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FOREWORD
Contemporary trends
in logistics
By Professor Michael Bourlakis Chair in Logistics and Supply Chain
Management at Cranfield School
of Management and Director of the
Supply Chain Research Centre.
This article will analyse the key
contemporary trends and challenges
faced by logistics and transportation
managers. Its aim is not to provide
an exhaustive view but to illustrate a
range of topical issues as perceived by
the author. Specifically:
1. Current dominance of retailers

in the supply chain
Traditionally, manufacturers have
been the most powerful members of
the supply chain. However, from the
1990s onwards, retailers have started
to dominate the supply chain due to
the increasing popularity of their own
brands and their close and influential
access to consumers. The outcome
of this trend has been for retailers to
become channel captains in many
supply chains including the grocery
and the clothing chains. In the past
few years, we have witnessed the
proliferation of social media and
the advent of the new consumer
who expects to buy products via
various methods especially online via
computer, mobile, tablet as well as
in-store and to get products delivered
at various locations (e.g. retail store,
home, post office, rail station etc).
Retailers have reacted by becoming
omni-channel retailers aiming to
provide a unique, integrated, crosschannel experience to consumers.
At Cranfield School of Management,
we have relevant expertise in retail
and omni-channels. For example, I
contributed to a report recently for
the European Commission on Retail
Innovation focusing on supply chain
elements.
2. Sustainability
Supply chain members have
implemented sustainability in various
aspects of their operations aiming to
produce relevant social, economic and
environmental benefits. Sustainability
can be considered from the pure
operational / functional perspective
(warehousing, transportation etc) and
/ or the natural resource perspective
(e.g. energy, water, minerals etc).
Sustainability can be also considered
from an interdisciplinary perspective
aiming to examine its three pillars
in a holistic and integrated manner.
Sustainability is the focus of two
projects funded by the European
Union where researchers from
the Centre of Logistics and Supply
Chain Management at Cranfield
School of Management have a major
involvement: a) the SCALE project
aiming to develop new collaborative
frameworks to enable the improvement
of the efficiency and sustainability of
food logistics operations
(http://www.projectscale.eu/partners),
and b) the CO3 project where the focus
is on achieving competitiveness and
sustainability by promoting horizontal
collaboration between European
shippers (http://www.co3-project.eu/).
3. Transportation
Transportation has been always
considered a key function in supply
chains for, inter alia, its critical role
in connecting various supply chain
members and supporting other
key logistics operations such as
warehousing. Transportation has
received major attention the past
years from industry, society and other
stakeholders due to its critical role in
sustainability issues and its contribution
to a better quality of life and well-being
for consumers and citizens (e.g. better
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accessibility to products and services).

The UK government has recognised
the role of transport by funding a
new initiative for integrated transport
systems, the Transport Systems
Catapult based in Milton Keynes. Total
funding is expected to reach 150
million for the next five years aiming
to develop transport-related solutions.
As part of this initiative, Cranfield
University has been recently awarded
a grant to develop a new Transport
Systems Catapult Centre where
colleagues from the Centre of Logistics
and Supply Chain Management will
provide major input.
m.bourlakis@cranfield.ac.uk
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CONTENTS
IN THIS ISSUE OF
Logistics Business Magazine

Distribution, Transport
& Supply Chain
03 Foreword

Contemporary trends in logistics

by Professor Michael Bourlakis of
Cranfield University.
06 Through a glass darkly

E-commerce impact
by Sam Tulip.
New Zealands transport

infrastructure by Nigel Parry.
14 Blue cooling

Container shipping for fresh

produce by Gino Baldissari.
66 Tyre specialities
management
Facilities management advice.
22 Illuminating the high-bay

Logistics Business reports on

warehouse lighting.
24 A north-western approach

Port of Liverpool developments by

Chris Price-White.
Unit D, Spitfire Close, Huntingdon

Cambridgeshire, PE29 6XY. UK
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Exclusive case study.
44 Deep-freeze logistics

in perfection
Exclusive case study.
48 Highly dynamic solution


warehouse systems integration.
52 Future sorting

An interview with a major

conveying & sorting OEM.
components
Forklift tyres, attachments,

chargers & cabs profiled.
The business of forklift parts
distribution.
Packaging, Pallets
& Green Logistics
74 Rolling forward the future

RFID-enabled packaging solutions

by Chris Price-White.
76 Pallets & Cages

Small pallets & mobile

workstations.
78 Optimised material flow

management
Recycling & containers profiled.
80 Picture an exhibition

Diary dates for the main shows.
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Storage systems OEM interviewed

by David Priestman.
warehouse
David Priestman interviews a

major industrial tyre supplier.
72 Part of the deal
David Priestman interviews a

leading conveyor manufacturer.
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38 Platform to convey

logistics
Automated guided vehicle

technology.
68 Complementary
36 Conveying power
Chris Price-White interviews

FedEx Express VP Operations
Trevor Hoyle.
Material Handling and

Warehousing
42 Aerosols in an automatic
Forklifts news.
Humber logistics hub, by Sam Tulip.
20 Export help
warehousing
34 Effective logistics
Loading bay technology.
18 Where good delivery starts

64 The last revolution in
40 Highly competent
Alex Cottard reports on the Port of

Dunkerque.
58 The X factor for future
by Alex Cottard
16 European gateway

Alex Cottard visits a sideloaders HQ.
32 Fast doors & yard ramps
Challenge & opportunity

by Mike King.
12 The dotted line
Interview with the CEO of a

major Russian 3PL.
30 The future of freight
08 Indonesia

54 Any which way
28 The full cycle
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E-tailing impact
Through a glass darkly

E-Tailing, retailing to consumers through electronic commerce techniques, has grown from
almost nothing at the turn of the Millennium to become perhaps the most significant
opportunity, or threat, for retailers around the world. Everyone knows that its importance can
only increase, but to what extent and how quickly, and what this will mean on the ground for the
By Sam Tulip, Contributing Editor
logistics and distribution industries, is more problematic.
DHL-Deutsche Post has been
building a reputation for futurology,
and at a presentation in Berlin in
May, Board Member for ecommerce
Juergen Gerdes presented their
Global e-Tailing 2025 study, which
offered four plausible but very
different scenarios for the near future,
predicated on varying world economic
and political environments. (The study
focuses very largely on the urban
environment, but since a continuing
global movement to the cities is
almost the only certainty for the future,
this is reasonable). Some look like a
simple extrapolation of current trends;
others have a touch of science fiction
but as Gerdes observed, ten years
ago, what was a Smartphone?
The first scenario envisages continuing
moderate global growth, coming
largely from Asia which is developing
a growing and consumer-oriented
middle class. Technology has to some
extent controlled rises in input prices,
but while the GDP gap between
developed and developing countries
is closing, social extremes within cities

or countries are growing. In retailing,
growing numbers of the better off
demand convenience, not least
because they are defined by their work
and the fear of losing it, while the poor
are, as ever, focused on price.
In this environment, Gerdes suggested,
multi-channel retailing is the norm,
and the boundaries between online and off-line have disappeared,
but city centre stores are essentially
showrooms or experience stores,
delivering from out-of-town
warehouses. Smartphones, tablets,
social networks and the Internet
of Things provide manufacturers
and retailers with vast quantities
of customer data with which they
can predict preferences and target
promotions, while purchases can be
made from a Smartphone addressing
a digital advert, or grocery staples reordered on a subscription basis. Either
way, most customers expect home
delivery - possibly before they have
arrived home themselves!
Board Member for ecommerce

Juergen Gerdes
For the logistics industry in this
scenario, DHL suggests that demand
at all levels, but especially the last
mile, will increase substantially.
Multi-channel requires greater
communication between retail, logistics
and consumers, and the latter requires
complete visibility of their package even on a container ship in the Pacific.
Parcel boxes and pick-up stations (also
handling returns) are commonplace;
and while large international logistics
firms prosper there is space in
niche markets (such as furniture or
technology delivery and assembly) and,
in cities, express transport (90 minute
guarantee) of on-line orders.
This much looks predictable from
current trends: Paul Graham, CEO Asia
Pacific for DHL Supply Chain, says in
the report: The only restrictions on
online retailing will be imposed by the
logistics infrastructure, be that urban
congestion or, in for example Vietnam,
the absence of a post-code system.
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E-tailing impact
DHLs second scene is one of

unexpected world growth with
trade liberalization and favourable
commodity prices creating middle
classes sufficiently stable to identify
themselves through leisure rather than
work. The retail market segments into
communities of common interests
from craft beers to extreme sports,
demanding the authentic - these are
rapidly created, and dissolved, but
link like minds worldwide. They use
3D printing technologies, at home
and through micropreneurs; portable
technologies, wearables like smart
glasses, and home sensor networks,
are ubiquitous. Curiously, this extends
a life-line to bricks and mortar stores
which become venues for the different
communities.
In logistics terms national and
international transport increases
significantly, but cross-border trade
may be largely in small batches for
special interests. Logistics companies
have to supply the speed to catch
the moment, and also transparent
authenticity. This would give major
players an advantage, but in practice
most logistics companies are in partner
networks operating joint DCs - not least
because of heavy traffic regulation
in cities. Another solution may be
delivery by drone - not just a piece of
Amazon hype: DHL itself has a concept
demonstrator.
For logistics, delivery is no longer same

