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Fenton Packaging Solutions helps aluminium effect pigmentsmanufacturer Silberline to reduce its carbon footprint

1 Fenton Packaging Solutions helps aluminium effect pigmentsmanufacturer Silberline to reduce its carbon footprint

Fenton Packaging Solutions began its cooperation with US-based aluminium effect pigments manufacturer Silberline’s European division three years ago. The challenge was to make the packaging of pigments more sustainable and seek a carbon footprint reduction.

DHL Supply Chain to invest EUR 500 million (INR 4000 Crores) in India to further boost capacity, workforce and sustainability initiatives

2 DHL Supply Chain to invest EUR 500 million (INR 4000 Crores) in India to further boost capacity, workforce and sustainability initiatives

DHL Supply Chain (DHL) is to invest EUR 500 million in India over the next five years to significantly grow its warehousing capacity, workforce and sustainability initiatives in the country.

Networking Opportunities Revealed for AntwerpXL 2022

3 Networking Opportunities Revealed for AntwerpXL 2022

AntwerpXL will provide unique opportunities to rub shoulders and do business with the breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo community’s biggest names when it opens its doors from 4-6 October 2022.

AntwerpXL 2022’s networking opportunities will include a free-to-attend tour of the Port of Antwerp* from 12:45 – 16:15 on the first day of the event.

Why your Industrial Equipment Doesn’t Last

4 Why your Industrial Equipment Doesn’t Last

By Brian Richards, freelance writer.

The investment in industrial equipment is often a significant one, and the success or failure of that equipment in the long-term could have serious ramifications for the business as a whole. To put it another way, you want your tools to be able to last the distance. Often, ensuring this is a matter of simply taking the right steps.

New survey of delivery drivers in the bakery sector reveals front line perspective on the impact of missing equipment

5 New survey of delivery drivers in the bakery sector reveals front line perspective on the impact of missing equipment

Some 93% of the delivery drivers responsible for transporting bread from bakeries to supermarkets feel that they have a responsibility to, outside of their daily duties, play their part in ensuring the safe return of equipment – with more than half (52%) calling for more support from warehouse managers and supermarket workers to approach the issue of missing equipment, according to a new survey from Bakers Basco. 

Synergy Logistics appoints experienced business transformation lead as it looks to scale up on expansion and growth

6 Synergy Logistics appoints experienced business transformation lead as it looks to scale up on expansion and growth

Richard Bartram has joined Synergy Logistics as Project Implementation Manager for the UK with a dual remit of further improving the SnapFulfil WMS customer experience and also up skilling and developing the onboarding team.

Tackling burnout in the transportation sector

7 Tackling burnout in the transportation sector

Transportation workers are increasingly suffering with stress which can often lead to burnout - a state of physical and emotional exhaustion.

Scan Global Logistics opens in Abu Dhabi, its second office in the UAE in less than a year

8 Scan Global Logistics opens in Abu Dhabi, its second office in the UAE in less than a year

Only seven months after opening its first wholly owned operation in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the global logistics provider Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has opened its second office in Abu Dhabi.

American Airlines Cargo now offers expanded Americas and Caribbean origins on WebCargo

9 American Airlines Cargo now offers expanded Americas and Caribbean origins on WebCargo

The American Airlines Cargo network continues to expand on WebCargo, a Freightos company, now with the inclusion of 28 new countries and more than 40 markets across Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada.

Take steps to improve warehouse safety with Beaverswood floor signal markers

10 Take steps to improve warehouse safety with Beaverswood floor signal markers

The quick and easy marking out and identification of safe walkways and access points on warehouse floors is provided by a range of high visibility floor signal markers, available now from workplace visual communications and safety products specialist Beaverswood.

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