Year: 2013

Come fly with us at Business After Hours!

Mix and mingle at The Museum of Flight! Date: Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 Time: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Location: Museum of Flight, 9404 East Marginal Way S, Seattle 98108 Members: $20 pre-paid ($30 after 3/12) Non-Members: $30 pre-paid ($40 after 3/12) Register: Online or contact Mark Grundberg at (206) 389-7271 Parking: Street and area parking About our host venue Let…

Beiersdorf SA converts to Chep from white pallet exchange in Iberia

Chep has announced that cosmetics company Beiersdorf SA, manufacturer of NIVEA and other global skin care brands, has made the switch in Iberia to Chep managed pooled pallets from white-wood exchange pallets.

UK packaging show packed out

Record-breaking exhibitor and visitor numbers, world class speakers and innovation filled the exhibition halls at Packaging Innovations and the co-located shows, which took place on 27 & 28 February 2013.

Polycarbonate Machine Guarding

An aerospace design and manufacturing company, creators of systems and components for virtually every aircraft flying today, had a safety issue in protecting employees from hazardous debris intermittently ejected from an automated system. One of the facility’s machines was projecting small particles of debris out of the work area and into a defined personnel walkway creating the potential hazard.

Machine Guarding For a Medical Products Distribution Center

An international producer of surgical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and vision care products required machine guarding for two processing cells at its Huntington, WV facility. The customer manufacturers, packages and supplies a world leading brand of intraocular lens out of the facility, requiring the highest quality and optimization of process controls.

AeroVironment Integrates Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Technology into Electric Vehicle Charging Systems to Improve Electrical Grid Stability

MONROVIA, Calif. – AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) and the United States Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), managed by Battelle, today announced a commercial license agreement for a technology that supports widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) by helping to stabilize the electrical grid — the network of electricity generation, transmission and distribution that powers the nation.…

Logistics leaders making strides in sustainability

From major retailers to trucking and shipping, companies are making major strides in emissions control, reduced energy consumption and cost savings. Leaders from around the logistics industry detailed these important shifts in sustainable practices at the recent 2013 Georgia Foreign Trade Conference (GFTC). “American companies and ports are working together to reduce the environmental footprint of the transportation sector,” said…

Join Chamber CEO Maud Daudon at the next City Business Casual, Mar. 14

Featured guests also include Regina Glenn, the Chamber’s VP of multicultural and small business development This month, the theme for City Business Casual, the City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development’s regular networking event, is female entrepreneurs. Special guests include two Chamber leaders: Maud Daudon, our president and CEO, and Regina Glenn, our vice president of multicultural and small business…

Schwank is the hot news at IMHX

Schwank is featuring a range of its high efficiency radiant heaters and heating control systems at IMHX, the international logistics and materials handling exhibition (NEC 19-22 March 2013).

Craemer Plastic Pallets UK to boost brand awareness in the UK

The Craemer Group, the manufacturer of plastic pallets, wheelie bins, and containers in Europe, is expanding its services in the UK.

Automated Storage and Retrieval System Helps Music Retailer Sing a Positive Tune

Europe’s biggest musical instruments mail order business and retail store houses more than 65,000 SKUs for both store and online customers. Musical goods are prepared and shipped from an automated mini-load and pallet warehouse that services both retail and online orders.

Minimize Picking Errors

A leading European paper wholesaler and logistics service provider needed to expand its capabilities to meet efficiency, cost leadership and service differentiation goals. The company’s current mini-load small parts storage system had reached its performance limits.

The Panama Canal expansion: What will it mean for you?