day, it is same hour. If two retailers
anticipate a need, the first one to
deliver makes the sale: large retailers
launch their own, partially dronebased, delivery systems. Security in the
system has a very high priority, (avatars
are better at detecting fake goods
and dubious transactions than we are)
while the customer has the unlimited
ability to redirect a delivery while in
transit. Delivery is to smart Packstations
and parcel boxes, or to special secure
areas in private vehicles.
The only
restrictions on
online retailing
will be imposed
by the logistics
infrastructure,
Of course technology may, probably

will, make a step-change by 2025.
In DHLs third case the digital
world and the living environment is
extraordinarily dynamic. Planning and
control of material lifecycles preserve
generated value but demand a
phenomenal level of IT integration.
Enter the avatar. The consumers life is
so connected that their digital avatar
knows more about them than they do monitoring expenditure, recommending
products, sourcing alternatives without
being asked (you no longer search
through websites yourself), even
ordering goods it thinks you would like
on approval. Big data is rampant (as,
worryingly, is cybercrime). Retailers
develop predictive purchasing (Amazon
already has patents), anticipating
demand to stock decentralized DCs
and even sending goods direct to
the customer before they have been
ordered (but the prediction is good
enough for a sub 20% returns rate).
If the march of the avatars is scary,

DHLs fourth scenario is at first sight
more comforting. In this possible future,
technology maximises re-use, recycling
and the better use of resources.
Leasing and sharing models are
common: access to products is more
important than possession. Prediction
extends to consumer durables which
themselves are made to be repaired
rather than replaced - a major activity
for logistics firms is to provide spares
and fitting and maintenance services,
often on a predictive basis to a leasing
contract. A lot of manufacture is
represented by localised 3-D printing

facilities with closed loop recycling.
Manufacture and retail is local and
regional, not global. Physical retailers
offer repair, maintenance, and new and
used goods to lease or borrow. Barter,
and alternative currencies have a role.
If this appeals to the inner hippy,
though, consider the circumstances.
This scenario has been forced because
economic crisis and stagnation has
become the norm, trade barriers
have been thrown up (cross-border
retail sales have disappeared for
many product lines). Energy costs are
high and environmental problems
mounting - transport costs and
regulations are onerous and also
discourage long distance trade. The
very fact that electronic goods, like
others, are now built to be repaired
rather than replaced has almost halted
IT innovation. The Internet itself is
regional rather than global.
Despite all of this, suggest DHL,
most people are reasonably satisfied.
Each case has plausibility - one can
imagine a resurgent US economy
dominated by surf dudes (case 2) or a
South Korea with an avatar on every
shoulder and a drone buzzing in every
year (case 3). One can also imagine
regions (former USSR? A post-Euro
Southern Europe?) showing features
of the fourth case. Juergen Gerdes
was at pains to emphasise that none of
these cases is a DHL prediction - in
practice, a little bit of each scenario will
probably turn into reality. We just dont
know which bits.
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Indonesian Logistics
Indonesia:

By Mike King
Challenge and opportunity

The owner of a medium-sized
boutique textile maker based in
Bandung, Java, which supplies a
range of fashion outlets across Europe
bemoans the difficulty of reaching his
customers in Europe. He accesses
international shipping services at
Indonesias major gateway port near
Jakarta, Tanjung Priok, a distance of
less than 100 miles from his factory.
It will often take a truck six hours or
more, and then there are often delays
at port due to congestion, he said.
And thats when we can get a truck,
which we often cant.
This is a common complaint from
shippers and 3PLs in the Indonesian
archipelago where dynamic economic
growth has not been matched by
investment in infrastructure. Not only
does Indonesia lack a rail freight
system but roads in most regions
are congested or very old usually
both while intra-province shipping
connections from the countrys 1700+
islands add time and cost into supply
chains. Electronic communications
with customs and other government
agencies is also in its infancy, further
slowing up international trade.
The Indonesian Logistics Association
estimates that Indonesias logistical
costs currently consume about 2530% of annual GDP, far higher than
comparative figures for Singapore and
Malaysia. After noting that Indonesia
saw a 16.7% fall in import of capital
goods in the first quarter of 2014
primarily because of transportation
bottlenecks, Mohamad Luthfi,
Indonesian Minister of Trade, earlier
this year called on whoever wins Julys
presidential elections to focus on
improving infrastructure.
Hary Haryanto (pictured), General
Manager Indonesia for U.S.-based
logistics provider BDP International,
said while Indonesias potential was
immense in terms of logistics demand,
air and sea ports facilities were badly
in need of improvements and many
inter-province roads were in a critical
condition.
Indonesias lack of deep draft ports

means that at present it receives very
few mainline container ship calls on
north-south routes, and none to Europe
and the U.S., so most international
shipments must be transhipped.
Indonesias major ports still suffer
from shallow drafts and, while the
countrys economy has been growing
rapidly for much of the past decade,
container port investment has been
sparse, according to Drewry Shipping
Consultants. Inefficiencies and delays
are the inevitable result.
General Manager BDP International
Hary Haryanto
With the giant scale of the economy,
Indonesia only has limited main ports
for export and import activities such as
Tanjung Priok, Tanjung Perak, Belawan
and Makassar ports, he explained.
Unfortunately, those ports do not
have excess capacity to handle the
influx of cargo. Highways or toll roads
construction in Java - the centre of
business activities have not made
progress for years and on other islands
like Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi
roads are in even poorer condition.
Rising demand is
creating a situation in
which companies are
poaching staff.
MD of Menlo South Asia

Desmond Chan
Desmond Chan, MD of Menlo South

Asia (pictured), said the lack of high
quality warehouse space was a serious
problem and had resulted in runaway
rental costs. Skilled and experienced
logistics professionals are also difficult
to find and retain, he added. Rising
demand is creating a situation in which
companies are poaching staff.
The infrastructure catch-up is also
causing unpredictable delivery times
and compromised service standards.
The government should accelerate
infrastructure development like ports
and roads, create incentives for MNC
logistics players to train up their talent
pool and set up training institutes to
meeting logistics needs.
The boutique textile manufacturer
based in Bandung is now thinking
of relocating to Cambodia, partly in
search of low labour costs but also
to reduce transit times to market and
avoid the ever rising cost of trucking
on Indonesias under-resourced roads.
Even when we get to port, we often
suffer from cargo being rolled over
when it is transhipped at Singapore
or Malaysia which adds days to
deliveries, he said.
Others, though, are more resolute, not
least because Indonesia offers a huge
domestic market and because, from
next year, the launch of the Asean
Economic Community will gradually
create a single market covering South
East Asia offering new opportunities
and removing many of the current
blocks on regional trade.
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Indonesian Logistics
There are also signs that

Indonesia is now addressing
its logistics shortcomings. At
the port of New Priok, adjacent
to existing facilities at the
countrys leading gateway at
Tanjung Priok near Jakarta,
a new container terminal is
due to open next year which
will enable larger ships to be
deployed by container lines.
New handling facilities are also
under construction at ports in
Sumatra and at Indonesias
second largest container hub at
Surabaya.
Jakob Friis Sorensen,
President Director of Maersk
Line Indonesia, admitted that
Indonesian shippers currently
pay a modest premium on
freight rates due to the need
to tranship to reach most
destinations. But he said new
facilities and systems would
reduce costs. Most of the logistics
bottlenecks are around import and
export processes, he said. There
needs to be reform of paperwork
systems, preferably by introducing
online systems. Then theres the
hinterland physical restraints. Indonesia
needs more roads. There are plenty of
opportunities to improve end-to-end
supply chains.
As improvements are made at ports
and we can deploy larger vessels, that
will affect unit costs and Indonesian
industry will benefit from this.
Sometimes the challenge of providing
logistics services in Indonesia is down
to re-educating local partners. Wine
is increasingly sought by Indonesias
thriving middle classes and much of it
arrives from Europe. But one importer
said that while import taxes were
prohibitive, preserving the value of the
product at port and during distribution
was the real challenge. There is
no such thing as a cool chain, he
said. There is a real shortage of
warehousing where we can maintain
our products at the right temperature.
We couldnt understand why we were
having problems at one warehouse
in Bali which did have temperature
controlled facilities. Then we went
there at night and everything was
turned off. The guard said the
generator was noisy so he always
shut it down. We had to explain what
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happens to wine if it is exposed to

temperature fluctuations and after that
it was fine.
But despite the many difficulties, most
3PLs and other transport providers are
flocking for a place at the logistics table
in Indonesia.
Manufacturers are
looking for options
outside China where
it is now more
expensive
Indonesia is touted by many as the
next China for growth and this term
means huge potential for logistics
companies as well, said Chan.
Indonesia has a population of 250
MD for DachserFar East

