HERMES TO BUILD LARGEST DISTRIBUTION HUB IN EUROPE
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HERMES TO BUILD LARGEST DISTRIBUTION HUB IN EUROPE

Hermes, the consumer delivery specialist, is to build a state-of-the-art automated parcel distribution hub located in Barnsley, near Sheffield. Due for completion in 2022, the £60 million development…

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Combilift nominated in two 2020 IFOY Award categories
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Combilift nominated in two 2020 IFOY Award categories

For the second year in a row Combilift is a finalist in the IFOY Awards – one of the most prestigious and hotly contested international awards in the materials handling industry. The company is the…

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ASSA ABLOY launches new automatic restraint system
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ASSA ABLOY launches new automatic restraint system

ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems is helping to make loading bays safer with the introduction of the new DE6190AR Automatic Restraint System. The new restraint minimises the risk of…

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HERMES INVESTS SEVEN-FIGURE SUM IN PARCELSHOP BRANDING
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HERMES INVESTS SEVEN-FIGURE SUM IN PARCELSHOP BRANDING

Consumer delivery specialist Hermes has announced a seven-figure brand refresh project at over 200 of its ParcelShops throughout the UK to increase its high street presence and attract…

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Lithium-ion-powered Flexi trucks boost cold store’s efficiency
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Lithium-ion-powered Flexi trucks boost cold store’s efficiency

Third party multi-temperature warehousing and logistics network, Norish, has introduced lithium-ion battery-powered Flexi articulated VNA truck technology at its cold store facility at Brierley Hill in the West…

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Don’t be left behind, book your place at UKWA’s ‘Next Generation Logistics’ conference NOW!
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Don’t be left behind, book your place at UKWA’s ‘Next Generation Logistics’ conference NOW!

An influential programme of over 30 insightful speakers, including keynote speaker Eleanor Winton, former head of KPMG’s Future Institute, will address delegates at the UK Warehousing Association’s 2020…

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SICK’s 3D CAMERA GOES PROGRAMMABLE IN A SNAPSHOT
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SICK’s 3D CAMERA GOES PROGRAMMABLE IN A SNAPSHOT

SICK has made its powerful Visionary T 3D snapshot camera programmable, so it can run user-specific image processing applications developed in its pioneering AppSpace software development ecosystem. The…

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SICK Conquers New Frontiers with World’s Smallest Safety Laser Scanner
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SICK Conquers New Frontiers with World’s Smallest Safety Laser Scanner

SICK has launched the world’s smallest safety laser scanner, the nanoScan3, designed for easy and economical integration into the smallest of machine designs, particularly for automated guided vehicles, carts, mobile platforms and service robots.  The ultra-compact SICK nanoScan3 is just eight centimetres tall, so it can fit snugly into the spaces in machines where safety laser scanners could not previously have been…

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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMED
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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMED

A new technology now enables continuous, zero-interruption inventory cycle counting says TouchPath (www.touchpath.com) quality and projects manager Roberta Knight, a former warehouse manager Supply chain manufacturing and logistics warehouse operators…

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What’s in store for 2020 and beyond? 6 trends shaping warehouses of the future
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What’s in store for 2020 and beyond? 6 trends shaping warehouses of the future

In 2010, many warehouses would still have been regarded as a neglected cost centre. Now, moving into 2020, the warehouse is a carefully managed control centre and very often the…

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