Warehouse

Smart-Space, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and installers of re-locatable, semi-permanent and permanent buildings, has completed the construction of a finished goods warehouse for Northwood Hygiene Products at the company’s production site in Telford, Shropshire. Northwood manufactures, supplies and transports away-from-home (AfH) professional paper hygiene products to a distribution …

‘Red Ledge warehouse management and control’ system includes RFID goods tracking, automated routing and warehouse ‘lights out’ automatic storage and retrieval Software engineering and automation specialist Red Ledge is launching a new version of its WMS, ‘Red Ledge Warehouse Management and Control’ which makes extensive use of automation to optimise …

• Riverford Organic Farmers has adopted warehouse automation to improve customer choice and delivery performance at the doorstep. • Daifuku, the world’s leading material handling specialist, advised Riverford on the choice of technology as well as implementation. • New automation at Riverford’s Devon headquarters has given each delivery driver an …

Mobile Mini, a leading hirer of portable site accommodation and secure storage containers, has invested nearly £3.5 million in its branch network in the past 12 months following a surge in demand. The latest of the firm’s investments comes with the opening of a 4-acre site on Hepworth Road in …

Whistl Fulfilment, part of delivery management group Whistl, is celebrating the first anniversary of the acquisition of Prism DM in 2017 by announcing its strategic investment plans. It plans to extend its Rushton depot with a further 60,000 sq ft of operational space to manage future growth and is also …

Warehouse safety has always required careful attention, but as operations become more complex to handle the rapid rise in customer demand, it is no longer enough to address risk in isolation. With organisations looking to automated and connected processes to meet new efficiency and productivity objectives, the warehouse must be …

Renold plc is a global manufacturer of industrial chain, coupling and gearbox solutions. The group delivers high precision engineered and power transmission products to a wide range of markets, from cement making and chocolate manufacturing to subway trains and power stations, escalators and quarries. Renold is a public company with …

Linde Material Handling, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of forklift trucks, has launched the Linde C-MATIC; a new automated guided cart (AGC) designed to improve production logistics. The C-MATIC is designed to move parts to a production line and to transport goods through the warehouse. The vehicle can move loads …

Award winning bakery and Cornish pasty producer, Prima Bakeries has increased its frozen capacity through acquisition of a portable cold store from Blue Cube Portable Cold Stores (www.bluecubepcs.co.uk; tel: 0333 320 2620). The bakery, based at Redruth in the heart of Cornwall took delivery of the cold store in June …

Automated materials handling solutions specialist TGW Logistics has completed a fully automated distribution centre for Interdiscount at the home electronics giant’s headquarters in Jegenstorf, Switzerland. With 1,800 employees, Interdiscount sells a wide range of electronic products online and in over 180 store locations. The company, part of the Coop Group, …