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Members of the Audit Bureau of Circulations Contents…


Industry news S4. Skills & Apprenticeships Zone planned for IMHX show


Features Printing, labelling & barcode systems...


S8. Printers handle five million labels a year S8. Printing range for logistics workers Show preview...


S10. Logistics Link North: One-stop warehousing showcase


Loading bays & doors S11. Loading bays of the future


Lift trucks... S13. Fleet delivers maximum productivity and minimum downtime


Warehousing & storage... S15. Warehouse rationalisation project goes swimmingly


Materials handling & conveying... S16. High performance picking for small parts S18. Handling efficiency for electrical goods facility


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SSI Schaefer has supplied two Logimat vertical lift machines to PEI Genesis in Southampton. See page S16


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Next issue... Features in the November 2012 issue of Materials Handling & Logistics will include • Conveyors • Lift trucks • Loading bays & doors • Logistics • Materials handling • Warehousing & storage • Special feature: Automated warehousing &


warehouse management systems Materials Handling & Logistics SEPTEMBER 2012 S3


SEPTEMBER 2012


SOLUTIONS FOR HANDLING EFFICIENCY


LOADING BAYS & DOORS


Loading bays of the future


MATERIALS HANDLING


Handling efficiency for electrical goods


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