Rackcare Ltd, the specialist racking management business, has developed an innovative racking damage tolerance gauge, designed specifically to measure damage to racking. It is the first readily available tool of its type. It is made in high grade stainless steel and is the same size as a credit card. It has tolerance measurement slots for both […]
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Welcome to the 15th January Warehouse & Logistics News, our first of the New Year. Read the ‘January 15th’ digital edition SIGN UP TO THE REMINDER SERVICE The UK’s warehouse & logistics industry emerged from the recent recession leaner, meaner, and dare we say it, greener too. This industry is well used to pressure: it […]
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The Weird Fish clothing brand was born in 1993 and has grown its core business of wholesaling their unique and quirky range to 400+ independent retail outlets, with a significant increased growth rate in the last 2 years. In addition to the independent retail outlets Weird Fish also make significant internet sales and has 5 […]
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Conveyor Systems Limited were established almost 14 years ago, and soon became one of the leading suppliers of automated handling and logistics solutions for numerous companies operating in a wide cross section of industries. Providing a large range of both standard and custom built conveyors allows us to offer unique solutions to meet our customer’s […]
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This month’s questions both involve shelving, the first concerns the use of Hit & Miss timber to act as shelving and the second asks what if any regulations should be considered when using Line side Shelving. Hit and Miss Shelving Q. Is it possible to make ‘Hit and Miss’ timber to act as shelving in […]
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Vehicle manufacturer General Motors has saved energy, improved productivity and optimised line side delivery operations at its Astra plant in Ellesmere Port by switching to electric tow tractors powered by Hawker batteries from EnerSys. The introduction of the new tractors to replace gas-powered units also reduced vehicle movements in production and storage areas. “We can […]
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The first bump cap to conform to EN812+A1 was the JSP HardCap A1+, which offers far greater protection than required by the standard it was designed to meet. The cap comes in a range of colours and can carry corporate logos like other work headwear, but behind the smart exterior is a tough safety product […]
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A recycling company has dramatically increased its efficiency during the loading of deliveries thanks to a new bespoke dock leveller from Thorworld Industries. Metal and Waste Recycling purchased the 10,000 kg capacity, purpose-designed, dock leveller for its site in London, where it processes the ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Thorworld’s standard dock levellers are 2m wide […]
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An in-cab video safety system from SmartDrive has been deployed by Reynolds, the company that delivers fresh food to Pret A Manger and Pizza Express. Reynolds wanted to reduce the collision rate among its 235 drivers by using the SmartDrive system cameras to record exactly what happened during the 15 seconds before and after an […]
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Sustainability will be a major driving force in the new product development programme for Pregis Protective Packaging Europe during 2011. Outlining plans for the forthcoming year, Kevin Baudhuin, Pregis Corp’s recently appointed president, global protective packaging, said the company was working on the creation of a broad, innovative environmentally-friendly product portfolio, building on its existing […]
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