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Productivity, accuracy and revenue are all up by 20% at a UK electrical business as a result of LYDIA voice-picking technology supplied by Ehrhardt Partner Group (EPG). LYDIA is voice-picking solution that allows logistics businesses small and large to adapt to the rigorous demands of the e-commerce age without substantial capital expenditure. “Because no new WMS…
Improved protection of warehouse and logistics pallet racking is provided with an easy-to-install upright protector – Rack Armour – announced by visual communications specialist Beaverswood. Part of the new Visusafe range, the highly visible Rack Armour protectors feature an impact-resistant, cylindrical outer casing manufactured from ballistics-grade plastic, which is wrapped around an energy- absorbing patented…
Real-estate investment company Hines – together with its joint venture partner – has agreed to forward-fund four speculatively built warehouse schemes owned by Clowes Developments in the East Midlands. The JV has acquired the freehold of all the sites from the current owner, Derbyshire-based Clowes Developments, which will develop of all the facilities. Construction work…
Industrial developer Newlands Developments and investor M&G Real Estate will start construction of a three-unit 820,000ft2 distribution warehouse scheme at the 40-acre Brackmills Industrial Estate in Northampton. The development, known as Brackmills Gateway, will consist of units of circa 387,000ft2, 252,000ft2 and 180,000ft2. Each unit benefits from 18m eaves, 55m yards, a floor loading of…
Parcel delivery firm DPD is one of a group of leading companies behind a major awareness campaign called ‘World’s To Do List’ with Project Everyone in support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. From 20-26 September, the group comprised of some of the world’s biggest companies and brands will show their support for and action…
Locus Robotics, the AMR specialist for fulfilment warehouses, has announced that it has acquired Waypoint Robotics. The acquisition broadens the Locus product line of proven and powerful AMR solutions that address use cases from e-commerce, case-picking and pallet-picking to scenarios requiring larger, heavier payloads and fulfilment modalities. Waypoint’s Vector and MAV3K are industrial-strength, flexible mobile…
Co-op and Starship Technologies have extended their partnership and will be releasing 500 autonomous vehicles across the UK, while also launching robot delivery services in five new towns and cities. The grocery store is the first major Uk supermarket to use robots for home delivery, and the partnership aims at increasing capacity while reducing emissions…
Two-man delivery specialist Panther Logistics has been appointed as Cuddleco’s new delivery partner. The white-glove two-man delivery specialists will make deliveries for CuddleCo throughout the UK, supporting its independent customer accounts, as well as direct to the consumer from its own website. Panther will be providing their premium service of delivering to a customer’s room…
Retailer M&S is rumoured to have taken developer Mountpark’s Bristol360 warehouse at Central Park, Bristol. The property built speculatively has 337,000ft2 of warehouse space as well as 22,250ft2 of office space. It boasts 15m eaves, 34 dock and 32 euro dock levellers as well as 3MvA of power. Designed to achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’ certification with an EPC…
Autonomous case-handling robotics company Hai Robotics has partnered with global logistics engineering company Savoye, to help its warehousing technology reach a wider community in supply chains across the world. Hai Robotics’ Haipick robot is able to carry individual cartons, as well as totes, to bring them to multiple case pickers or conveyors. The totes can…
DP World has today announced that it will be beginning work next month on a new berth, its fourth, at its London Gateway logistics hub, to increase supply chain resilience and increase capacity for some of the world’s largest vessels. The £300m investment is part of a wider £2bn DP World has invested over the…
Online grocer Ocado has taken Panattoni’s 346,132ft2 speculatively developed Luton346 warehouse at Panattoni Park Luton as its next Customer Fulfilment Centre. It has secured the space, on the two-unit scheme, on a 20-year lease at a rent believed to be just shy of the £9.75 per ft2 quoting rent. The investment is already out in…
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Retailer Wilko has today announced that it is has made a £3 million investment in autonomous vehicle company StreetDrone, to progress its position as a key player in the world of autonomous last mile delivery. The investment, which is part of a wider multi-million-pound pre-series A round, will enable StreetDrone to accelerate the development of…
Contract logistics provider, GXO has partnered with ProGlove, and has deployed nearly 400 display wearable scanners in warehouses across the UK, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, and France. GXO is using ProGlove’s MARK family of wearable scanners for picking, packing, shipping, and inbound processing with MARK Display in pilot programs for major e-commerce and DIY customers. The glove scanners are…