Edoardo Podest
million, making it the fourth largest

country in the world with 67% of its
population in the economic productive
age and a rising middle class. Foreign
companies are setting up production
plants for exports as well as domestic
consumption and infrastructure is
playing a catch up. The first movers are
already enjoying the fruits of their risk
but there is still plenty for the second
wave investors.
Edoardo Podest, Managing Director
for Air & Sea Logistics Asia Pacific at
Dachser Far East (pictured), also said
Indonesia was seeing ever-growing
demand for 3PL services. He cited
its impressive economic growth
figures and projections, allied to a
competitively priced working and
investment environment as, pointers
that Indonesia is well on its way to
become an even more important
market for logistics in the Asia Pacific
region.
And Morten Damgaard, CEO SE
Asia at Agility Logistics, which
has a substantial presence across
the archipelago, said Indonesia
presented both huge opportunities
and challenges. Its a very interesting
market, he said. Manufacturers are
looking for options outside China
where it is now more expensive and
there are only a few alternatives.
Indonesia is near the top of the list
and could benefit significantly, further
driving demand growth.
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The Dotted Line

As a young country in the developed world, New Zealands transport infrastructure
has been completed relatively recently, reports Nigel Parry.
The main issue is geography; it is far
from anywhere and the country is split
into two main islands too far apart for
tunnel or bridge. Inter-island transport
has always been an important feature,
moving goods and people between
major cities, agricultural and resource
centres. However in the 1950s as the
important rail network was completed,
a faster way across the Cook Straight
was becoming increasingly vital.
An air bridge operation was seriously
contemplated, but the government
decided that a rail ferry was the way
to go, finally linking the two island
networks. What began in 1962 as a
single ferry on one return sailing per
day rapidly grew to several ships and
multiple daily crossings for rail, trucks,
passengers and cars. It is an appealing
facet of New Zealands transport
network studied internationally.
Inter-island trade is a small proportion
of total freight movements which are
overwhelmingly local, according to long
standing transport expert Murray King.
Taking bulk and export trade (mainly
dairy and logs) into consideration as well,
inter-island is just 2% of the nations total.
It is an important feature though and is
set to grow over the next 30 years, along
with a possible modal shift to shipping,
as larger deliveries to a growing market
make direct shipments to Christchurch in
the south a better option for some than
distribution via Auckland or Tauranga
and moving by rail and road.
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Currently most of the freight moving

across the Cook Strait is just in time,
priority freight such as courier, FMCG,
fresh, refrigerated, frozen goods, and
livestock. Only a limited share of this
could use the much slower coastal
shipping option from Auckland to
Christchurch. There are currently five
inter-island ferries operated by state
owned KiwiRail and smaller rival Strait
Shipping. Two of those carry rail as well
as vehicles and passengers.
For the rail operations, a train is split
into four shorter rakes and these are
shunted into a ferry in quick succession;
turnaround time including unloading
and loading can be achieved in under
an hour allowing for up to three return
trips in 24 hours for rail ferries.
The issue for speed and efficiency is
whether a ferry can take a whole train
in one go. The main rail ferry, Aratere,
was extended in 2011 for extra capacity
while the smaller and older Arahura
may need more than one trip.
Looking into the future, it is possible
that this sea link in the rail network
might end when the current ships are
retired. The reason is simple; specialist
rail ferries are 3-4 times the price of a
straightforward RoRo vessel.
The cost equation gets worse when the
terminals are taking into consideration;
the cramped and ageing rail ferry
berths will need replacing along with
the ships themselves, leading to an
even bigger bill.
The alternative option, already used

when a rail ferry is in a shipyard for
work, is using a bridging operation;
moving containers from rail wagons
to road trailers, shuttling them onto a
conventional ferry using port tugs, then
running the reverse on the far side of
the 96km sea journey.
While introducing potential
inefficiencies and slowing ship
turnarounds, it may be the only
affordable option for Inter-islanders
themselves. Several industry
commentators have suggested that this
is the most likely scenario.
Replacing such a costly piece of
national infrastructure is seen as a
long term political investment and
thus uncertain. So once again New
Zealands rail system may be split into
two separate island networks, while
still trying to compete against road and
coastal shipping. The end of the Dotted
Line.
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Container Shipping
Blue Cooling
Bluezone is a technology that has demonstrated effectiveness
in extending fresh produce shelf life, reducing product loss
and maintaining product quality, writes Gino Baldissari.
Initially developed for the US Army,
Bluezone technology this year became
subject to the necessary steps for
being applied to the commercial
shipping sector. An achievement
made possible through a partnership
between Primaira LLC, a Boston-based
technology company, and Maersk
Container Industry (MCI), the container
manufacturing unit of the A.P.
Moller-Maersk Group.
Bluezone is a patented technology
that, thanks to extensive tests and
trials, has shown efficient elimination
of molds, fungi and bacteria, by using
an ozone concentration 300 times
higher than otherwise seen on the
market, achieving the highest levels
fresh preservation in a cost effective,
efficient and reliable configuration.
MCI and Primaira have partnered
to integrate the Bluezone into Star
Cool containers, the refrigerated
units manufactured by the Danish
transport operator. In the words of MCI
chief commercial officer, Soren Leth
Johannsen, this integration involves an
enormous change in the market.
The economic and environmental
gains of converting todays airfreight
into reefer containers are possible
thanks to the integration of Bluezone
with MCIs well-known CA and AV+
systems (Controlled Atmosphere and
Automatic Ventilation), increasing the
geographical reach of containerized
transport and preserving the quality of
fruit and vegetables.
The Bluezone technology has

also demonstrated its great
value in stationary cold
storage, a fact that was
witnessed by Keith
Maggs, of Environmental
Technologies Australia.
Kiwi transport across
Australia has been
benefited from the
Bluezone ethylene scrubbing
and microbial reduction ability. Maggs
remarks, the effectiveness of this
technology is to extend the shelf life
and reduce shrinkage in the supply
chain for kiwi fruit.
Growers and Shippers

Bluezoneis a technology for ethylene
and mold control, with no impact on
the container or on container volume
capacity. It enables the optimization
of ventilation without concern for
ethylene or microbial build-up. A major
advantage for sensitive products is the
longer shipping distance which is now
possible.
For use in walk-in refrigeration,
Bluezoneextends the shelf life of fresh
fruits and vegetables by reducing mold,
rot and waste and maintaining low
levels of ethylene so that fruit does not
spring. In addition, Bluezoneeliminates
odours and flavour transfer between
items inside the walk-in cooler.
The miniaturized Bluezonefits in the

commercial or consumer refrigerator to
maintain the flavour, texture and colour,
while reducing mold and bacteria
formation. As many flowers and potted
plants are highly sensitive to ethylene
and microbes, Bluezoneis able to keep
cut flowers bright and fresh.
In summary, Bluezone technology
works by removing undesirable
components from the atmosphere
of refrigerated containers, thus
maintaining the colour, texture and
taste of the fruits and vegetables
for longer periods of time. The
partnership between Primaira LLC and
Maersk Container Industry has turned
these technical achievements into
outstanding benefits for consumers,
the market and our environment.
These milestones make reefer

container owners feel enthusiastic.
The director of refrigeration services at
Seaboard Marine Ltd, Clyde Wingate,
said: The systems offered today in
the market, for example using ozone,
are often only temporarily installed per
shipment, meaning it is operationally
cumbersome or the effect, due to a low
ozone concentration, is undocumented.
From a container owners perspective it
is also a major concern that ozone, by
its nature, is aggressive when exposed
on rubber, aluminum and copper.
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CONTACT
Commercial Direction
commercial@portdedunkerque.fr
Tl : +33 3 28 28 77 20
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PORT PROFILE
European Gateway
Following on from our attendance at the annual Port of Dunkerque press event back in
February Alex Cottard caught up with the ports Commercial Director, Daniel Deschodt to
see how 2014 was progressing.
Looking at the first quarter of 2014 the
overall global scale activities for the
port of Dunkerque were very good.
As forecasted in early 2014, the port
continues to show strong commercial
activity, with the only exception being
that of the coal activity which was
the result of a mildly warm winter
compared to yester years.
Focussing on a positive note, iron
ore activity for the steel industry has
remained strong, along with liquid bulk
activity, container activity, and ferry
services. Deschodt also emphasised
the, two figure increase on overall
activity from the first quarter of this year
compared to last years first quarter.
When asked about their main focus for
this years commercial activity, short
sea activity instantly became a talking
point. For the port, they see this area
of their operations as a key element,
and with the main season lasting from
November to May, no doubt we shall
soon see how successful these efforts
have been this year.
The channel route between the Port of
Dunkerque and Morocco is currently
a strong trading route, with the
exportation of fruit of vegetables and
French export of manufacturing goods,
construction goods heading in the
opposite direction.
Six months on from the press
conference in Lille, the desire and
ambition to attract new investors to the
port still very much remains. With 200
hectors dedicated for redevelopment,
the port certainly holds the capacity
and infrastructure for new companies
to relocate and begin new trading
routes.
within, which is the biggest in France.

