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SESS marks head office opening with official event
During October 2009, Storage Equipment Safety Service Ltd, which is celebrating its 23rd year of trading, relocated its Head Office into a brand new state-of-the-art building complete with a purpose built conference suite.
The event was attended by over 70 guests, and was officially opened by Mr Roger Williams, CEO of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA).
M&S unveils its largest warehouse
High street retailer Marks & Spencer has opened a new 1.1 million sqft distribution centre on ProLogis Park in Bradford.
The new warehouse, situated just off the M606, will serve all M&S stores with furniture products and store equipment. It is the largest warehouse in the M&S network and one of the biggest in the UK. The centre took 205 working days to build and will employ more than 1,200 people when it is fully operational, the company said.
Automated materials handling to be promoted through AMHSA pavilion at IMHX
Of the 300 exhibitors that will participate in IMHX 2010 at the NEC from 16 to 19 November, almost 10% will be members of the Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA).
Recognising the increasing importance of automated logistics systems in the modern supply chain, the organisers of IMHX have created a special AMHSA pavilion for the first time in the show’s history. With the event being co-owned by the British Industrial Truck Association, IMHX has always had a large core of support from the manual handling sector but in recent years the exhibition has attracted increasing numbers of automated handling exhibitors, as well as software providers and consultancy firms.
Europa grows and attracts quality new business
Europa Worldwide Logistics has seen 21% year-on-year growth of its Logistics Division, attracting new quality business. The company has focused on providing individually designed customer specific solutions, which has produced both efficiencies and substantial cost-savings for them.
Europa administers customers’ inventories by scanning bar codes to control individual product serial numbers. Patrick Turner, Europa logistics director, says, “Europa has been working closely with customers to move them to EDI transmission of orders and reporting. This eliminates the need for 'manual' email operations. This procedure saves customers time, administration and improves accuracy.”
Deadline approaches for Design 4 Safety Awards
An initiative being rolled out across IMHX 2010 (NEC Birmingham, 16-19 November) for the first time is an awards programme for the handling and storage industry, designed to highlight the importance of product design in improving safety standards.
Jointly organised by IMHX co-owners Quartz Publishing & Exhibitions and BITA (the British Industrial Truck Association), the Design 4 Safety Awards are open to all 300+ anticipated exhibitors at IMHX 2010.
UKWA chairman calls on Tories to honour pre-election pledge
Derrick Potter, chairman of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) has called on the Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond, to fulfill the Conservative Party’s pre-election pledge to introduce a fuel duty stabiliser, at the earliest opportunity.
In June’s emergency budget, Chancellor George Osborne stated that the potential impact of the fuel duty stabiliser is to be the subject of an investigation – the results of which will be made known after the summer.
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