A one-piece folding box which gives maximum utilisation of cube space when in use, yet folds down to give 80% space savings when empty, has been launched by returnable transit packaging innovators LINPAC Materials Handling. As its name suggests, the Concertina box is collapsible, giving users reduced storage and transit …
Read More »Lowering the cost of automation
Companies wishing to automate without the costs associated with sophisticated, high-end palletising and handling equipment need look no further than the PAL and AXO range of palletisers from Kosme Packaging. These machines allow mid-volume package and container companies to take that first step on the road to automation, a criterion …
Read More »Veteran Thorworld mobile yardramp retires
The very first mobile yardramp produced by Thorworld Industries Ltd has been ‘retired’ by Claymore Grass Machinery, after 15 years of continuing reliable service, It was two years old when it was purchased second hand in 1988 by the Bidford-on-Avon importers and distributors of outdoor power equipment to the garden …
Read More »Walkers snack foods brings warehouse back on line in Scotland
The latest in a series of warehouse floor marking projects for Walkers Snack Foods has now been completed by ASG Services Ltd. The installation at the manufacturer’s Regional Distribution Centre in Glasgow has seen some 2.5 km of lines used to define a series of individual ‘block stack’ pallet storage …
Read More »Increase in demand for operator training solutions
UK-based agent’s provides bespoke courses for corrugated, print finishing, carton and converting sectors Key Capital Equipment(KCE)is reporting a significant increase in demand for its bespoke operator training solutions. An impressive 75 per cent of customers purchasing new kit also invest in the UK-based agent’s tailor-made packages – designed to complement …
Read More »New regional events launched for buyers of warehouse equipment
Spring 2005 sees the launch of ‘Shift Stack and Store’, a new series of regional events that will be held across the country to bring together leading equipment suppliers, independent industry experts and buyers of materials handling and storage equipment as a local road show forum. The events are free …
Read More »Toyota folklifts at the heart of production revolution
Toyota forklifts are at the centre of an innovation that has improved productivity and safety at Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd’s (TMUK) car manufacturing plant in Burnaston, near Derby. TMUK has worked with its materials handling supplier, Toyota Industrial Equipment, to establish two unique, world-leading, three-tier battery changing stations for …
Read More »More warehouse management innovation from chess with latest empirica software
Advanced new features and functional improvements to enhance support for processes including real-time tasking, despatch load management and processing are delivered by the latest version of the popular Empirica Warehouse Management System from Chess Logistics Technology. Key additions to the product’s Task-RF (real-time task management) module mean that Empirica now …
Read More »Intermec Launches RFID Products for European Market
Intermec Technologies has launched its range of RFID products in Europe. Ruggedised Intermec RFID products now available include the IF4 and IF5 fixed readers, the IP4 mobile reader and the PM4i intelligent printer. RFID has become the most talked about technology in the Auto-ID community with media hype and high …
Read More »Toyotas Highland Spirit
The Macallan Distillery at Craigallachie, Banffshire has been distilling whisky since 1824. In a year it uses almost 11,000 tonnes of malted barley to produce approximately 13 million bottles of whisky. At any one time there are around 125,000 casks in its warehouses, enough to fill over 100 million bottles. …
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