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Practical completion at 632,000ft² can manufacturing facility

A new 632,000ft² beverage can manufacturing facility has reached practical completion at Delta Park in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The unit is a bespoke design for Crown Packaging Manufacturing and is the company’s “largest beverage can manufacturing facility in Europe”. It is hoped that this development will provide “hundreds of jobs” for those in Peterborough and the…

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Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2023 finalists announced!

The shortlist of finalists for this year’s Supply Chain Excellence Awards has officially been revealed! This is a record-breaking year for the awards, with the highest number of entries ever received and a bigger shortlist than ever before. In its 27th year, the Supply Chain Excellence Awards promise to be the biggest and most exciting yet. From…

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New category added to the Supply Chain Excellence Awards!

The Supply Chain Excellence Awards have added a new category for 2024 – The Event Logistics Award. This award is open to any event organiser – in sport, entertainment, business, government or anything else – and the logistics providers working with them. It will look to recognise the vital contribution made to the success of…

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LogiMAT 2023: AlphaPlan Group bv

ALPHAPLAN Group = INNOVATION Absolut ebene Lagerböden sind die Voraussetzung für den optimale Einsatz Ihres Gabelstaplerflotte.  100%  garantierte und zertifizierte Ergebnisse! AlphaPlan Group garantiert:                 Maximale Arbeitsgeschwindigkeit                 Maximale Sicherheit                 Maximale Zuverlässigkeit                 Maximale Lebensdauer                 minimaler Wartungsaufwand. Zertifizierung:                 ISO 9001 (Qualität)                 ISO 50001 (Energie)                 ISO 14001 und NBN (Umwelt)                …

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CGTN: China und Saudi-Arabien schmieden umfassenden Plan zur Zusammenarbeit auf höchstem Niveau

Das gegenseitige strategische Vertrauen zwischen China und Saudi-Arabien sei gestärkt worden und die bilaterale praktische Zusammenarbeit in verschiedenen Bereichen habe seit der Aufnahme diplomatischer Beziehungen vor 32 Jahren fruchtbare Ergebnisse erbracht, erklärte der chinesische Präsident Xi Jinping am Mittwoch in einer schriftlichen Erklärung bei seiner Ankunft in Riad. Die von Präsident Xi und dem saudischen…

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Film production logistics company opens new depot in Liverpool

Supplier2Location Group, a provider of logistics services and location support for TV and film production in the UK, has opened a new depot in Liverpool. The company, which has previously provided support on the sets of blockbuster films like The Batman and No Time To Die as well as popular series like Peaky Blinders and…

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Crown Paints renews partnership with pallet pooler IPP

A 13 year partnership has been renewed between Crown Paints and IPP, which will see 30,000kg of CO2 emissions cut from the retailer’s supply chain each year. IPP has worked with Crown Paints and its 3PL provider CEVA Logistics to streamline the supply chain, which has led to fewer empty journeys that are needed to…

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Trebor completes pre-sale of £150 million

Trebor Developments has completed the pre-sale of 625,000ft2 to Crown Holdings at Delta Park Peterborough in one of the largest freehold turnkey transactions with a total capital value of more than £150 million. The site was originally intended as a two-unit speculative scheme but planning consent was secured for Crown’s build to suit manufacturing facility…

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LogiMAT 2022: Battery Supplies N.V.

Ziel von Battery Supplies ist es, für Händler und Kunden ein One-Stop-Shop für Batterien, Ladegeräte und Batteriezubehör zu sein. Wir sind stolz auf unseren sehr flexiblen Ansatz und garantieren einen engagierten kommerziellen und technischen Support. Da wir viel in unsere Lagerbestände investieren, sind wir oft in der Regel, um die Sendungen sehr schnell zu liefern….

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V-Force Li-ion technology enhances efficiency of Crown’s Wave Work Assist Vehicle

Crown has announced that it has equipped its Wave Work Assist Vehicle with V-Force lithium-ion battery technology. Starting immediately, customers can order the manufacturer’s WAV 60 Series in one of two lithium-ion configurations. For normal, everyday applications, Crown offers the V-Force Lithium-Ion Compact Battery (24V, 105Ah) with an onboard 50A charger. Alternatively, for customers needing…

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Perfect partners to decarbonise Central London retail distribution

An intriguing partnership has been announced today, involving Volta Trucks, property owner, The Crown Estate and Clipper Logistics, its distribution provider, to decarbonise and consolidate deliveries into London’s world-famous Regent Street retailers, improving air quality and congestion in the city centre. Set to launch as a trial in summer 2022, the full-electric Volta Zero is…

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SCEA 2021 Winner – ‘Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Excellence Award’: Crown Agents

Crown Agents walked away with the ‘Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Excellence Award’ at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards last Monday night, 8th November, held at the Hilton on Park Lane. And it was a project that impressed every single judge in a category within which, arguably, every single entry had winning credentials. The award…

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Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2021 winners revealed!