In and around the port there are low
labour costs surrounded with intense
commercial activity, another appealing
factor for new investors to consider.
The distribution element to the cargo
importation is another factor new
investors should look into. There is a
strong emphasis on transforming the
goods within the port, in order to bring
added value. For manufacturers, the
facilities are there for them to bring
pieces into the port, assemble them
and then export them. The low cost of
the land is of course very appealing
and with the rate of qualified labour
remaining high, especially in regards to
mechanics, the port is able to present
a highly lucrative proposition for new
investors and traders.
The target is to increase global
tonnage. We will increase the container
business and we are looking at
increases in the ferry business also,

says Deschodt. As a further boost to
the ports appeal to new suitors, this
year will see a national reform take
place in France regarding the VAT
on imported goods. Providing this
change in legislation occurs it will allow
French ports such as Dunkerque to
compete with Belgian, Dutch and other
European ports on VAT admission.
French ports currently pay higher VAT
then their European cousins, so this
change will allow for administrative
simplification, cutting red tape in order
to allow for increased international
trading and exportation to go through
French ports. Deschodt expressed
the ports desire to make themselves
a gateway for imports and exports
into and out of France, making the
port a European hub to European and
international markets.
www.dunkerque-port.fr
Its cheaper for a British investor

to relocate their warehouse at the
Port of Dunkerque than it is to have
the site located in Kent. Certainly,
for neighbouring countries the Port
of Dunkerques location is second
to none. And within the port the
infrastructure is equally as impressive
with over 200km of rail routes located
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Regional Hub
Where good delivery starts

By Sam Tulip, Contributing Editor
Since at least the Bronze Age, the Humber estuary has been the natural point of entry for traffic
from Northern Europe to most of the British Isles, and the Humber ports (which include Hull,
Goole and Immingham) still handle 17% of British maritime trade, some 83 million tonnes, more
than any other port group in the UK.
to Hull can for most of the UK be very
competitive with container traffic via
Felixstowe or Southampton. As well
as North West Europe Neill and Brown
offers weekly services with Italy and
Spain and there is a lot of business with
the Far East. Happily, Brown reports
that export traffic is also busy.
efficient, competitive,
personal service.
Not everyone
wants cheap
Still serving the ports after over
95 years is Neill & Brown Global
Logistics. CEO Peter Brown tells
Logistics Business that the company
has flourished during the recession,
with 10-15% growth year on year over
the past four years and a workforce
almost doubling to 110. The firm offers
200,000ft2 of fully-racked warehouse
storage, and in a 2.5 million
investment, backed by the Local
Enterprise Partnership, is building a
new 40,000ft2 warehouse at Marfleet
which will create a further 26 jobs.
Brown says that, People who ten
years ago were moving out of Hull are
now moving back - they are getting
the message that the local economy is
worth supporting and will support them
back. In addition, blue chip companies
in Hull who have previously used large
national and international carriers are
reconsidering the advantages of the
service offered by local handlers.
The key to success is, efficient,
competitive, personal service. Not
everyone wants cheap - they want
to pay a reasonable price for a good
service. That may, he concedes,
involve, doing a lot more for the same
money or a bit less.
The company has around 20

international partners including agents
in India and the Far East, and an
office in Hong Kong. Recent agency
agreements have been struck with
Koring Freight Forwarders BV of
Holland, Eurogroup SA in Greece,
Nellen & Quack in Istanbul and Nippon
Transport Corp in Japan. Earlier this
year the firm signed an exclusive
agreement with Nellen & Quack The
Green Line, whereby British and Irish
traffic from Gronau-based The Green
Line, both full load and groupage, is
consolidated on the Humber rather
than through ports such as Felixstowe
and Dover. Neill & Brown provides
dedicated vehicles and drivers,
and shipments from Germany have
increased 500-600% over 2013.
With good rail links there is scope for

intermodal traffic, although double
handling will always be an issue.
The firm handles airfreight, primarily
through Manchester and Newcastle.
The company is also the Hull and East
Yorkshire partner of express pallet
delivery consortium UK pallets.
Neill & Brown is an enthusiastic
participant in World Trade Centre Hull
& Humber, promoting the economic
possibilities of the region. For example,
the company has teamed with chemical
company Nippon Gohsei to build
and operate a 60,000ft2 laboratory,
manufacturing, storage and distribution
centre for the innovative packaging
product Soarnol, adjacent to Neill &
Browns own new facility at Marfleet.
Other investments with logistics
implications include Aarhus Karlshamn
(specialty vegetable fats); Crown Paints
(worldwide logistics hub), Morrisons
(seafood products) and the choice by
Siemens of Hull (out of 110 European
locations) for a wind turbine plant.
Siemens, says Brown, will attract other
jobs and service industries, and these
developments are creating a feel-good
factor, even if, Half the problem is that
people dont know where Hull is: but
its not just the end of a railway line, its
a good distribution centre.
The old mariners prayer ran From
Hell, Hull and Halifax Good Lord deliver
us. Peter Brown, though, believes that
good delivery starts in Hull.
The companys business focuses

primarily on the North East and the
M62 corridor but trailer traffic by ferry
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28/07/2014 15:26
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17:27:1611:04
Express Logistics
Export Help
UK SMEs are urged to take
advantage of global trading
opportunities
The age of Internet trading has opened up a whole new world
of business opportunities, choice and buying power to the
commercial world, writes Chris Price-White.
With the above in mind one
importantUKbusiness community has
been advised to take heed and expand
beyond its usual trading borders. The
world of the SME (small and medium
enterprises) has changed immeasurably
since the rise of Internet trading and
B2B status. Communicating with new
customers and closing deals can be
done in minutes thanks to the power
of the Internet, but when it comes to
the logistics of getting your goods
forwarded and looking further
afield at global marketplaces
then the game does indeed
change beyond recognition.
Logistics expert FedEx has
recently commissioned and
published a report titled the
Great British Export Report,
offering a ground-breaking
insight into the export
behaviour of UK businesses.
According to the first edition of
the report, based on the views
of 1,000 SMEs, only one quarter
of UK SMEs are currently
internationally active, with a
third (35%) of UK businesses identifying
tapping into new markets as essential to
their success in the next twelve months.
However, more than half (51.9%) of the
1,000 UK SMEs surveyed said they
would require more support to achieve
this. Trevor Hoyle (pictured) is the
Vice-President of Operations for UK
and Ireland and he is urging UK SMEs
to take heed of the reports findings.
At FedEx we do a lot of work with UK
SMEs, says Hoyle.
Not only have we set up a specialist
team, based in Coventry, to offer advice
and consultation to customers wanting
to dip their toe into the export market,
but we also have access to a huge
network of over 3,000 international
20
Hoylesays that now is the time for

UK businesses to prepare for the
internationalisation of their activities.
This will allow them to get off to a flying
start on the global stage and succeed
in driving the UK economy forward as
long as they have access to the correct
support required to help propel them to
continuing international success.
representatives that feed us local,

regional knowledge from across the
globe on a daily basis.
This expertise is invaluable and any
UK SMEs that are choosing to sit on
the fence and not expand beyond
their own borders are missing a trick
and an immediate chance of growing
their business. If they dont grasp the
opportunities that are out there then
their foreign competitors will.
The fact that many UK SMEs may be

wary of stepping up to the international
trading platform is something that
Hoyle is conscious off.
The game really changes
when you look at global trading.
Understanding global, localised
marketplaces, their customs
arrangements, finances and the
fact that their business culture
is often alien to our own is
paramount.
According to the report there is no

shortage in optimism about the future
of doing business overseas. Of the
companies which currently do export,
41% predict that their activities will be
mostly international in just 5 years
time, rising to 57% in 15 years. 20% of
companies surveyed reported a lack of
technical knowledge and a concern over
the costs whilst 14% were waiting for
economic conditions to improve further.
Hoyle believes that the statistics
speak for themselves. In the UK we
have 0.8% of the worlds population,
so realistically if you dont look at
becoming an international business
then you are losing out on the vast
majority ofyour potential customers,
warns Hoyle.
This is why, in January 2014

we set up our specialist team
in Coventry and although only
small they have the back up of
our international colleagues who
know their own logistics sectors
inside out.
The UK Export team at FedEx are
currently working a 12 hour shift 7 days
a week and are more than happy to
discuss any international logistical needs
with new and existing customers.
Its crucial for a business to have
the right blend of personal support,
expertise and network access from the
outset if they are going to be able to
succeed internationally. We understand
improved access is key to international
success. Were committed to maximising
connectivity to the global marketplace to
ensure UK SMEs gain increased support
they require, concludes Hoyle.
www.fedex.com
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MAKING THE RIGHT

CONNECTIONS GLOBALLY
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LIVERPOOL2
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Warehouse Equipment
Illuminating the high-bay

