Materials handling specialist Briggs Equipment UK has announced the appointment of Peter Jones as Managing Director.
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All the latest news and views from the world of material handling, logistics, freight forwarding and distribution. This section of the site carries articles relating to new contract wins, product launches, opinion from the trade associations, government departments, research analysts, the vendor community as well as case studies of material handling integration projects across Europe.
All key equipment sectors are covered, ranging from AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) ForkLift Trucks, Automated Storage Equipment, Conveyors and Sortation, Dock Equipment, Overhead Handling Equipment, Packaging and Labelling Solutions, Pallets & Containers,Transport and Distribution, Racking & Shelving as well as Trade Shows and Industry Events.
Factory roof solar helps Dolav make containers
Apr 05, 2016
Dolav has replaced ten per cent of factory electricity with clean solar power. This plastic pallet box maker now capitalises on Israel's abundant sunshine with 2000 solar panels on 4000 sq. metres of sun-drenched factory roof space.
Linde Material Handling expands its range of lithium-ion battery trucks
Apr 05, 2016
Global truck manufacturer, Linde Material Handling (MH), has expanded its range of trucks using lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology following a positive response from the market.
Transporters.io delivers new solution for organising and managing transport companies.
Apr 05, 2016
Transporters.io has launched its web-based booking and business management system, built specifically for the Transport Industry. A large number of transport providers still perform these tasks with pen and paper, which may work but is not compatible with the modern, connected world.
Ontic chooses B&H Worldwide for specialist inventory management
Apr 05, 2016
London Heathrow: Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has been appointed by Ontic, a wholly owned subsidiary of BBA Aviation plc, as its specialist warehouse and inventory management company for worldwide Ontic-owned AOG support assets.
The days of paper are ‘long gone’ for PRG XL Video with routeMASTER telematics
Apr 05, 2016
PRG XL Video, an international provider of lighting, video and rigging systems to the UK and European events and entertainment industry, has incorporated a telematics traffic control system which has eliminated all paperwork related to vehicle and consignment management.
Demand rises for Stertil Koni wheel alignment lifts
Apr 05, 2016
Widely acclaimed for its extensive range of commercial vehicle lifts, Stertil Koni is also seeing increased interest in its specialist 4-post wheel alignment lifts.
On the move - Special Transportation Management Report
Apr 05, 2016
Manufacturing & Logistics IT spoke with a number of the leading vendors and analysts about current key trends and discussion points within the field of transportation management systems and processes.
This report will consider many current key discussion points and recent and ongoing areas of innovation and development with the Transportation Management System (TMS) space.
Isuzu trucks deliver the payload for Hannah Foods
Apr 05, 2016
With a payload advantage of up to 700kg in comparison to other 7.5 tonners in its refrigerated fleet, five new 7.5t Isuzu Forwards have recently gone into service for north-west food service company Hannah Foods and are already enabling the company to achieve greater efficiencies within its intensive national distribution operations.
