HRH The Princess Royal is to officially open Palletforce’s new £50m SuperHub on Thursday 5 October, exactly eight years after visiting to open the original distribution hub at the company’s Burton upon Trent site. The 620,000 sq ft custom-built facility is the largest of its type in Europe and is …
Read More »Wincanton adds to property portfolio
Wincanton the largest British logistics firm, has acquired two major new warehouse units at Medway in Kent and Harlow in Essex. The new leases total 500,000 square feet and are backed by a new customer contract. Ian Henderson, Property Director at Wincanton, said: “As a leading Third Party Logistics provider, …
Read More »Wincanton new ready mixed concrete eight-year contract
Logistics firm Wincanton has reinforced its position as a leading provider of supply chain solutions in the construction sector following the announcement of a new contract with the UK’s largest supplier of ready-mixed concrete, Hanson. The eight-year contract makes Wincanton the first 3PL provider to enter the ready-mixed concrete market. …
Read More »Palletforce member success as Julian crowned Driver of the Year
Palletforce, the UK’s leading freight distribution network, played host to some of the country’s top HGV drivers in a contest to find the British Gypsum Driver of the Year for 2016. The event, held at Palletforce’s 400,000 sq ft Hub in Burton upon Trent, brought together 10 elite drivers from …
Read More »New company TouchPath to meet market demand for fully customised lower-cost supply chain solutions
Created by the merger of TransitionWorks Software and AIDC Solutions – 30 years industry experience TouchPath will combine technology and application strengths to penetrate new markets – 3PL first International operation provides global user support New company’s COTS technology enables “no limits”, fully customised, lower-cost software development A new company …
Read More »Swiss 3PL provider opts for Egemin E’tow system
Egemin Automation. Everything under one roof. Swiss logistics company Schöni AG has spent the last two years building a new head office in Rothrist, Argau with this very objective. The company merged two subsidiaries and erected a new administration building and a new distribution facility on a 68,000 m² building …
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