07 Mar
Distribution, International, Logistics

Greenspace Industrial join Rainbow Dynamics’ US distributor network

Lancashire-based Rainbow Dynamics has announced a new partnership agreement with Greenspace Industrial – one of Canada’s leading providers of material handling and storage systems – that sees Greenspace become a key distributor of Rainbow’s range of robotic and automated warehouse solutions across North America.

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07 Mar
Logistics, Press Release, Technology, Warehousing

Toyota Material Handling Europe and SSAB take leap to produce next generation of material handling equipment with lower carbon footprint

Toyota Material Handling Europe and SSAB enter a fossil-free partnership, and the cooperation makes the company the first material handling equipment manufacturer using SSAB Zero™. The company secured the delivery of SSAB Zero™steels, which it will use to produce the forks and frames for hand pallet trucks this spring. The quality and properties of SSAB Zero™ steel are the same as those of SSAB´s conventional steel.

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29 Jan
Distribution, Employees, Insights, Warehousing

No more cheap labour – it’s time to pack smarter

If distribution and fulfilment operations ever did benefit from ‘cheap’ labour, a series of recent Government announcements has ensured that era is well and truly over. Controlling labour costs through automation is no longer optional – it’s a question of business survival. By Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager at Sparck Technologies.

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