Specialist Logistics Services does exactly as its name suggests – it specialises in the movement of out-of-gauge and abnormal project cargo. During the first Covid lockdown in April 2020, it undertook a particularly challenging venture to move a satellite space test chamber from its manufacturing ...

DF Capital has partnered with Handling Equipment UK Ltd to help support its dealers in the UK electric forklift market. Handling Equipment UK is the UK importer of EP Equipment material handling machines. Based in Stourbridge in the West Midlands, it is a family-run business that employs 20 people. ...

There is a Europe-wide HGV driver shortage, which is very acutely felt in the UK. Part of this is caused by the pandemic. Essential goods continued to move during the lockdown, but as non-essential goods were out of circulation, many hauliers went bust and the drivers sought employment elsewhere. As...

Combilift has been recognised as the overall winner of the Energia Family Business of the Year 2021. Energia, the largest supplier of 100% Green Energy in Ireland, recently hosted its bi-annual awards ceremony virtually, with 19 awards being presented to Irish family businesses. The awards celebrate...

Machine Learning, Neural Networks – big terms in modern logistics, but what do they actually mean? What we need is an expert to tell us. Paul Hamblin, editor of Logistics Business magazine, meets one. AGV and mobile robotics specialist Kollmorgen measures the performance and behaviour of AGV syste...

By now, most people are familiar with the basic concept of digitalisation. Robots clean windows and floors, and there are apps and fitness trackers to help monitor their users’ health. And while technology has already become an everyday part of practically everyone’s life, there are still concer...

Dachser, DB Schenker, duisport and Rhenus have established the Open Logistics Foundation. The purpose of the non-profit foundation is to build a European open-source community aiming to promote digitalisation in logistics and supply chain management based on open source and standardise logistics pro...

Upskilling your drivers is important for numerous reasons. Road transport is a heavily regulated industry so there are naturally several mandatory training requirements, depending on the work being carried out. But more generally, it also promotes safe driving, reduces road collisions, and can help ...

AM Labels Limited, an award-winning colour label printing machine specialist, label manufacturer, barcoding and software solution expert based in Northamptonshire (UK), has added the Afinia A200 Bottle Label Applicator to its portfolio. The Afinia A200 is an innovative, semi-automatic bottle label a...

Elanders, a global print, packaging and supply chain management specialist, has converted 25,000 sq ft of additional space at its Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK) site to support customers in the light of all the current global supply chain challenges. The logistics site, on New York Business Park, now has ...