As one of Europe's leading providers of outsourced logistics and distribution services Unipart Logistics provides world-class facilities. To efficiently service a new contract at Cowley, the company awarded a major storage contract to Milton Keynes based, LINPAC Storage Systems. Project Engineering Manager, Dennis Crumpen, was tasked with selecting a storage …
Read More »Raised loading dock simplifies despatch at KAB Seating
Using a mobile yardramp to load containers at KAB Seating was not in itself the complete answer. It had to be manoeuvred around the despatch yard by forklift truck so it was in the correct position against the floor of containers, amidst a constant movement of trucks and other forklifts …
Read More »FKI wins major contract
Advanced automated handling systems from FKI Logistex provide ground breaking storage solutions for UK national library Underpinning further its leading global role in the supply of advanced automated handling systems, FKI Logistex® has been awarded a prestigious contract to provide the British Library with additional storage and retrieval facilities for …
Read More »Build Center improves handling
Leading UK builder's merchants, Build Center, has significantly improved the handling of its products following the purchase of Seven Kaup 2T402UV from B&B Attachments, the UK's leading supplier of masts and forklift truck attachments. Purchased via Barloworld Handling, exclusive suppliers of Hyster forklift trucks to Wolseley UK, whose brands include …
Read More »Durham County Council get visibility of their vehicle fleet
Durham County Council have entered into a contract with Microlise, the Nottingham based systems integrator for supply chain execution, to improve the efficiency and safety of their operations through the use of in-vehicle tracking and telematics on their fleet of 500 vehicles The first phase of the contract with Microlise …
Read More »LINPAC supplies racking solution for Vax cleaners
Vax Ltd has recently opened its new UK warehouse and distribution centre located in the Big Berry warehouse on the Berry Hill Industrial Estate in Droitwich. The 200,000 sq ft facility which is 32ft high and 330ft long has been completely fitted out with LINPAC Storage Systems narrow aisle racking …
Read More »Linpac supplies dedicated storage solution for Peugeot
LINPAC Storage Systems has supplied a specialist racking solution to the Peugeot Motor Company's Tile Hill, Coventry warehouse. Constructed to fit out a new, 5,000 sq m extension, the wide aisle pallet racking has been designed to store all of the large and irregular sized automotive parts. The 34 acre …
Read More »Widdowson lorries in striking Linpac livery
Three 30' curtainsider lorries, part of the Widdowson Group's UK fleet, have been decked out in an eye-catching LINPAC Storage Systems livery. Instead of the usual graphics seen on curtainsiders, dramatic photography of the inside of a LINPAC racked warehouse covers the sides and the back of the three lorries. …
Read More »Flying high with Aisle-Master
Logistics provider TransHaul (UK) Ltd has purchased its second Aisle-Master electric powered articulated forklift truck to work at its recently opened 50,000ft² depot at Pitstone near Tring in Berkshire. Last year TransHaul gained a major contract with LSG Skychefs, the catering and logistics division of the German airline Lufthansa, representing …
Read More »The old meets the new
Campbells Shortbread, the oldest bakery in Scotland, have been operating a new state-of-the-art Hyster Fortens H1.6FT-A lift truck supplied by Barloworld Handling. In 1830 Campbells produced their first shortbread at the bakery in Callander, Perthshire, and for the last twenty years have built a good working partnership with Barloworld Handling …
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