News May 2012 In Brief...
Some of the recent stories you may have missed on
www.shdlogistics.com this month...
Tesco has renewed its contract
with Norbert Dentressangle for the management of 12 Recycling Service Units throughout the UK and Ireland. The UK’s largest supermarket retailer has also awarded the company an additional contract for the maintenance of its loose equipment fleet.
Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster’s private property empire, is to take its first, tiny steps into the world of warehouses. The investor says it will now buy into distribution and industrial property.
DHL’s automotive marketing and support arm, Inside Track, has renewed its partnership with Ford Motor Company UK to manage its Fleet Demonstrator programme.
Toyota Material Handling UK has launched a dedicated website to promote new vacancies and supply top tips for application
success. The new website,
www.toyotacareers.co.uk, will offer an easy method to search for jobs online.
With over 3,000 individual installers
trained in storage equipment safety knowledge and skills to SEIRS standards since the scheme was set up in the year 2000, industry body and course-provider SEMA is experiencing unprecedented demand, especially for the Storage Equipment Installers Basic Skills Course.
Kuehne & Nagel (K&N) has reported on an opening three months of 2012 that it says were hit by cost increases, lower margins in its forwarding business, and an antitrust fine from the European Commission in the airfreight division.
The decision by the Federal Court in Leipzig to uphold a night-time flight ban at Frankfurt Airport will damage one of the world’s premier gateways for trade and harm the local and national economy, says the chairman of The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Industry Affairs Committee.
Approval has been sought for a new
Parcelforce Worldwide distribution centre in Chorley. n
8 May 2012 Storage Handling Distribution
www.shdlogistics.com IMHX 2013 IMHX adds another hall
Demand for space at IMHX 2013 has led its organisers to open another hall to expand the show by an impressive 20%. Joint organisers, Informa
Exhibitions and the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA), have been delighted with the take-up of stands for IMHX 2013. Said Rob Fisher, director of Informa’s Materials Handling Group, “This expansion is great news for exhibitors that have already signed up, for those companies wanting to get on board and, of course, for visitors to the show. We have taken orders from a number of major players for larger stands than they had at the previous IMHX and, more importantly, we have attracted a number of companies that were not present at the last show. “Together with the excellent overall level of bookings,” continued Rob Fisher, “the addition of a number of content-driven feature areas has led us to add hall 17 to next year’s event. We are very confident that bookings across the show will continue to be brisk.”
Taking place from 19th to 22nd March 2013 at the NEC in Birmingham, IMHX is the undisputed leader in UK intralogistics events, with a proven track record in delivering high-quality leads and sales. The industry’s leading brands have signed up to the show, as it provides them with a unique opportunity to engage with, and sell to, key supply chain professionals. The latest firms to sign up for IMHX 2013 include ASG Services, Alser, Boplan, C&G Engineering, Couzens Storage, Distrisort, Euroroll, Fronius, Logistex, Orgatex, Owens Conveyors, Palletower, Vanderlande and Woodway.
The organisers have planned a number of features that will add further appeal to the highly successful IMHX format. The Design 4 Safety competition will return, giving all 350 anticipated exhibitors the opportunity for valuable additional publicity for innovative products and services. The exclusive VIP valet parking scheme will also operate once again, allowing top executives to drive straight
up to the show’s entrance, have their vehicle parked securely by a professional driver and enjoy access to the Premier Club Lounge with complimentary refreshments and internet facilities.
The AMHSA Zone, hosted by the Automated Material Handling Systems Association, will return to IMHX and will be even larger than at the 2010 show. Visitors to IMHX 2013 will also be able to benefit from an enhanced free-to-attend seminar programme which will cover a range of hot industry topics. For further information on exhibiting at the UK’s premier intralogistics event, contact Rob Fisher on +44 (0)20 7017 6986, email
rob.fisher@
informa.com.In the meantime, a backlog of replacement demand is building. Because the level of new trailer sales is still low, says CLEAR, the trailer parc (fleet size) is both ageing and shrinking. Eventually it becomes uneconomic to keep running old equipment, which should lead to increased demand for new vehicles. n
www.imhx.biz
KEY: Hall 17 has been added to expand IMHX 2013 by 20%.
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