Element Logic will integrate Addverb solutions for AMRs (autonomous mobile robots) into its existing portfolio, alongside a fleet management software platform. It says this is to enable customers to decrease operational cost and boost overall profit. The partnership with Addverb opens up new opportu...

Following the pandemic-related slump in 2020, the luxury goods industry has regained its former strength. The global market for personal luxury goods, which includes luxury fashion, decorative luxury items such as jewellery, watches and writing instruments, and beauty items, reached a value of €31...

Anyone who works in the transportation industry knows that supply chains have never exactly been ‘normal’, writes Stephan Sieber (pictured), CEO of Transporeon. However, any semblance of normality or regularity that they did possess flew out of the window in 2022. From the war in Ukraine to petr...

The Palletways Group, belonging to Imperial, a DP World company, is celebrating four years since it expanded its coverage across the continent, as the launch of its network in Biatorbagy opened up export opportunities to and from Hungary. Over the past four years, the 110+-strong team, including dri...

New industry data reveals that manufacturers are holding double the amount of stock compared to pre-pandemic levels as the world’s supply chain woes take on a new form. Unleashed’s Manufacturers Health Check report used data from its inventory management software to track how SMEs in the UK have...

Are there clear benefits to the UK logistics sector in the opportunity provided by freeports? Paul Hamblin explains the background – and some of the doubts. Free ports have become one of the most kicked-about political footballs of our times. Recommended back in 2016 by jubilant Leavers as a futur...

Packaging and robotic automation company RMGroup has supplied bagging and palletising solutions to Dumfries-based building materials and aggregates supplier J&J Currie. The investments, which were made to increase efficiencies and reduce labour costs, included a MB-400 manual bagging machine and...

Garbe Industrial Real Estate is continuing to expand its portfolio of logistics centres in the Hamburg metropolitan region. To this end, the Hamburg-based project developer has purchased a plot of land in Lüneburg that is around 33,000 sq m in size and ready for construction. A logistics property ...

With over 1,100 projects in 150 locations in over 40 countries and 10,000 staff, service company Ecolog International’s imprint is now writ large in the world of urgent response logistics as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. It is well-established across Middle East and the African continent, wi...

A survey series by the Logistics Hall of Fame in cooperation with the logistics insurance broker Schunk Group looks at the current risks facing the logistics industry and how companies are preparing against them. Logistics is a volatile business worldwide. More than ever, current trends and global p...