Yearsley Logistics has almost doubled the size of its Belle Eau Park facility in Newark, Nottinghamshire, with the launch of a 27,000 pallet ambient storage depot, creating 120 new jobs.
A new rear-post bulk bag filler, which features a swing-down fill head that pivots to the operator at floor level for safe, ergonomic spout connections, has been introduced by Flexicon Europe. The bag filler also has a low-profile loading deck that allows...
Road haulage and warehousing firm John Hackling (Transport), which is based in the Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water, operates a 12,077m2 shared-user warehouse, which provides in the region of 10,000 pallet locations for storing anything from hazardous...
A fatal forklift accident at a Lincolnshire transport and storage firm has claimed the life of a worker and resulted in a £125,000 fine for his employer.
Green materials including mushrooms and bamboo are being explored as one of four core packaging trends, according to Paul Young, director and head of packaging services DHL Supply Chain.
Automation and linear motion specialist R A Rodriguez will exhibit a variety of products, ranging from automated programmable linear systems and flexible six-axis robots to precision bearings, gears, drives and conveyor products, targeted at the machine...
A food packaging firm was fined £30,000 and must pay costs of £2,979 after an employee suffered severe injuries to his leg when he was struck by a forklift truck.
Health food wholesaler Tree of Life, based in Newcastle Under Lyme, has expanded its fleet of forklift trucks from 19 to 28 after signing a deal with Briggs Equipment.
Two new generations of forklift trucks have been launched by Linde Material Handling UK over the past 18 months: models R14 to R20, with load capacities from 1.4t to 2t, and the E12 to E20 Evo series of electric trucks.
Blackpool-based sweet manufacturer Tangerine Confectionery has been ordered to pay more than £129,000 after the fork of a forklift truck pierced a worker’s foot.
Pallet specialist CHEP is to lead a campaign to bring manufacturers and retailers into agreement on a standard pallet size, which it claims offers huge potential cost savings.
Kellogg has implemented Honeywell radio frequency barcode scanners as part of its automated supply chain. Supplied and supported by Peak-Ryzex, Kellogg uses the scanners at its UK distribution centres and warehouses. Its barcode-driven processes are dependent...
The Edrington Group – the maker of Famous Grouse whisky – has been ordered to pay a £40,000 fine, after safety breaches forced two workers to flee a warehouse fire.
The boss of a Leicester food manufacturing firm has been ordered to pay nearly £9,000 after a teenaged employee fell two metres while unloading a shipping container attached to the back of a heavy goods vehicle.
A futuristic 3D virtual reality warehouse simulator has been launched enabling food manufacturers and logistics providers to explore different warehouse designs and make more informed business decisions before committing to them.
Millions of pounds of savings are on offer across the grocery supply chain through pallet consolidation as global specialist Chep’s project targeting the topic builds momentum among manufacturers and retailers.
PAL-Cut, which specialises in equipment and consumables for automated palletising systems, is launching a new sheet dispenser designed for continuous operation in industry cold stores.
The Promotion Shuttle is a remote-controlled, battery-powered pallet handling vehicle that operates in pallet racking. Developed by storage firm BITO-Lagertechnik, it promises continuous infeeding and outfeeding of pallets into a storage lane and keeps...
Bibby Distribution has acquired specialist ingredients logistics supplier Atchison Topeka in a deal that is expected to expand its activities and increase the firm's annual turnover by £26M.
Wooden pallets are coming under scrutiny for hygiene in the US, according to Jim Hardisty, md of Goplasticpallets.com. The company will be promoting the hygienic benefits of plastic and showcasing a range of food containers and pallets.
A Kuka robot has turned the tricky, cumbersome task of palletising large 30kg boxes of cheese into a quick, agile operation at one of Britain’s oldest cheese makers.
The Leicester-based engineering firm producing the innovative hygienic depositor covered on FoodManufacture.co.uk earlier this week has just delivered a novel pallet de-stacker – believed to be the first of its kind – to a top branded food and drink manufacturer.
Pot holes in factory yards, warehouses and distribution centres caused by the winter's freezing weather could damage forklift trucks working in the area and present health and safety issues, materials handling company Jungheinrich has warned.
Craemer will be exhibiting bespoke-sized plastic pallets, plus the 'TC' Totally Closed hygienic plastic pallet, the lightweight 'D' Plastic Pallet, Ecomax 'Dusseldorfer' the first plastic half pallet and a real solution for...
Premier Foods' work with Chep, the pallet and container pooling firm, to cut costs and road miles will form part of a wider initiative on CHEP's part...
Nottingham-based MKG Foods is now using two AC electric powered Aisle-Master articulated forklifts in its cold store, for faster and more streamlined...
Expanded deals with food manufacturers including Kellogg, Nestlé and Heinz have finally helped French market entrant LPR secure a 5% share of the UK...
Goplasticpallets.com has launched a range of medium-weight plastic pallets that offer all the benefits of a heavy-duty pallet but with a lightweight...
Food manufacturer Speedibake recently selected Barloworld Handling as its sole materials handling supplier, and has taken delivery of a new fleet of...
