Welcome to the November 15th issue of Warehouse & Logistics News. Our front cover story reveals how Exporta now offer a unique Plastic Pallet Buy-Back recycling scheme. To try and further the amount of plastic pallets being recycled Exporta felt they needed to go further in making it appealing for users to recycle plastic pallets at the end of their use. Whether you bought your plastic pallets from Exporta or not, you can now have them recycled with Exporta and in return receive credit on your next Exporta purchase.

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A Birmingham-based logistics and warehouse specialist is investing £10 million in a purpose- built warehouse in West Bromwich to support continued growth. PGS is set to deliver over 30 new jobs once the 80,000 sq. ft facility opens in early 2023, adding to the company’s existing 14-acre site near Birmingham Airport, and growing the group’s total warehouse space to 350,000 sq ft. The West Bromwich site will raise the firm’s green credentials as the warehouse will be solar powered throughout.

Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that British online lingerie retailer BraForMe has transformed its formerly manual order fulfilment operations with Descartes’ cloud- based ecommerce warehouse management solution (WMS). The new solution allows BraForMe to scale its operations efficiently and support monthly growth rates ranging between 20 and 70%. The Descartes ecommerce WMS helps direct-to-consumer brands and ecommerce retailers drive efficiencies across order fulfilment processes.

The Klimate K2 High Speed Freezer Door, from BID Group, is a heavy duty, robust door designed and manufactured in the UK to meet the rigorous demands of working in a freezer environment, such as temperature controlled factories and warehouses that contain products that must be chilled. The Klimate K2 is incredibly versatile as it can be installed on either the chilled, ambient or freezer side of the opening, depending on which you choose, our cold storage & distribution feature reports.

Stertil’s latest adjustable-height PE dock bumpers are adaptable for all vehicles and trailer types and are especially suitable for cold stores and sea containers, according to our loading bay feature. Ideal for simplifying all types of loading and unloading duties, the new adjustable-height bumpers provide an impressive reach of 248mm above the mounting position and are suitable for use in low height docks.

Well known for their intelligent and energy efficient lead-acid battery chargers, Fronius has launched a range of chargers to meet the demand of lithium-ion battery users – Fronius SelectION. With their new range of lithium-ion chargers, the Fronius SelectION range offers a safe, efficient and flexible charging solution that makes plug and play the new standard, says our power sources feature.

Enjoy reading the issue.

James Surridge

Publishing Editor

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