Handling and Storing
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Free flow chain helps cut downtime

A car manufacturing plant in France has eliminated almost all downtime caused by friction wear on conveyors since switching to a special free flow chain. Derek Mack, sales director, Tsubakimoto UK, explains more about the installation

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Reliability in challenging conditions

In order for forklifts to be reliably charged outdoors in the wind and rain or in any other dirty environment, Fronius has developed a special housing for its Selectiva 8kW and 16kW chargers. Certified to IP54, the new housing shields the sensitive electronics, providing effective protection against dust and spray water from all directions.

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Customised supply chain solutions

A new company has been created by the merger of long-established businesses TransitionWorks Software and AIDC Solutions to meet market demand for modern, fully customised but lower-cost supply chain solutions.

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Cautiously upbeat

The latest Forklift Truck Market Outlook for 2016 produced by Oxford Economics on behalf of BITA suggests that the economic impact of Brexit might not be as significant as some forecasters have been predicting.

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The big squeeze: Problem solved

Faced with the multiple challenges of consolidating dry-food goods from several warehouses into a non-food distribution centre, Coop Denmark turned to Dematic for a solution that could offer the compact footprint, flexible scale and high performance needed to match demand. 

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In control of scanning and sorting

BD International Group (BDI) is the official distributor of Nike sportswear in six African countries. When it needed a solution that would help it accurately and speedily receive product cartons into a bonded warehouse, store products in pre-determined locations and despatch them with 100% traceability and accuracy, the company opted for a Red Ledge control system.

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On demand enterprise-level WMS

WCS, (Worldwide Chain Stores) a provider of supply chain execution technology, has signed a deal with Haul & Store, a Surrey-based third party logistics provider, to give full cloud-based access to its enterprise level WMS platform, CSnx.

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Prize draw

Suitable for floor or wall fixing and now extended to five models, the Euro Vault range of safes from Securikey are manufactured from solid steel with a 4mm thick door and 25mm hardened steel locking bolts, offering an overnight cash cover of £1500 (£15,000 in valuables).

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