Pack Stack Rack and Roll

One of the most popular new items in BITO’s recently launched online BITO Direct catalogue is the company’s Galvanised Boltless Shelving, which can hold a combination of BITO’s XL and RK containers for bulk and small parts to suit the different purposes a company may have. The shelves can be …

Essentra Tapes has launched the first tear tape for flexible packaging to combine the sustainability of recycled polyester (rPET) alongside the benefits of easy-opening and brand enhancement. Responding to both consumer demand for packaging sustainability and the latest legislative requirements for recycled content, the new SupaStrip® PCR is made from …

You’ve heard of plastic fans – now meet the cardboard ones. Hundreds of thousands of them coming to a football ground near you. And whilst Premier League and Championship players all over the country are preparing for the re-start of the season, the leading provider of sustainable packaging DS Smith, …

Based in Bremen, AMCO Metall Service stocks 7,000 tonnes of aluminium, copper, brass and bronze in its 55,000 square metre facility and delivers 25,000 tonnes annually to customers mainly in the plant building, metal processing, construction, transportation and shipbuilding sectors. The German family firm has 270 employees and an annual …

What intralogistics solutions can keep warehouses covid-compliant, allowing staff to work safely and productively? Edward Hutchison, Managing Director of BITO Storage Systems, makes some suggestions. Following two months of lockdown, more parts of the UK’s hibernated economy are taking their first, tentative steps back to work. The government has issued …

FlexQube received an order from Burckhardt in Switzerland in April of 2020 to deliver over 100 smaller material handling carts. The beginning of this process was all the way back in October, 2019 when Burckhardt first reached out to FlexQube GmbH. After the first visit to Burckhardt’s manufacturing facility it …

Together with the South Korean system integrator Asetec Co.Kr, a specialist for electronic control systems, “Pick-to-Light” and communication with higher-level BUS / IT systems, Avancon built the Samsung shipping center for small units – like the new Galaxy Note 10 – and simultaneously for larger boxes and for other products. …

New sealing unit for pallet strapping machines Secure strapping for bulky and heavy timber and construction products Infinitely adjustable strap tension up to 7000 newtons Mosca is flexing its muscles with a new high-performance sealing unit for heavy products in the timber and construction industries. With a tensile force up …

Rushlift GSE, the specialist airport ground support equipment subsidiary of Doosan Industrial Vehicles UK, has won a £3.4 million contract to supply and maintain a fleet of 225 vehicles for ASC Handling’s new Gatwick Airport operations. The introduction of airside services at Gatwick by ASC Handling follows the company’s recent …

Whilst unsold goods are piling up in warehouses as the coronavirus crisis cripples consumption, the apparent shortage of wooden pallets is forcing businesses to look for alternative solutions for storing and shipping their goods. According to Goplasticpallets.com, The Responsible Plastic Pallet Company, using nestable plastic pallets in racking could be …