DX Business Direct - The Interview
June 21, 2009
DX Business Direct, the specialist courier company, was born in September 2008 after the DX Group (DX) bought Business Direct Group’s In-Night secure parcel logistics operations. Nine months later, June 2009 sees DX formally introducing the new-look DX Business Direct at the 2009 Mail & Express Delivery Expo, where the two businesses are sharing a stand. Read more
Goplasticpallets.com - The Interview
May 28, 2009
Since All Pallets Ltd established Goplasticpallets.com in 2001, it has fast become the UK’s leading independent supplier of plastic pallets. Goplasticpallets.com stocks over 75 core product ranges and model variations, offering a wide choice of pallet features and colour options. Coordinated from its Eastbourne, East Sussex base, Goplasticpallets.com fulfils 99% of orders immediately from stock and delivers over 95% of orders next day throughout the UK. It is the sole UK distributor of IPS pallets, made in Belgium, and has close links with various other manufacturers across Europe and Asia, ensuring a comprehensive and competitive product range from a single source. In addition, it also offers a growing range of plastic pallet boxes through its Goplasticboxes.com website. Jim Hardisty, Managing Director of Goplasticpallets.com, spoke to Warehouse & Logistics News. Read more
Zetes - The Interview
May 13, 2009
The current tough business climate is showing no real sign of abating and the supply chain is continuing to be regarded as an ideal target for further optimisation and cost reduction. Read more
LPC International Ltd - The Interview
April 20, 2009
The logistics planning consultancy LPC International has been helping logistics operations here and around the world put effective operating systems and procedures in place for 25 years. These systems have helped LPC’s clients steer their way successfully through various downturns and recessions since then. Over the years, LPC has developed a number of highly effective techniques to help logistics operations not only survive economic downturns but emerge stronger and fitter. LPC International senior consultant Ian Nicholls spoke to Warehouse & Logistics News. Read more
Caljan Rite-Hite - The Interview
March 12, 2009
Caljan Rite-Hite (pronounced Cal-Yan), established over 40 years ago, is the worldwide market leader in providing safe logistics solutions for loading and unloading loose-loaded goods. The company has designed, manufactured and installed more than 20,000 loading and unloading solutions in parcel distribution centres, airports, warehouses and storage facilities around the world. Read more
Palletline PLC - The Interview
March 12, 2009
Market-leading palletised freight network Palletline’s move into a new £20 million central hub in October 2008 set a new gold standard in quality and sophistication for UK pallet networks. Occupying a 15-acre site in Solihull, the new hub’s unique operational systems enable Palletline to process over 25,000 pallets in 24 hours. Read more
Vision Alert - The Interview
February 24, 2009
Vision Alert Automotive Ltd’s impressive annual sales growth and several consecutive years of doubled pre-tax profits have enabled the Leeds-based safety equipment manufacturer to grow its turnover to £20m and create 45 new jobs in the city in the past 12 months.
bpi.films - The Interview
February 13, 2009
bpi.films is the UK’s leading manufacturer of high quality pallet stretch film, shrink films and speciality converter films, and a key member of British Polythene Industries plc (BPI), Europe’s largest producer of polythene film products. bpi.films’ diverse product portfolio covers cast and blown pallet stretch films, plain and printed shrink films, converter and lamination films. Read more
Soft Design AB - The Interview
January 29, 2009
Soft Design AB is a leading Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) supplier based in Gothenburg Sweden, with over 20 years’ experience in the AGV business. For many years Sweden has been thought of as the birthplace of modern AGV technology, with Volvo leading the way in the mid 1970s. AGVs are also known as Laser Guided Vehicles (LGV) or Self Guided Vehicles (SGV). Soft Design supplies AGV systems throughout Europe, either to major system integrators or direct to customers, delivering the high quality AGV manufacturing and software associated with Swedish suppliers. Soft Design’s European Sales Manager Tony Hughes spoke to Warehouse & Logistics News. Read more
Unisto - The Interview
January 13, 2009
Unisto is the market-leading supplier of security seals, and via the acquisition of Encrypta Electronics in 2002 provided the first effective reusable security seals for trailers and containers back in the mid 1980’s, when they were pioneered by former Bletchley Park code expert Gill Hayward. Today Unisto security seals are used globally throughout the transport and distribution industry for a wide variety of applications, including sealing tote boxes, roll cages, vehicles, trailers and intermodal containers. Read more
