Body and trailer manufacturer Cartwright is to recruit 70 apprentices over the next two years to grow its own talent pool of skilled workers in order to support the company's continuing expansion.
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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.
The importance of 'critical' spares to your business
May 23, 2012
A Dematic White Paper Consider this scenario, you are in a breakdown situation, a pallet has collapsed and damaged a gearbox on a critical conveyor line. It is a peak production period and there is an important sales promotion in the stores, you can't miss this planned shipment.
Shop Direct Group signs further ten-year deal with Norbert Dentressangle
May 23, 2012
Shop Direct Group (SDG) has awarded Norbert Dentressangle a further ten year contract for the warehousing of 'two-man' products.
Projects FPS helps build a brewery
May 23, 2012
Projects FPS - the recently-established project forwarding and third-party logistics arm of Famous Pacific Shipping Lanka has cleared and delivered a 9000 cbm shipment of outsize brewery equipment from Colombo Port to the site of a new brewery at Meegoda, 35 km inland.
Spirit Pub Company selects Kuehne + Nagel as its logistics partner for food service
May 23, 2012
Spirit Pub Company has awarded global logistics provider, Kuehne + Nagel, a long-term contract to handle the food service supply chain for its estate of more than 800 managed pubs across the United Kingdom.
Mixing using multiple PrimoWeigher combination scales
May 23, 2012
Mix frozen vegetables, fruits, candy, ingredients, or hardware into pouches or containers using multiple PrimoWeigher 360 combination scales, all operated from one centralised control panel.
Potter Group Logistics joins Palletline
May 23, 2012
Palletline PLC has welcomed Potter Group Logistics to its palletised distribution network. Potter Group Logistics acquired Palletline member House of James Transport Ltd, the York-based logistics and pallet network operator recently.
CHEP signs Horizon Tissue as first customer in Estonia
May 23, 2012
CHEP, provider of pallet and container pooling solutions, has signed a contract with Horizon Tissue, the Estonian tissue converter and CHEP's first customer in that country.
Paragon integrated routing and vehicle tracking plans Wadworth's beer deliveries
May 23, 2012
Delivery routing software from Paragon Software Systems, linked with vehicle tracking supplied by TomTom, is providing a 21st century logistics solution to Wiltshire's 137-year old Wadworth Brewery.