Caddick Developments has submitted detailed plans on the first phase of its 55-acre Farington Park scheme in Leyland in the North West to provide a single 500,000ft2 plus mega shed following unprecedented levels of demand from occupiers. Originally the scheme was expected to have consisted of several warehouses from 30,000ft2 with a total floorspace of…
Chancerygate and Bridges Fund Management have submitted plans to speculatively develop 146,745ft2 of Grade A urban logistics scheme in Edinburgh, Scotland in the place of Grayfield House, a 90,000ft2 office building that is currently being demolished. The 7.5-acre site on Bankhead Avenue in Sighthill, will be known as Capital Park and will comprise 18 units from 4,295ft2…
A memorandum of understanding, (MOU), has been signed by the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association. ICHCA International is an industry body that represents global cargo handling operators, including many leading cargo and container terminal groups, and the International Vessel Operators Dangerous Goods Association (IVODGA), whose membership consists of the world’s ocean carriers. The partnership of…
Renovotec has introduced an independent Wi-Fi consulting service, designed for logistics manufacturing, retail, and supply chain users. The initiative follows the company’s acquisition of technology specialist WiFiGear, and is being driven by the need for users to adopt Wi-Fi 6, which is an industry certification programme. The motivation for the initiative is due to existing…
Chinese e-commerce retailer MH Star has snapped up a second whole scheme development in as many months bringing its total occupancy to some 900,000ft2 in two deals. The company has taken out all three units at GLP’s 530,000 ft2 G.Park Bedford Wixams logistics park which is currently under construction. G-Park Bedford Wixams is being developed…
Still Materials Handling has been accredited a gold rating from Ecovadis for its commitment to social responsibility. For the past decade, the company has been subject to evaluation by EcoVadis, which has involved examining four sustainability fields; environment, labour practices & human rights, fair business practices, and sustainable procurement, and now the company has been…
AI-enabled robotic technology provider Berkshire Grey has partnered with system integrator of fulfilment and distribution services, Advanced Handling Systems, (AHS), to help companies grow despite labour shortages. This partnership will combine AI-enabled robotic automation and system design and integration services to deliver next generation warehouse robotics to the some of the largest e-commerce and 3PL…
Furniture giant The Gallery Direct Group has secured a new northern depot at the OrionOne warehouse at Markham Vale near Chesterfield from Aver Property, a joint venture between Ergo Real Estate and NFU Mutual. This 224,000ft2 facility is located just off Junction 29A of the M1 Motorway and comprises 15m eaves, 21 dock level doors…
Amazon is opening its first distribution centre in Ireland. It has taken a 630,000ft2 warehouse at Mountpark’s 1.06 million ft2 Baldonnell Business Park in Dublin to provide faster deliveries for customers across Ireland seven days a week, including one-day delivery. The facility is due to open in Spring 2022. In addition the internet retailer opening…
Geek+ has successfully deployed smart sorting robots in the warehouse of Athinaiki S.A., a logistics and transport service provider specialising in last-mile delivery in Greece. The robots were implemented in partnership with FDL Group which is an integrator of supply chain solutions, and an executive distributor of Geek+ AMR solutions in Greece and Cyprus. The…
Körber’s partnership with retail company JYSK continues to support the company in the face of challenges throughout the rise of e-commerce. Körber continues its collaboration with the retail chain JYSK at its distribution centre Bozhurishte (DCB) in Bulgaria. Recently, the DCB has been supplying to both JYSK’s own stores and also online customers in Southeastern…
Geodis is now offering its customers the opportunity to use alternative fuels in its air and sea divisions across the globe. The sustainable aviation and sustainable marine fuels are derived from non-fossil sources, and are produced using food and agricultural waste, mainly in the form of cooking oil. Their use allows for a reduction in CO2…
Amazon is set to open a 236,250ft2 delivery station at PLP’s Silkwood Park development in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Silkwood Park, is adjacent to Junction 40 of the M1 motorway. PLP bought the 16 acre site from St James’s High Park last year and speculatively built two units, the 236,250ft2 now let to Amazon, and a…
North West Leicestershire Council has refused St Modwen’s logistics warehouse scheme at Castle Donington in the East Midlands. The 109.2 acre green field site was subject to an outline application, which would have seen the development of 995,000ft2 logistics and industrial space providing some 1,200 jobs. While the council noted that there was a shortage…
Online retailer GBEye, which specialises in pop culture merchandise, has expanded its warehouse capacity in Sheffield following its consolidation to the European Abysse Corp Group. It has taken CBRE Global Investors’ 77,906ft2 industrial unit at Enterprise 36 industrial park in Tankersley South Yorkshire Unit 2 at Enterprise 36 forms part of a four-unit scheme built…
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