Dialight, a global leader in LED lighting
technology, has unveiled the new
Vigilant LED High Bay (pictured) with
industry-leading efficiency for maximum
return on investment and lower total
cost of ownership. At 125 lumens per
watt (LPW), the Vigilant LED High Bay is
among Dialights most ground-breaking
innovations providing up to 26,500
delivered fixture lumens and backed
by Dialights industry-leading 10-year
full-performance warranty for more
than a decade of reliable, worry-free
performance in the worlds harshest
industrial environments.
Featuring Dialights world class
in-house designed power supply,
next generation LED technology and
advanced optical design, the new
Vigilant LED High Bay marks a major
step forward in the future of energy
efficiency for industrial environments.
Since launching their first LED high bay
in 2009, Dialight has sold hundreds

of thousands of LED high bay fixtures,
setting the highest standard for fixture
design and reliability around the world.
Dialight continues to manufacture
the most advanced LED lighting
solutions for industrial and hazardous
location applications worldwide, said
Roy Burton, Dialights Group Chief
Executive. Our customers can now
benefit from an additional 25% energy
savings, making the conversion to
LED technology an even smarter
business decision with highly
attractive payback periods for their
facility upgrades.
The Vigilant LED High Bay fixture is

currently CE compliant and is certified
to UL1598/A and CSA 22 #250
standards for both indoor and outdoor
applications and will soon be available
with UL844 and ATEX/IECEx
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Back-of-store equipment
Wanzl UK Group has been awarded
a contract, for an undisclosed sum,
to supply a range of back-of-house
equipment solutions to The Cooperative Group. The roll-out to
stores throughout the UK has now
commenced and will continue through
to the end of the year. Wanzl UKs
L&I specialist, Gareth Dando, said
this important breakthrough contract
win for the L&I division demonstrated
Wanzls growing strength as a volume
supplier to the top tier of UK retail and,
firmly established our KT2 and KT3
range as a preferred choice of stock
trolley in this competitive market.
Nested Wanzl T24 stock trolleys

with top trays hinged upright save
floorspace in designated bays when
not in use.
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Back-of-store operations are

increasingly under scrutiny as retailers
realize the tremendous potential
for introducing new and more costeffective ways of working. These
equipment choices are becoming more
critical for many large supermarket
brands as the UK continues to embrace
omni-channel retail, characterized by
click-and-collect, dark stores and
home deliveries of online orders.
With a diverse range of stores across
The Co-operative estate all operating
varied replenishment processes, the
need was recognized for greater
uniformity both in terms of systems
and equipment. The introduction of
our KT3 and KT2 trolleys is helping
The Co-operative achieve significant
process improvements and efficiencies.
Along with these units, Wanzl are also
supplying a variety of ancillary items and
U-shaped trolleys to provide a complete
stock handling solution in a variety of
operating environments, adds Dando.
Wanzl Logistics are also handling the
complex and time critical roll out to
2,800 Co-operative stores throughout
the UK, demonstrating the company as
a retail solutions provider with a wide
Over 20,000 Wanzl KT2 and KT3

stock trolleys will deliver back-ofstore efficiencies for the Co-operative
Group throughout their 2,800 store
estate.
scope of product, service and delivery

capabilities. The introduction of a range
of high quality stock trolleys, bespoke to
The Co-Operative Groups requirements,
is helping the group deliver new,
improved and more efficient ways of
completing everyday tasks that will
make colleagues lives easier and
achieve greater consistency across
the business. We are very proud to be
able to support the implementation
of this ground-breaking initiative and
delighted to have been awarded this
valuable contract, he concludes.
www.wanzl.co.uk
01/08/2014 11:08
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Port Profile
A North Western Approach
Dawn of a new age

at historic port
By Chris Price-White,
Contributing Editor
The importance of regional ports,

their intermodal networks and the
connectivity that the lucky few poses
to the increasingly favoured inland
waterways, are amongst the highest
scoring points on a freight forwarders
wish lists when searching for fresh
opportunities in both new and
established shipping channels and
ports.
The Port of Liverpool, UK has a 300
year-old international trading history
and is currently considered to be the
main gateway to the hinterlands of
middle England, Wales, Ireland and
Scotland. The Port has all the attributes
that a modern freight shipping operator
could wish for and is currently in
one of the strongest positions that
it has enjoyed during its sometimes
chequered, yet historic past.
The recent Maritime Logistics
conference, staged by The Merseyside
Maritime Association as part of the
Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Andersons
inaugural Liverpool International
Festival for Business, confirms the
Ports intentions to become the UK
North Wests number one destination
for international shipping and freight
forwarders. Already the Port plays host
to big shipping names like ACL, CMA

CMG, Maersk, Bibby Line, Zim Uk and
Peel Ports.
The whole atmosphere at the threeday long conference was one of
positivity and optimism. Ian Millen, chief
operating officer of Dryad Maritime
Projects, and chairman of the Maritime
Security Working Group, believes
that to be involved in shipping and
logistics is still an attractive proposition
to young, skilled workers. Rounding
off a debate on promoting shipping
logistics as a modern career choice he
closed the session on an up-beat note
saying that sections of the public and
decision-makers could be won over.
If you give people a chance, they love
the idea of ships, concluded Millen.
A Bright future
This event was also viewed as a huge
success by the Merseyside Maritime
Association with the Associations
chairman John Hulmes delighted with
the shipping and freight forwarding
industries response to the event.
This was a very late addition to the
International Festival of Business but
one that we felt was essential, says
Hulmes.
Port Director at Peel Ports Group

David Huck
This is an established port with a
very bright future and its ongoing
development and the opening of
the Liverpool 2 facility next year has
piqued a growing interest in what is
going on here. The response to this
event has been excellent and the
quality of speakers, delegates and
support we have received has been
overwhelming.
Co-sponsors of the event were
Shipping Innovations, part of the
Petrospot Group who launched the
London international Shipping Week
event in September 2013. Llwellyn
Bankes-Hughes is the Groups MD
and he says that international interest
in what is going on at the UKs major
ports is on the crest of a wave.
After our London event in September
last year we did not hesitate when
we were asked to get involved in the
Liverpool event, says Bankes-Hughes.
The focus is very much on modern
shipping logistics and many aspects
of the promised developments at
the Liverpool 2 facility support this
increased interest in what is going on
here. This resurgence of international
interest in regional ports augers well
for our next London event being
staged in September 2015.
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28/07/2014 15:28
PORT PROFILE
One of the main driving forces behind

the ongoing development of Liverpool
Port is Peel Ports, who have dug deep
into the coffers placing 300m of
their own money into developing both
facilities at the futuristic Liverpool 2
terminal and at their fully-automated
steel roll handling dockside hub that
went live in 2013.
David Huck is Peel Ports Port Director
at Liverpool and he sees the future
as adventurous and rewarding.
Starting off with the opening of the
fully automated steel roll facility in
2013, laying down the initial plans was
indeed daunting, states Huck.
We were asking our shareholders and
investors to back a plan to create a
fully-automated facility that would be
capable of operating 24/7 at the time
that the steel industry, not only in the
UK, but globally was going through a
sticky period. This forward thinking,
however, got full support and we are
now in a prime position to serve this
highly important industry.
The fact that we can now provide a
docking facility and throughput for the
steel that is shipped means that we are
an essential cog to all central UK steel
using industries and this puts us in a
strong position. Even locally we have
major automotive plants at both Speke
and Halewood and this now definitely
gives us a bang for our buck as we
put our faith in this project at end of the
recession in 2010-2011, when neither
automotive or steel were industries
revelling in a strong market position.
We are a real, true logistics partner

investing in the latest technology,
infrastructure and processes whilst
bringing in the core talent of our
people to bring about those solutions.
Showing expertise
Huck says that the bravado shown
at the beginning of the project was
measured and calculated. When we
broached the project we knew that our
expertise in handling steel coils, our
lean towards automation and indeed
our geographical position made the
project an exciting proposition and
something that is now showing its
merit.
Peel Ports 3m investment program
to upgrade the existing Gladstone
Steel Terminal (named after Britains
finest Prime Minister who was born in
Liverpool) with Caregos automated
facility management system, includes
an upgrade of the Gladstone
Steel Terminal warehouse and the
introduction of automated cranes that
have doubled gantry crane capacity.
The employment of the fully-automated
Carego FMS (facility management
system) and Carego IMS (inventory
management system) enables real time
stock visibility through reporting and
web portals and that has improved
the booking process for outbound
steel and the reporting of inventory
management and hub capacity levels.
We put faith in steel when it was in

the doldrums and we now feel that
we can offer not only the best port
side steel cargo handling facility in
the UK but also one of the best in
Europe. Although its early days, we
have been extremely pleased with the
performance of the up-rated Gladstone
hub and have received great support
from our shareholders and principal
customers alike.
Looking towards the forthcoming
year Huck believes that Peel Ports
300m investment in the deep water
terminal container, Liverpool 2, will not
only focus significant interest on the
companys localised operation but also
their involvement in the region as a
whole logistical hub.
The maritime sector here has a big
impact on the region not only in service
provision but also in developing skills
sectors and contributing to the region
wide economy.
The Mersey Maritime Association
currently represents the interests
of 1,700 companies employing over
28,000 workers that help contribute
over 2.5bn to the regions GDP.
Huck believes that, with the launch of
Liverpool 2 next year, Peel Ports will be
the prime mover in bringing new skills
sets and business to the region.
The opening of the new terminal will
see the creation of up to 500 new jobs
and we will be helping develop skills
Huck believes that this buccaneer

attitude is prevalent throughout the
Peel Ports group and is part of the DNA
that drives the business forward. He
says that they continually think outside
of the box and show a very innovative
approach to a business that doesnt
just move cargo on and off vessels.
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that will run right through the regions

supply chain workforce. These human
skills, along with an advanced use of
automation will help cut the cost and
time of the supply chain journey for
all who choose to pass their goods
through our highly capable handling
channels.
The automation end of the investment
will revolve around Navis N4 terminal
operating system and ABB equipment
controls. Eventually Peel Ports hopes to
implement the operating system at all
of its ports, with Liverpool 2 being the
initial catalyst for the move.
Huck believes that this new,
performance enhancing technology,
married up to the Ports human
skills set, will let the freight shipping
community know that Liverpool 2
promises to be a world class act.
Best in class port and logistics
services is always our goal and this
facility promises to be a real flagship,
concludes Huck.
At the TOC Conference in London
late June Logistics Business Publisher
David Priestman met David Huck
to gain further insight into the
developments in Liverpool.
Peel Ports are part of a holding group
with a 5bn turnover and 5000
employees. Their ports business, as
well as Liverpool, includes Dublin,
Belfast, Glasgow and Sheerness in
Kent. They are therefore the dominant
operator in the Irish Sea. Peel has
access to the Manchester ship canal,
allowing freight to move down the
Mersey to the entire north-west
conurbation and also has railfreight
connectivity.
Liverpool can host vessels up to 4500

