In the last year, global energy prices have risen by almost 30 per cent and energy saving in the warehouse has become paramount as a result. European energy prices have risen to historic levels and are expected to keep on rising well into 2023. Thorsten Mauritz offers some energy saving tips. Wareho...

Part of the Meijer Group, Meijer Handling Solutions has just celebrated its 100th birthday. It’s been a century of innovation, and with another set to follow, the urge to innovate is far from over. Meijer Group started as a one-man business in 1921, founded by Jan Meijer in the Frisian village of ...

With its internal pre-Christmas initiative ‘Give the gift of solidarity’, Schmitz Cargobull employees have collected almost €19,000 to support their colleagues in Ukraine during the ongoing war with Russia. Most of the money raised will be used to purchase ‘PowerHouses’ for the colleagues,...

David Priestman met with an Australian manufacturer of forks and forklift safety products celebrating its 10th anniversary. GenieGrips, based in Melbourne, launched a prototype product at a trade show a decade ago. “Fifty people said, ‘we need those’,” Director Louise Inglese tells me. So th...

A 2013 study by the US Department of Transportation (US DoT) is receiving newfound attention, due to the recent release of ReadiML, the Machine Learning software from Fatigue Science that operationalises a scientific fatigue prediction model for daily use by transportation fleets. In the study, the ...

In a bid to continuously monitor and maximise security for customers and employees, Customs4Trade (C4T) has received ISO 27001:2017 and ISO 9001:2015 certification, the internationally recognised standard for security and compliance, specifying requirements for an organisation’s quality managemen...

Offering super-fast charging and lower total cost of ownership than IC and lead acid battery alternatives, BYD’s range of zero-emission Iron-Phosphate battery-powered forklifts have proved to be the perfect recipe for a sustainable food products specialist in Northern Ireland. For intense operatio...

Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) is a type of business-to-consumer retail sales strategy where a business will market, sell and ship a product directly to the customer, writes Will Lovatt, General Manager and Vice President, Deposco Europe. According to recent figures from eMarketer, US Direct-to-Consumer (...

Efforts to close the $1.7tn annual global trade finance gap are gaining traction, especially in the small-to-medium-enterprise (SME) sector, with DP World announcing that its platform has received requests for more than $600m in credit limits. DP World Trade Finance offers businesses of every size a...

TeamViewer, a leading global provider of remote connectivity and workplace digitalisation solutions, recently announced that the global semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries (GF) has deployed TeamViewer’s Augmented Reality (AR) platform Frontline to digitally transform its warehouse operation...