, and multi-channel retailing. Rising land prices and the scarcity of labour also continue to stimulate the development of auto