TEU, two 380m vessels at any time
on an 850m quay, Huck informed
me. Liverpool port has a footprint of 17
hectares. To the north of the city, we
have a big tidal range of up to 10m. Our
potential is based on 65% of UK and
Ireland population being less than 150
miles away. But 90% of UK deep sea
volume goes into ports in the south
and south east of England. This seems
nonsensical.
Having conducted detailed market
research for 18 months Peel Ports
determined that the challenge is
to reach a capacity of 1 million TEU
throughput per year, with STS quay
cranes operating up to 30 mph, 1500
moves per tidal window, 95% of
haulage turned within 90 minutes and
transhipment to Ireland and Manchester
within 24 hours. The company used
simulation to find the best solution.
The objective is to reduce customer
risk while increasing the technological
capability, said Huck. Peel Ports opted
against straddle carriers and in favour of
an automated cantilever, rail-mounted
gantry solution. Its a step-change:
safe, fast and predictable as it increases
throughput and is a good value, futureproof solution. The container terminal
industry has traditionally been slow to
adopt automation but this technology is
mature now. We wanted to streamline
and jettison the old port mind set.
Huck insists that labour flexibility
and capacity is excellent, with lots of
training provided and only 20% union
membership. Productivity is high
and we hire both apprentices and
graduates.
I asked Huck about the concept of

port-centric logistics. Its great as
a talking point but can we do it? At
Peel we can by listening to customers,
responding and innovating. Our enduser customers are diverse: retail,
pharma, FMCG. Their voice is getting
louder. Supply chains should be
people-centric. That can mean nearporting closer to the final customer,
which also reduces CO2 emissions.
Next day delivering requires more
warehousing to be localised. We plan
to introduce 500,000ft2 DC space
here to add to the 3 current, mainly
multi-user (due to seasonal demand
variability) facilities.
One objective is to improve information
sharing with shippers and the previous
port of call, so that real-time exchange
enables a right first time operation.
Were only as good as the inputs and
transparency (eg regarding delays) we
receive. If we have quality information
we can drive an efficient service.
www.peelports.com
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4500 TEU, two 380m vessels at
any time on an 850m quay,
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Russian Logistics
The full cycle

Logistics Business interviewed Konstantin Skovoroda (pictured),
CEO of Russian Transport Lines (RTL), a major regional 3PL, to
gain insight into the opportunities and challenges of supply chain
management in Russia and its various surrounding markets.
Logistics Business: RTL is historically
strongest in automotive full-cycle
logistics. What other industry segments
is the company strong in or looking to
expand into, how and why?
and with stevedoring companies in

the Black and Mediterranean seas,
enabling the company to increase its
operations with project cargoes and
container shipments.
Konstantin Skovoroda: The RTL

company is historically not only strong in
the full cycle automotive logistics, which
is a part of manufacturing engineering.
The company seeks to expand its
footprint in the engineering, energy,
oil and gas sectors. Our company is
interested in these industries in terms
of providing services in ports, cargo
delivery, customs clearance and
special tailor-made customs clearance.
Moreover, our company also plans
to expand its expertise in the sphere
of project cargo handling, in such
industries as manufacturing engineering,
oil and gas, as well as energy.
Logistics Business: You have

subsidiaries in China and Kazakhstan.
Is Asia a big growth area for RTL and
what other Asian countries are you
offering supply chain solutions to?
I would like to note that RTL wants

to develop in these sectors as these
projects allow us to increase our
competence in complicated and longterm projects. Participation in such
projects allows the company to balance
both human and material resources for
major projects lasting several years.
Logistics Business: What are the major
hubs and ports you operate to and from
and what infrastructure investments are
RTL making in them?
Konstantin Skovoroda: RTL operates
in all major Russian ports: in the NorthWest region - the port of Ust-Luga
(Novaya Gavan Terminal), Sea Fishing
port in St. Petersburg, in the South of
Russia - the port of Novorossiysk, in
the Far East - ports of Vladivostok,
Nakhodka and Vostochny. Our
company also has a broad network of
agents in the ports of China, Southeast
Asia, Japan and Korea (South Korea
in particular), as well as in several
European ports (Antwerp, Rotterdam,
Amsterdam and Hamburg).
Besides this, RTL plans to expand
international cooperation with the ports
of Kazakhstan, other Caspian ports
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Konstantin Skovoroda: RTL is

developing its presence in China
and Kazakhstan. The company also
plans to expand its business in other
countries in the Middle East and
Central Asia, such as Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Since
these countries are building new power
and chemical processing plants there is
an increase in shipments of project and
containerized cargoes there. Thus, our
company expects a great potential for
development in these areas within the
next ten years.
Logistics Business: RTL offer shipping
and road distribution logistics. Are you
also active in rail and/or airfreight?
Konstantin Skovoroda: RTL provides
cargo delivery by all means of
transport. Transportation of goods
by rail is characterized by rhythmical
shipments on time and in large
volumes that is particularly required by
numerous auto manufacturers, which
are the main target customer segment
of RTL. RTL provides rail transportation,
both operating the rolling stock and
with container use. The company also
performs delivery of finished vehicles
involving partners equipment - owners
of rolling stock. Railfreight is essential
for transportation over long distances
to RTL operating terminals, where the
cargo is rolled in / out.
Logistics Business: Without wishing to

get too political, our readers (mainly in
western Europe) would be interested
to know how the current quarrels over
Ukraine and sanctions are affecting or
could potentially affect your business,
or what your commercial viewpoint is
regarding the need for free trade and a
stable business climate?
Konstantin Skovoroda: Of course,
Ukraine is a very interesting business
market for RTL. I should remind you
of the moment of RTLs foundation in
2004 - when vehicles (Bogdan vans
and Chevrolet Lanos) from Ukraine
were received and stored at RTLs
Customs & Logistics Terminal (CLT) in
Novoshakhtinsky, which is based in
the Rostov region, 12km from the state
border in the city of Novoshahtinsk.
Later on Nissan, Ford, Toyota and
Hyundai assembly plants emerged in
Russia and the situation changed, and
since that moment we have started to
deliver cars from Russia to Ukraine.
Unfortunately, the politically unstable
situation in Ukraine has had a negative
impact on the freight traffic market,
significantly reducing the amount of
cargo delivery on this route. As our
company only executes the orders of
our clients, the cargo owners, we had
to reduce our presence in the Ukrainian
market. However, the Novoshakhtinsky
CLT is operating normally and continues
to execute customs clearance smoothly.
Hopefully, political tensions will subside
soon, and trade relations between
Russia and Ukraine will resume at the
same or even greater volume.
www.rtlgroup.ru
Id like to mention that RTL uses

airfreight for express delivery of spare
parts. The location and availability of RTL
offices at Russian airports enables the
company to carry out customs clearance
without delay.
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The future of freight

The summer weather is in full flow,
which presented the perfect day for the
Independent Transport Commission
(ITC) to launch their report on Freight
and the UK Economy recently.
To give a little background knowledge,
the ITC was founded in 1999 and is at
present Britains leading independent
research charity that is committed to
providing insight and analysis into
key long-term strategic issues in the
fields of transport and land use. The
ITC also focusses on the long-term
consequences of current policies,
whilst considering new approaches
and offering recommendations for the
future. Members from the ITC lead the
events of the evening presentation: Alan
Baxter CBE, the ITC host, plus Philip
Roe (DHL), Perry Glading (Forth Ports)
and Nick Gazzard, (lead researcher
and CEO of Incept), who gave their
contributions to the reports findings
and the research that was undertaken.
There has been a noticeable change in
global trade and connectivity patterns,
along with the rising costs of adhering to
environmental legislation. The report has
identified the crucial methods by which
the UK freight and logistics industry
may be able to improve its efficiency.
During the conference several key
trends that shape the UK freight
movements were highlighted. The
first is the growth in online shopping
and e-commerce. This phenomenon
has led traditional supply chains to
become fragmented. The report also
highlighted the increase in the size of
container ships, which as a knock-on
effect has seen the rapid growth of

