Welcome to the December 15th issue of Warehouse & Logistics News. In our front cover story you can read how a leadership development programme launched by total supply chain solutions specialist Oakland International in early 2021 is now celebrating the Programme’s first team graduates. Working in partnership with the Brathay Trust in the Lake District, Oakland’s newest professional development initiative is designed to cultivate and nurture leaders of the future based around a programme of challenging practical indoor and outdoor team exercises.
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The ever inventive Kite Packaging recently added polyester enviro-tape to its range. Offering considerable benefits, this tape can be used for a variety of professional and domestic purposes within warehouses, offices, schools, and the home. It is also compatible with Kite’s universal tape dispenser and can be readily used for any function.
Breaking new ground, the TGW Logistics Group has expanded its expertise in robotics by presenting “Quba,” a comprehensive range of mobile robots. The intelligent and versatile robots can transport totes, cartons and pallets autonomously and handle a wide range of tasks, including supplying packing or returns workstations as well as automatic palletising and depalletising stations.
Meanwhile, in the doors sector, Hörmann UK have announced the launch of their new transparent, high speed spiral doors, the HS5040 TurboLux and Turbolux S. With a market leading opening speed of up to 4 M/s, the TurboLux range combines high speed operation with optimised transparency, strength, and durability, making the doors ideal for demanding applications where efficiency and visibility are key. The TurboLux range offers transparent door laths manufactured from a high-grade polycarbonate providing high impact and breakage resistance.
Across the Irish Sea, Galway based Joyce’s Hardware & Home is one of the leading home suppliers in the West and a long-term Combilift user. The two most recent models acquired by Joyce’s Hardware & Home are electric powered, and Combilift is seeing more and more customers opting for electric fleets as they commit to sustainability and a lower carbon footprint. Over 60% of the trucks the firm manufactures are electric, with availability in almost all models across the range, according to our fork lift trucks feature.
In great news for the environment, Plastic Mouldings Northern Limited (PMN) can offer customers the chance to make money on any unwanted plastic packaging through their Buy Back Scheme, offering both a recyclable solution and an additional revenue stream for businesses and their plastic waste, our pallets and containers feature reveals. The old plastic pallets will either be put back into the market as second-hand stock or sent to the company’s recycling partners where they will be turned into plastic granules, ready to be used again in making more plastic pallets.
We wish all our readers a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Enjoy reading the issue.
James Surridge
Publishing Editor
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