DC VELOCITY recently held a webinar on the impact of the Panama Canal expansion on our industry. During the webinar, DC VELOCITY's Mark Solomon, J. Christopher Lytle of the Port of Long Beach, maritime consultant Ted Prince, and Curtis Spencer of IMS Worldwide Inc. discuss how the expansion will impact U.S. importers, exporters, and the seaports that serve them. Click…

enVista Shares Thought Leadership and Industry Expertise with Logistics Professionals at Georgia Logistics Summit

Atlanta, GA —enVista President and CEO Jim Barnes has been selected to participate in the fifth annual Georgia Logistics Summit March 19-20, 2013 in Atlanta, GA. Barnes will moderate a retail panel focusing on the impacts of omni-channel distribution on retailers on March 20 at 10:15 a.m. Panelists include retail executives: Anton Van Steenwijk, Dell; Greg Tuthill, NYK; Mark Holifield,…

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Apprenticeships are helping logistics organisations attract growing numbers of young recruits

The positive impacts that apprenticeships are having on individuals, businesses and the UK economy will be celebrated during the sixth National Apprenticeship Week, (11-15 March). Provisional figures from Skills for Logistics (SfL) reveal that in 2011/12 a total of 15,670 logistics oriented apprenticeship starts in England. This represents a 29 per cent increase on the number of starts (12,170) in…

Taking the chain to Ireland

Industrial chain supplier, FB Chain Ltd, has appointed John Wilson as its Conveyor Chain Product Manager for Ireland.

Award winning solution for a large international soft drink manufacturer

A large soft drink manufacturer outgrew its on-site warehousing facilities. Stock was stored in multiple off-site locations which created numerous problems such as high levels of stock write-offs, site congestion and other health and safety risks.

Showpiece Distribution Center for Internet Retailing

A leading internet electronics retailer’s needed to expand its order fulfillment and inventory storage capability to meet continued sales growth. Initial plans were to build a duplicate building on site to double capacity for both.

Columbus McKinnon Announces In-Stock Guarantee

AMHERST, N.Y. – Columbus McKinnon Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCO), a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of material handling products is very proud to present its In-Stock Guarantee (ISG). The In-Stock Guarantee is a company-wide commitment to ship our most popular chain and forged attachment products in 3 days. If any ISG product is not shipped on time, Columbus McKinnon will offer…

New DC ensures right fashions at the right time for leading clothing retailer

A leading clothes retailer previously managed logistics through a third party logistics provider but for strategic reasons, decided to manage the supply to their stores in-house. To simplify and improve efficiency of the flow of goods into the 360 stores the company decided to invest in their own distribution center.

Southworth Products Corporation Acquires Award Winning Lift’n Buddy

North Fargo, ND — Lift'n Buddy is a revolutionary mobile lifting device that combines the best of a standard two-wheeler's durability and functionality, with automatic lifting and lowering capabilities. Lift’n Buddy was the recipient of the 2012 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards for Technology Design as well as the Edison Award; Lift’n Buddy was recognized for new product innovation,…

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Dürkopp completes fourth phase of multi-million pound automated garment sortation project for retailer Next

Dürkopp Fördertechnik, provider of garment conveying and sortation equipment, has completed a further extension of their automated sortation system for Next Group PLC.

Get set for IMHX

The International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX) – which takes place 19-22 March at the NEC – will showcase thousands of innovative solutions for intralogistics. Registration is now open at www.imhx.biz.

Premium Warehousing secures new contract

Premium Warehousing has secured a major new contract originating from national brewer Carlsberg. LocateIT WMS from Clydebuilt Business Solutions has been instrumental in the deal, catering for the Excise requirements for HMRC.

Beer Barrel Lift

Milwaukee, Wisconsin (June 9, 2009) – Enjoying NFL football live at the stadium with a couple of cold beers is a tradition as old as the league itself. As such, one of the key elements to the infrastructure portion of a substantial upgrade to Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, is a new stadium-wide storage and distribution system for draft…

Terex Material Handling Launches Enhanced Demag Website

Cleveland, OH. Terex Material Handling has launched its newly revamped Demag website to better cater to customer, partner and prospect needs. Dr. Lars Brzoska, Vice President & Managing Director of Terex Material Handling points out: “With the new website, we are offering our customers an even faster and more extensive overview of all our products and services and a short…

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Palletforce members raise £10,000 for charities

Members of palletised distribution network Palletforce have raised £10,000 for two charities at the Palletforce AGM.