development for mega port hubs and
port-centric logistics. Sustainability
policies have also been on the increase
and at present are adding up to 20% to
logistics costs.
During the event, the ITC gave their
recommendations on how the UK
should best prepare for the anticipated
changes in the global and domestic
supply chain. Empty domestic container
movements are a key issue within
the UK. The ITC have been exploring
how we can reduce the movement of
empty containers in the UK. The length
of time taken to move containers in
and around a port is a key cost driver.
Increasing the speed and also the
availability of the containers during
periods of high demand would certainly
aid in reducing the costs of empty
movements.
Looking into the developments of

port-centric logistics, the ITC have
seen a clear shift to multi-mode freight
transport and port-based warehousing,
which has the potential to dramatically
change the logistics network with in
UK, whilst offering multiple benefits to
adopters of this new approach. The
importance of the UK logistics sector
should not be underestimated. The
sector employed over 2 million people
in 2011 in up to 196,000 companies,
with estimated revenues of 61 86
billion. These statistics alone show how
crucial the logistics sector is and how
it represents a key source of economic
growth.
To end on a philosophical note, Alan
Baxter quoted Uri Dadush, World Bank
Trade Director; As a main driver of
competitiveness, logistics can make
you or break you as a country in
todays globalized world. For me, I feel
this best summaries the ITCs findings
in this particular report.
With the growth of on line shopping
and the constant need for efficient and
reliable delivery and transportation
solutions, the UK economy is under
increased pressure to adapt to
changing customer requirements. With
one eye on customer service and the
other on reducing costs in an industry
which, as we all know, operates within
fine margins. This report is a necessary
needle on the compass, with UK firms
hoping to be pointed or at least guided
in the right direction.
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Fast doors for smooth operation

Fifteen years ago, when MOTs
became mandatory in Spain, for both
public transport vehicles and also for
private vehicles, many new premises
had to be built or remedial work
carried out at existing facilities to
optimise MOT testing centres. ITVASA
(Inspeccin Tcnica de Vehiculos
de Asturias) opened its new national
centre in Mieres, Spain half a year ago,
with the traffic flow now processed
quickly and efficiently thanks to the
buildings modern logistics.
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high-speed doors from the German
manufacturer, Efaflex (pictured),
ensure smooth daily operations. For
the architects, the flexibility of the
doors colour schemes, alongside the
swift opening speed of 2.0 m/s and an
outstanding insulation value, was of
crucial importance. Twelve doors were
delivered in RAL 1028, melon yellow,
for passenger car entrances along with
four doors in RAL 2004, pure orange,
for passenger car exits. The architect
designed a further twelve doors in
RAL 5002, ultramarine blue, for heavy
goods vehicle and commercial vehicle
entrances and exits.
Global increases in heating costs

prompted the door specialist Efaflex to
design completely new high-speed spiral
doors (SSTs) for closing buildings. The
successful SST series has thus been
successfully offered as a new generation
in the various performance categories.
The fully-automated production of the
unique door leaf laths is carried out
in-house at Efaflex. The thickness of
the laths can thus be varied between
40mm, 60mm, 80mm and even 100mm
depending on the level of insulation
required. The lath is produced to a
uniform height of 225mm, improving
aesthetics. The available colour options
are almost without limitation.
Functionally, the new SST generation

meets the highest expectations:
alongside outstanding thermal and
sound insulation values, for example,
an average class 4 wind resistance has
been established in accordance with DIN
EN 12424. Efaflex has responded to the
various different customer requirements
on the market with three model variants:
EFA-SST Premium for heavy, long-term
industrial use, EFA-SST ECO and
the Basic series for use in up-to-date,
modern industrial door applications.
The new door systems for MOT
Asturias were sold and installed by
Efaflexs Spanish partner, Portes Bisbal
S.L. ITVASA was founded as a limited
company on 10 February 1988 and
commenced operations in April of the
same year. Today, it has 8 branches in
the Principality of Asturias.
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John Meale, Managing Director of
Thorworld Industries. Companies must
also be able to load and unload with
confidence, otherwise growth will quickly
falter. Whether its the need to source
additional components or other supplies,
or simply meeting demand for increased
sales, manufacturers quickly notice that
their loading and unloading requirements
rapidly mount up, he adds.
A poor logistics infrastructure can lead to
bottlenecks in production and despatch,
with its attendant cost implications, while
it can encourage reckless and unsafe
behaviour as warehouse operators are
forced to load or unload without proper
equipment in place. While the optimum
long-term solution for any manufacturer
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this is not always an option.
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is beyond many SMEs and may not
even be appropriate, depending on
the scale of expected growth, Meale
points out. Furthermore, even when a
dedicated loading bay can be justified,
short-term solutions must still be
considered to maintain efficiency until
the installation process is complete.
It is here that a mobile yardramp can
make a significant difference, providing
an immediate solution to increase
efficiency, enhance safety and save
money during vehicle loading and
unloading. Yardramps can be put into
position within minutes, offering an

immediate means for forklifts to convey
goods in and out of trailers. As they
are moveable, manufacturers do not
have to commit to a fixed position; each
yardramp features a built-in towing
mechanism for quickly and easily
moving the ramp into position. Similarly,
speed of set-up is rapid, thanks to a
hand-operated hydraulic pump to allow
the ramp to be raised up to the required
height.
Safety is another aspect where
yardramps can make a difference.
With a steel superstructure for
maximum strength, 1.8m of safety chain
on each side to secure the ramp to
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Effective logistics
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by David Phillips, Logistics Director at HSS Hire Group
At HSS Hire, we operate from over
250 locations across the UK and
Ireland, providing complete equipment
management and hire services to big
businesses, trade and DIY customers.
Were all about making sure our
customers have whatever they need
to get the job done, wherever and
whenever they need it, so I cant
emphasise enough just how important
logistics is to the smooth functioning
and success of our business and to
ensuring we are able to deliver for our
customers.
We do a lot of work with customers in
the Facilities Management sector and
in turn, they often have very stringent
SLAs to deliver on for their own
customers, so its important that we
make sure the kit they need from us
is always available when they need it,
and that it always arrives ready to use.
Its essential that we have a logistics
network that can support this.
Since 2011, our network has been
organised into 10 regional distribution
centres, 25 local distribution centres
and over 200 local format branches
supported by a National Distribution
Centre thats managed by Unipart

Logistics. It was a huge, industryleading transformation from the
traditional local branch network that
was the norm in hire to a 24-hour,
national distribution network but its
one that has absolutely underpinned
the growth and success of our business
and our ability to serve our customers.
Our hub and spoke network is in
operation 24 hours a day, allowing
us to move kit all around the country
overnight so that the equipment our
customers want is always where it
needs to be whether thats at the
nearest distribution centre ready for
onward delivery to their site or at one
of our local format branches ready for
collection. And due to the nature of
our business, its not just about getting
kit out to our customers we also
have to get it back and then move it
to our workshops for maintenance
and servicing before it can go out on
hire again. On average, we can move
anything up to 6000 bits of kit every
day so the whole operation presents a
big logistical challenge.
Of course, as with any business running
such an extensive logistics operation,
efficiency is essential, so we make
sure that our networks performance
is measured and challenged on key

operational metrics, including on
time transport performance, vehicle
productivity and equipment utilisation.
The setup of our network along with
our vehicle telematics system and
a clever stock management system
helps to consolidate kit movement
and ensure efficient and constructive
routing. As a result, we are completing
more jobs per journey and making
fewer journeys in total - reducing our
distribution miles travelled despite a
greater level of activity.
But any logistics network is only really
as good as the people running it and
we think the people supporting our
logistics are even more important
than the technology behind it. We
have a dedicated team of colleagues
covering Distribution, Operations,
Stock Integrity and Transport who are
all experts in what they do as well as a
great frontline team of drivers who are
all CPC trained. Theyre all focused on
delivering an efficient logistics network
but crucially, theyre also all focused on
doing so with our customer absolutely
at front of mind theres no point
having an amazing logistics network
and hitting all sorts of KPIs if it doesnt
actually deliver for the customer.
Logistics is at the heart of our business
but our customers are even more so.
Logistics can sometimes be seen as
one of the less glamorous functions
of a business the bit thats just
about moving stuff from A to B - but in
reality, when you look at the scale of
what goes on and the implications of
things not going to plan, its a hugely
complex and fundamental part of the
bigger picture. We couldnt do what we
do without the logistics network, the
technology and the people that keep
our business moving.
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Todays ever-rising standards for package handling within distribution facilities

require failsafe solutions that not only meet customer requirements but ensure
safe delivery of the parcel itself. The challenge for the industrial engineer
is how to best singulate and sort packages, from bulk delivery to the single
item exiting the conveyor system, all within a budget and ensuring pinpointprecision calculations along the way. Meeting this challenge with innovation
upon innovation is Fives Intralogistics (USA), an integrated engineering company
based in Louisville, Kentucky.
were also granted a patent for the

switch design. Most companies have
a switch assembly with a large piece
of plastic that has different pathways
for the pins to go through. Its all one
piece, so, if there is damage, you have
a fairly large, relatively expensive
piece to replace. We separated those
elements from the large guide that our
competitors have on their products,
into a series of small pieces. The
patent is for how these small pieces
operate.
Theyre injection-molded parts
with male features that they locate
themselves in the laser-cut baseplate,
Schroader says. So, when you
have damage to one of the switch
components in an area where youll
some wear and some damage, its very
quick to make a replacement - youre
not changing the whole switch block
out, youre replacing just one subcomponent. Its made to where there is
no adjustment needed, it just pops into
place, and each piece is attached with
a couple of screws.
From Point A to Point B and all the

