What added value do digital logistics intermediaries provide, under what framework, and how do they interact with customers? Argentinian writer Gino Baldissare reports. Technology is nowadays disrupting business more than ever, and international trade is not an exception. Digitalization of documents...

Upholding its position as industry leader, between 1 January and 31 December 2022, the Palletways Group belonging to Imperial, a DP World Company, which operates in the UK, the Benelux, Germany, Iberia, Italy and Hungary, transported almost ten million pallets. To further strengthen the network, ens...

As of this month, Visser European Trailer Care, based in Uithoorn, and VTS Aalsmeer, based in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands, will be part of the ICTS family. Both workshops specialize in maintaining, repairing and technical control (MOT) for various types of trailers, especially refrigerated trailers an...

A leading US automotive parts business has reduced manual packing constraints by adopting right-size packaging automation, helping the business meet increasing order volumes and supporting current customer demands and future growth. ECS Tuning has a long and celebrated history supporting the Europea...

AGVs (Automated guide vehicles) and strapping machines can work in harmony to optimise highly flexible end-of-line processes. Customer requests and needs can be highly unpredictable. This is especially true in ecommerce, where new products have to be developed, manufactured, secured for transport an...

Culina Group, a leading provider of shared-user FMCG logistics services, has announced an agreement to take over International Road Ferry (IRF) as from Tuesday 3rd January 2023. The terms of the agreement, including consideration, have not been disclosed. International Road Ferry is a major player i...

We catch up with a global barcode printers leader, which has experienced strong growth in recent years. Ecommerce and the drive to mobile have helped global printer leader Bixolon to some great year-on-year turnover numbers, says Frédéric d’Orsay, Channel Sales Director Europe. He adds that ther...

Leading barcode labels and security specialist, inotec, is celebrating the company’s long-term partnership with Georg Utz. This successful collaboration has resulted in the production of over 40 million in-mould labels for plastic totes, crates, pallets and dollies. The significant investment betw...

The Cubilette packaging system offers ingenious cost saving potential, as well as circular economy options. The Cubilette is an innovation in semi-automated equipment from Durrenberg, a Marseille-based start-up. The Cubilette reduces American cases (FEFCO 0201 spec, by far the most used box in packi...

A roller doors case study from the world of manufacturing offers useful pointers in upgrading legacy warehouses that run fast-moving logistics scenarios. Established 30 years ago in the buildings of a former concrete factory, Telford-based Hager UK Limited has transformed the site into a high-calibr...