Warehouse technology innovator, Synergy Logistics, has promoted Brian Kirst (pictured) to Chief Commercial Officer as business continues to ramp up and new commercial leadership was required. Kirst previously looked after all customer facing elements of the business in North America, but now oversee...

Core system optimisation is a vital link for manufacturing’s supply chain success, writes David Lees (pictured), CTO of Basis Technologies. Manufacturing supply chains are growing increasingly complex and difficult to manage. Factors like nature-related risks, geopolitical dynamics and business tr...

PET and PP strapping raw materials can be recycled effectively as part of a circular economy. Mosca GmbH relies on Interzero’s efficient recycling of PET and PP strapping to minimize the need for new material in their strapping production. In the future, the company based in Waldbrunn will track t...

Mental health strategies in the fulfilment industry can be innovated, writes Zihana Jaleel, Head of HR at Huboo. The fulfilment industry has increasingly come under the spotlight for its treatment of employees, with particular attention to mental health and general wellbeing. Fingers are often point...

The May ’24 issue of Logistics Business magazine: 76 pages of exclusive content spanning the international supply chain and warehousing sector. We have exclusive features on trade routes, road transport, robotic picking, forklift manufacturing, efulfilment, freight forwarding, loading bay energy u...

The automotive industry’s reliance on its supply chain running smoothly is important to ensure the consistent production of vehicles for consumer and corporate demand, especially considering that most vehicles can contain between 15,000 and 25,000 component parts. Chris Thompson, Operations Direct...

Decarbonisation of the global maritime industry could support the creation of up to four million green jobs by 2050. Demand for e-fuels is set to scale to over 500m tonnes by 2040, requiring additional 2TW of renewable energy generation capacity and £3.2 trillion of infrastructure investment. This ...

St. Modwen Logistics, one of the UK’s leading logistics developers and managers, and a Blackstone portfolio company, has commenced the final phase of activity at St. Modwen Park Burton, which will see the delivery of five high-quality logistics units totalling c. 400,000 sq ft. Earlier this year, ...