SATO, a leading global provider of Auto-ID solutions that empower workforces and streamline operations, will showcase its latest solutions for the postal, courier and express industries at this year’s POST-EXPO (stand #1090), in Paris from 29 September to 1 October. Highlights include SATO’s groundbreaking NX series of industrial thermal printers …
Read More »Castell Howell Foods beefs up its fleet with more Mercedes-Benz trucks
Leading independent Welsh wholesaler Castell Howell Foods is running two flagship 375 kW (510 hp) Actros 2551 tractor units with range-topping GigaSpace cabs, part of a clutch of orders for 23 new Mercedes-Benz and FUSO trucks. In addition to the Actros, the Cross Hands-based company has just commissioned 10 fridge-bodied …
Read More »Genie Service Solutions, a profitable choice for Stavdal, Sweden
Launched in 2014, Genie Service Solutions (GSS) is gaining increasingly strong interest among rental companies Europe-wide. Following the conclusive results of over eighteen months review and in-the-field trials in the UK, leading Swedish rental operator Stavdal is one of the first to have seen how this unique ‘à la carte’ …
Read More »Yale brings new efficiency to forklift truck LPG market
Yale has achieved a step change in efficiency by equipping its GLP40-55VX LPG counterbalance trucks with a new Kubota industrial engine. Explaining the significance of this change, Phil Ireland, Yale’s Senior Product Strategy Manager, Counterbalance Solutions, says: “Like many manufacturers, we previously used an automotive-derived LPG unit for this market, …
Read More »Calais crisis could fuel freight price hike, warns Rhenus
Rhenus Logistics UK, one of Britain’s leading freight forwarders, has warned that freight prices could rise significantly in the next few weeks, unless the ongoing crisis at Calais is resolved. David Williams, managing director of Rhenus UK, is concerned about the operational impact the French strikers and migrant incursions is …
Read More »Mercedes-Benz Dealer Rossetts gets a Day break for Arocs eight-wheeler
High-profile Day Aggregates is running its first Mercedes-Benz truck for more than a decade, a muscular 8×4 Arocs supplied by Surrey and Sussex Dealer Rossetts Commercials. The Day Group operates from a network of depots in Greater London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Dorset, Somerset and Gloucestershire. It handles more than …
Read More »Vacu-Lug ramps up production as new Logistik tyres take hold
Grantham-based remoulding specialist, Vacu-Lug, launched its Logistik 295/80R22.5 commercial vehicle drive axle tyre in November 2014. In early 2015, the new Logistik Drive 315/70R22.5 followed and is already proving to be a direct hit across the commercial vehicle sector. Such is the demand that a second tyre press has recently …
Read More »FTA warns ESOS deadline is just four months away
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is warning companies that the deadline to complete Government energy audits is just four months. By 5 December 2015, firms with more than 250 employees or those with a turnover exceeding €50 million and balance sheet in excess of €43 million must have conducted energy …
Read More »Microlise becomes Corporate Supporter of FairFuelUK Campaign
Transport management and telematics platform provider Microlise has become a corporate supporter for the high impact grass roots campaign FairFuelUKwhich last month helped stop a rise in Fuel Duty. Microlise is the first telematics company to support the campaign and will be sharing the insight gained from data generated from …
Read More »Cognito iQ app validated by Zebra for the new TC75
Cognito has announced that the Cognito iQ Intelligent Mobile Workflow (IMW) cross-platform application is available on Zebra’s rugged TC75 Android device. Cognito iQ IMW enables fieldworkers to complete their day’s tasks more efficiently and effectively, and gives Service Managers real-time visibility of what’s really happening in the field. This results …
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