Furniture manufacturer Home Decor GB has boosted production and storage capacity with a move to a new site, where it has an interactive showroom and new manufacturing processes. Plant and equipment investment includes two electric-powered Combilift trucks to maximise space at the facility.
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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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A new warning system has been launched which alerts forklift drivers and pedestrians to each other's presence at potential crossing points.
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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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UK consumer electronics firm Armour Home has streamlined processes in a new warehouse, in a project which chief exec George Dexter describes as "highly successful".
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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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A British manufacturer of loading bay and handling systems is celebrating the installation of its 250th mezzanine goods lift. Harworth, South Yorks-based Transdek has supplied the lift to Black Hole Storage of Salisbury, Wiltshire.
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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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Milton Keynes-based manufacturer Niftylift has reconfigured its warehouse to very narrow aisles which has resulted in greater storage capacity and more pallet movements per hour. The new layout is served by a new fleet of Flexi Narrow Aisle articulated trucks.
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Pharmaceutical manufacturer Teva UK has increased storage capacity, improved productivity and boosted service levels, thanks to a new automated distribution centre at its facility in Castleford, West Yorkshire.
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