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Global charity The Pret Foundation is using plastic folding boxes from Goplasticpallets.com to deliver its much needed food donations to hundreds of partner charities to help feed the homeless. When the UK entered lockdown in March, food donations across the country went down dramatically as people stockpiled through fears of …

Since 1995, an automated storage tower manufactured by Kasto in Achern, southern Germany, has been installed at stockholder Heine + Beisswenger, underpinning fast, punctual delivery of an extensive range of steels to customers. However, 25 years of constant operation had impacted performance and availability, so Kasto recently updated the Unitop …

Rocketing demand for online deliveries since the coronavirus outbreak has put even more pressure on retail distribution centres to pick, pack and deliver goods faster than ever. For those companies operating high speed, high output automated warehouses, consideration should be given to the storage platform that you introduce to the …

Midland Pallet Trucks has welcomed fresh talent to its ranks with the official employment of Dan Rorison. Having recently graduated with a first-class honours degree in finance and business management from Swansea University, Dan is a familiar face at Midland Pallet Trucks’ West Midlands headquarters after spending every summer holiday …

Manufacturers with Direct to Consumer operations need to consider storage and picking for efficient fulfilment of growing order volumes, says Edward Hutchison, Managing Director of BITO Storage Systems. Online retail helped many manufacturers who saw normal outlets for their goods close during the COVID-19 lockdown. Some were able to pivot …

Hard coal is temporarily stored in stockpiles and then continuously fed to be processed, as needed. The design of the depositories must ensure constant filling and reliable emptying. The required capacity is determined based on the incoming and outgoing conveying flow. Different stacking and reclaiming options as well as various …

AM Labels Limited (AML), a leading label printing machine specialist, label manufacturer, barcoding and software solution expert based in Northamptonshire, has received the SATO Application Enabled Printing (AEP) Certification, allowing the company to develop and sell fully-customisable standalone software for a range of applicable SATO printers. The AEP platform is …

Europe’s leading pallet pooling business, LPR (a division of Euro Pool Group), continues its expansion plans despite the impact of Covid-19. During July 2020, LPR UK & Ireland opened its first Midlands depot – Coventry. The site, capable of processing 4 million pallets per annum, is operated by James Jones …

Now is the time for UK exporters to seriously consider reliable alternatives to the humble wooden pallet to avoid falling victim to supply issues post Brexit, warns Jim Hardisty, MD of Goplasticpallets.com – The Responsible Plastic Pallet Company. This stark warning follows the revelation by the UK Timber Packaging and …

Easyfairs has announced that its Packaging Innovations & Luxury Packaging London, which was due to take place on 23 & 24 September at Olympia London, has been moved to 8 & 9 December, again at Olympia, and reaffirms its commitment to ensuring the industry has this valuable opportunity to gather …