Racking & Storage

Omnichannel retailers are turning their attentions to warehouse automation. The reasons may be all too apparent, but the path to a successful project is not so obvious. Column by Neil Adcock, Consulting Partner at Bis Henderson Consulting Why are omnichannel retailers suddenly taking an interest in warehouse automation? Until very recently ...

CARTWRIGHT CONVERSIONS SHOWCASES RANGE OF RACKING SOLUTIONS AT VAN & TRUCK 2016 Cartwright Conversions displayed a range of racking solutions to suit a wide variety of customers at this year’s Commercial Fleet’s new Van & Truck showcase. The company took a Mercedes-Benz demonstration van to the show at Millbrook Proving ...

Bott Ltd recently held an industry event, Building British Fleets, to celebrate the opening of their extension to the Van Fleet Conversion and Enhancement Centre in Ashby.

BITO has expanded its sales force into Ireland. From the beginning of January 2015, Belfast-based Stephen Finlay will be representing BITO’s full product range, including their 164 page “Fast Track” product catalogue.

The Gas Superstore was established in 1969 with its first retail outlet in Leicester. The company specialises in supplying kitchen appliances, fires, fireplaces, and barbeques and, while the retail stores remains a popular destination for consumers from across the East Midlands, sales from The Gas Superstore’s online presence now account for up to 70% of all customer orders. The Gas Superstore with the help of Flexi Warehouse Systems planned their new racking scheme around a very narrow aisle configuration.

A Cornish parcels delivery and storage company has made a welcome return to its roots by commissioning a new fleet of fuel-efficient Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans from Dealer City West Commercials. Launceston-based DB Distribution was founded in 1995 by Don Berryman, with a single Mercedes-Benz 308D. He went on to purchase early examples from the first Sprinter range launched in the same year, before switching to other vehicle brands.

Bidvest Logistics is the leading supplier of logistics and supply chain solutions to the UK hospitality and restaurant sector, which include items such a chips and burgers for distribution to leading restaurant chains across the country. It’s a fast moving operation and having taken over a distribution centre in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire at the beginning of 2013 Bidvest soon found that the existing racking in the specialised freezer unit did not offer quite enough capacity for the company’s growing frozen goods operation.

Samworth Brothers, the Leicester-based food producer, has added nine double deck temperature controlled trailers from Cambridgeshire operator Buffaload Logistics which, says the company, will further reduce road miles, cut handling times and increase overall efficiency for its 200-strong trailer fleet – 54 of which are refrigerated double-deckers.