In a glitzy, glamorous event at the Hilton on Park Lane last night – and in front of more than 500 people – Farmer Connect with UCC Coffee claimed the much-coveted ‘Geek+ Team of the Year’ prize at Logistics Manager’s Supply Chain Excellence Awards, in addition to winning ‘The Kinaxia Logistics Award for Food &…

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A.P. Moller – Maersk schließt strategische Partnerschaft mit Danish Crown

A.P. Moller – Maersk und Danish Crown haben eine globale End-to-End-Logistikvereinbarung unterzeichnet, die mit 1. Oktober 2021 in Kraft getreten ist. Der Dreijahresvertrag deckt alle Geschäftsbereiche von Danish Crown ab und bietet Lösungen in den Bereichen Seefracht, Landlogistik und Kühlkettenlogistik. „Wir freuen uns, dass wir als Hauptlogistiker von Danish Crown ausgewählt wurden. Die Lebensmittelversorgungskette ist…

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Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2019: The Extreme Logistics Award

The Crown Agents-led Health Pooled Fund is a £209 million programme with the government of South Sudan Ministry of Health that involves the procurement and distribution of pharmaceuticals and health commodities throughout the country. Despite the huge challenges of operating in a country that has been devastated by decades of civil war, and the forced…

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Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2019: The Warehouse Initiative Award

The judges were full of praise for the winning entry from Rolls-Royce Aerospace with CEVA Logistics, singling out “fantastic data analysis, good payback and great attention to detail” and said the entry demonstrated “innovative thinking on the number of different solutions used in one shed”. In 2018 CEVA consolidated two separate warehouses for Rolls Royce,…

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Logistics Manager Analysis: Forklift technologies, finding that spark

When looking to improve productivity in the warehouse, how you utilise your forklift truck can have a knock-on effect on your operations. A productive forklift means a productive warehouse. Maria Highland examines what tech you can arm your forklift with to keep it working at optimal capacity and support your growing operations. Logistics is no…

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Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2019 winners revealed!

Sky CP has taken the Overall Award at the 2019 Supply Chain Excellence Awards. Some 20 awards were presented to some 29 different businesses by comedian and impressionist Rory Bremner at a glittering ceremony before hundreds of supply chain professionals and leaders at the Park Lane Hilton in London last night. Sky fought off some…

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Awards shortlist revealed

The shortlist for the 2019 Supply Chain Excellence Awards has been unveiled with entries coming in from a host of world-leading retailers and manufacturers. Since they were launched in 1997 the Awards have become the benchmark for supply chain best practice, attracting entries not only from the UK and Europe but all around the world….

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Third anniversary for F-Tec

F-Tec, the forklift training engineering centre, is celebrating its third year in business. The Swindon-based centre, which is a joint-venture between the British Industrial Truck Association), and the Fork Lift Truck Association, offers a range of forklift engineering programmes, including; apprenticeships, advanced level courses, thorough examination, diagnostics, and safety. Managing director Karl Baum said: “Since the business…

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LogiMAT China erfolgreich in Shanghai

Die LogiMAT China endet am 17. April 2019 nach dem Umzug vom Nanjing nach Shanghai mit einem überzeugenden Ergebnis bei Ausstellern und Besucherzuspruch. Das Konzept, die Intralogistikmesse parallel zur transport logistic China, veranstaltet von der Messe München, im Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) stattfinden zu lassen, erweist sich als Publikumsmagnet. Klangvolle Ausstellernamen führender europäischer…

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Three convicted of ‘industrial scale’ tachograph manipulation

Three men convicted of “industrial scale” tachograph manipulation and money laundering offences have been sentenced to a total of nine years in prison at Preston Crown Court. The convictions were handed down on 5th April and followed a lengthy and complex investigation by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and Lancashire Police. The men produced,…

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LogiMAT 2019: Flurförderzeug-Fördertechnik par excellence

Für alle, die es noch nicht wissen – vom 19. bis 21. Februar 2019 findet die 17. Internationale Fachmesse für Intralogistik-Lösungen und Prozessmanagement in Stuttgart statt. Im Fokus: Intralogistik-Innovationen von der Beschaffung über die Produktion bis zur Auslieferung mit einem Querschnitt durch die gesamte Branche. „Die LogiMAT ist eine der bedeutendsten Fachmessen für die Flurförderzeug-Branche“,…

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Narrow Aisle factory expansion plans

Narrow Aisle is to increase output at its UK production site over the next three years due to increased demand for its Flexi forklift trucks with factory expansion plans. Narrow Aisle will overhaul and extend its UK site’s production and spare parts operation to increase stock handling and pick and pack capacity to enable same-day…

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Crown donates forklift to F-TEC

Crown has donated a C-5 gas-powered counterbalance forklift to the Forklift Training Engineering Centre (F-TEC), which offers forklift truck engineering programmes. Crown Lift Truck UK’s managing director Simon Barkworth – who is also President of BITA, said: “Technology is moving forward at a rapid pace, so it’s vital that tomorrow’s engineers have cutting-edge products on…

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Revealed: Supply Chain Excellence Award winners

Superdry, with its logistics partner Clipper, has taken the Overall Award in the 2018 Supply Chain Excellence Awards. The Award was presented at a glittering ceremony before hundred of supply chain leaders in London last night. Overall winner in the 2018 Supply Chain Excellence Awards: Superdry with Clipper Logistics Superdry fought off strong competition from…

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New Midlands site for Crown Lift Trucks

Crown Lift Trucks has acquired a speculative development on a landmark site in Perry Barr, Birmingham and has already started to fit-out the 46,000 sq ft Grade-A warehouse and industrial facility. Pictured: (from left) Jon Robinson, development director, Barberry Developments; Paul Kelly, Head of UK Service, Crown Lift Trucks Ltd; Simon Barkworth, UK Managing Director,…

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Awards: next stage in judging

Now that shortlist for the 2018 Supply Chain Excellence Awards has been unveiled, we’re moving onto the next stage of judging where the shortlisted companies will be presenting to the Awards judges next week. Award winners will be revealed on 6th November at a glittering ceremony at London’s Park Lane Hilton attended by hundreds of…

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