Westmill Foods has awarded Potter Logistics a £1m contract to handle raw materials for its rice milling and packaging facility in Selby, Yorkshire. The two-year deal includes handling, warehousing and transportation of bulk and bagged rice.
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IT equipment disposal and recycling business RDC has consolidated four warehousing locations into one 340,000 sq ft facility which has been kitted out with a narrow aisle pallet racking system from Jungheinrich.
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Automotive component distributor First Line has relocated two warehouses to a new purpose-built centre where it is using a mix of new and refurbished warehouse trucks from Jungheinrich.
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Car maker Bentley has boosted picking efficiency and improved inventory control with an automated storage and retrieval system at its Crewe manufacturing plant.
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Bobby's Foods has found the answer to its handling problem with articulated forklift trucks, which are enabling the business to unload trailers outside and stack goods indoors in racking, all with one truck.
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An overhaul of storage and handling procedures at textile manufacturer Marc Cain has resulted in the introduction of a narrow chassis Aisle-Master articulated forklift truck to boost available storage space.
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Chemical giant BASF has increased its very narrow aisle (VNA) forklift fleet at its Bradford facility in a bid to achieve optimum efficiency for storage and handling of chemicals.
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Komori UK has installed a mobile racking system, halving the floor space required for pallet racking and, in turn, saving money by enabling it to choose smaller premises for a new facility.
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Businesses looking for storage equipment can be assured of reliable products and service if they choose a supplier from the SEMA distributor group (SDG) – that's the claim from the Storage Equipment Manufacturers' Association (SEMA), which has launched the new group.
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CeMAT, the materials handling and logistics exhibition, opens for business on 2 May for a five-day show. Taking place at the Deutsche Messe in Hannover, Germany, CeMAT plays host to around 1,000 companies and has sustainability as its theme this year.
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Warehouse automation supplier Knapp UK is celebrating the fact that its first apprentices have successfully completed their indentured training programme.
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European storage equipment manufacturer Constructor Group has opened a new distribution centre at its Swindon site, following the amalgamation of group businesses Dexion, PSS and HiLo. Stocking over 1,000 lines valued at £5.5m, the new distribution hub also operates as an assembly facility for construction of shelving end frames.
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A SSI Schaefer sponsored bid to break the world record for driving from London to Cape Town is underway.
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Nominations are being invited for an awards scheme recognising materials handling excellence. The British Materials Handling Federation (BMHF) awards will cover the achievements of companies and their people, in the key areas of manufacture and supply including, technical innovation, energy saving, health and safety, installation solutions and professional achievement.
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The Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA) is staging a seminar to help explain the intricacies of automation in the materials handling environment.
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