Hörmann has installed more than 1200 industrial loading bay products at two John Lewis Partnership sites in Magna Park 3, Milton Keynes.
“As loading bay specialists, we fully understand the requirements of large warehouses and distribution centres,” said Hörmann UK’s project director, Tom Langley. “Our products are ideal for this type of project because they’re not only renowned for their high quality and reliability but they also offer unrivalled levels of safety.”
Together with a variety of decision-makers from politics, business and science from all countries of the Danube Region, Christoph Leitl, President of the Economic Chamber and the Presidents of the Chambers of the member countries of the Central European Initiative (CEEI) opened the extensive program of the five-days Danube Conference 2016 on Monday, in the…
The major overland trade route between China, Mongolia and Russia has been tested last week, ahead of the upcoming implementation of the TIR system in China. The 2,200km route has been assessed with a caravan of nine trucks travelling together over seven days, three each from China, Mongolia and Russia. China’s ratification of the UN TIR…
It’s not so long ago that route planning, fleet optimization, and driver allocation relied almost exclusively on the guile, instincts, and experience of operations managers and dispatch personnel. Long-range forecasting was theoretical at best, and the tools used static data and couldn’t handle the inevitable adjustments required by the dynamics of day-to-day operations. This is…
Arthur Joseph Ziegler had logistics in his blood. Born in Switzerland in 1875, the visionary started his career as a 22-year-old forwarding agent. He gained his first experiences at Schenker & Cie in Vienna, with his uncle Gottfried Schenker – the founder of the company of the same name. At that time, Vienna was the…
Pall-Ex Benelux will officially launch in the first quarter of 2016, with an anticipated initial membership of 10 hauliers, offering complete express coverage of the region Pall-Ex Group has made further in-roads into Europe by announcing plans to launch a new network in Benelux. The European palletised freight specialist will commence operations in Belgium, the…
Unite has confirmed that the ballot for strike action by Tesco distribution centre staff has been suspended while members consider a revised offer. This means that there will be no strike action before Christmas. The ballot, which was due to go ahead this week, was organised after trade union Unite urged Tesco to review a…