way to its destination within the facility,
before the parcel can be singled out,
it must be captured from the bulk of
packages as it proceeds downstream,
then guided through a litany of scans
and checks. The key to the process
is singulation and sortation, two
critical operational functions that
Fives Intralogistics offers customers
worldwide for a variety of applications.
Continuing the companys legacy of
innovation, patents continue to be
granted specifically for two of Fives
Intralogistics products, the Linear
Parcel Singulator (LPS-70) and the
versatile Trisort SDX shoe sorter,
both addressing this ever-growing
need for speed with unique features
that logistics companies such as
FedEx Ground and UPS have come to
appreciate. Solutions such as additional
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the TRISORT SDX vary as much as the
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and weights. The unique electric switch
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results in higher sorting capacity. The
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jam-resistant; in a jam event, the shoes
are designed to pop off, which helps to
prevent damage to other components.
The shoes also easily snap back in.
The Linear Parcel Singulator (LPS) is

designed to singulate side-by-side
carton flow into a manageable singlefile high-capacity output stream,
simplifying the upstream feed system.
The LPS features an active side-by-side
eliminator that improves singulation
accuracy even for small (6-in, 150mmwide) products.
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The popoff shoe just

received recent
U.S. patent and
European patents
for the monolateral shoe,
the one-sided
shoe, says
Steve Schroader,
R&D Manager
for Fives
Intralogistics
(USA). We have
two patents
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CONVEYING TECHNOLOGY
Platform to convey
At CeMAT Hannover David Priestman
met Michael Kuhn, Managing Director
of Interroll Automation GmbH in
Sinsheim, Germany to learn about the
companys new modular conveyor
platform for internal logistics.
Interroll now offers. In combination

with drive concepts from Interroll
this results in material flow systems
that offer maximum availability and
energy-efficiency, with extremely low
operating and maintenance costs. Endusers and system integrators can add
cabling, for example, for their needs
and the footprint has been reduced by
narrowing the side lines on the rollers,
says Kuhn.
It is also a very low-noise system.
We re-designed everything from first
principles, starting from scratch. The
rollers are the same but everything else
is new. Such a rudimentary approach
is uncommon but unsurprising to me as
Interroll have a deserved reputation for
avant garde manufacturing processes,
such as the usage of the Kaizen method
we have reported on here before.
Kuhn (pictured) is responsible for

production at the Sinsheim centre of
excellence and this innovative solution
from the Swiss-owned company has a
completely modular design (see images).
The platform is Interrolls response to
the challenges that future material flow
solutions face. The new manufacturing
platform will cover everything from
product order to delivery. System
integrators, OEMs and end-user
customers were actively involved in the
product development process from the
beginning as a broad-scale customer
and user survey was conducted.
The results showed that operators
of warehousing and manufacturing
plants must find ways to cope with
increasingly unpredictable deviations
in the flow of goods, changes in order
structures and product assortments.
Speed is therefore more important than
ever and companies must process an
increasing number of smaller, individual,
same-day orders.
Functionality and ease-of-assembly
are key to the new modular conveyor
platform, which can be flexibly adjusted
to suit different customer and userspecific demands. It also allows for
modern material flow systems to be
planned more quickly and easily, thanks
to the software virtual planning tool
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Paul Zumbhl, CEO of the Interroll

Worldwide Group, says that, the
new conveyor platform is the most
important product introduction in
the 55-year history of Interroll. The
complete modularity of our new
solution offers important advantages
for our customers. This approach
allows them to combine all of Interrolls
most important products in a virtually
unlimited manner to form a complete
system. New systems can then be
planned and realised faster, and
existing systems can be easily modified
to meet changing demands. This
means our business partners can react
quickly to new challenges and make
the best possible use of their market
opportunities regardless of where in the
world they happen to be based. We will
be intensifying our internationalisation
course by marketing this product
innovation on a global basis.
I asked Kuhn what the ultimate benefits

will be. Throughput of up to 50kg
cartons is now possible and speeds
of 2 m/s in a straight line achievable,
though the system wont normally run
at that extra weight and speed. As AS/
RS now offers 50kg load handling all
automated handling specifications
are at this weight now. Throughput
bottlenecks are usually the sortation
devices and pop-up devices. So up to
1.4 m/s is the practical speed to run at.
The modules are preassembled for the
most part to simplify the installation
process on site. Independently
adjustable side guides, step-less
adjustable stands, integrated crossbars
for electrical conduit and universally
usable spaces for attachment parts
make installation even easier. The
modules will be available for short-term
delivery in three standard widths (420,
620 and 840mm). Other nominal widths
will be available as variations to ensure
that the system can be easily adjusted
to meet user-specific demands.
As a neutral provider of conveyor
modules for system integrators and
OEMs, we have designed the new
platform to support open standards
with respect to both mechanical and
electronic aspects. Future-oriented
and pre-installed field bus systems
guarantee interfaces to larger, higher
level systems with respect to both the
electronic hardware and the software.
This not only offers flexibility, but also
makes this a viable solution for the
future, adds Kuhn. Energy saving is
another gain as drives can be switchedoff when not in use.
www.interroll.com
One system integrator at least is very

impressed. With their new conveyor
platform, Interroll has got it right:
modularity and scalability all the way,
with plug & play modules and standard
components. We have been involved
in the product development process at
an early stage, giving us the possibility
to actively contribute ideas and
suggest improvements where needed,
commented Francis Meier, Managing
Director of Swisslogs Technology Centre.
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Storage & Racking
Highly competent
At CeMAT Hannover, in May, David Priestman interviewed a
panel of Directors from a leading storage systems provider.
META Regalbau, of Arnsberg,
Germany are in many ways an
archetypal German mittelstand
original equipment manufacturer
(OEM) in the materials handling
industry. Employing over 400, with
a projected turnover this year of
100m, the company is growing 5-10%
per year and, having been a major
player in central Europe for years,
is now focused on being successful
internationally.
Dr Klaus Vatter is Managing Director
of META. I asked him about his
vision for the companys future.
We have a high competency in
shelving and ecommerce storage, as
well as strong project management
credentials. Our expertise ranges
from storing hazardous materials
to office equipment, archive and
volume storage but we are always
adapting products. Were members of
DIBT (German Institute of Technical
Building), which certifies storage safety
and gives customers confidence in the
installation quality and timeliness. This
carries weight in Germany but perhaps
doesnt have sufficient international
recognition. Were investing highly
in tools that can calculate installation
progress and provide visualisation, 3D
walk-through etc, so that we can show

customers this on-site.
METAs range includes heavy
cantilever, pallet and mobile racking,
as well as mezzanines, which are
about 10% of the companys business
and are made in the Czech Republic.
The factory there is being enlarged.
Export Director is Hans Jurgen Korth.
He told me about METAs export
growth strategy. Our main sales are
through independent dealers, plus we
sometimes sell directly to key account
end customers. We tend not to sell to
large system integrators. META has
3500 dealers in Germany alone, 100
major ones. There is an internet shop
for ordering sundry products, which are
distributed by dealers.
I asked Korth about the target export
markets. Austria, Poland, Czech
Republic, Scandinavia, Romania
(where there is a subsidiary), Benelux,
USA and the UK. In America we have
a subsidiary now and have our first
orders. Were price-competitive in
some products and may establish a
production site there one day. Organic
growth is the model for META but an
acquisition is not ruled out. Part of a
holding company with Expresso, META
has access to other assets, for example

utilising Expresso dealers in France.
Future targets include the Balkans
and Russia, Korth added. Delhaize
is a current customer in Serbia, for
example.
Nitin Shah is the UK Commercial
Director, based at META UKs new
office near Milton Keynes. From this
year META has a standalone entity in
the UK and Ireland, rather than working
with partners like Apex. We have over
60 distributors, said Shah, Shelving is
the most important product right now
but pallet and cantilever racking will
grow. We aim to double our turnover
here and gain more distributors.
The companys storage business
revenue is divided roughly 50-50
between new-build distribution centres
and expanded existing facilities. The
business climate is very good, bottom
line, said Vatter. Some orders are
low margin, some are ok, but its not
healthy to lose money on a project.
We sell solutions, not on price. We
listen carefully to customers and reach
a good understanding of the project.
Some customers have been with META
for decades and are on their second
or third storage solution, changing the
type of system when they overhaul.
Safety is a big issue, of course, in
racking and storage. Repairs can be
a controversial topic. META state that
only an annual inspection by a certified,
independent inspector will suffice. Full
replacement of a damaged structure
is imperative, rather than repairing.
We cant guarantee repairs, the stress
damage is immeasurable, states
Vatter. We recommend bumpers for
uprights and observe more damage in
cold stores.
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Mixed installation
before the floor concrete is poured.

Arranged on 6 carriages, the 15m long
shelving elements slide along the
rails when a button is pressed. Each
carriage can hold and move loads of
up to 120t. The mobile pallet racking
system moves at a speed of 4.5m per
minute and docks carefully onto rubber
buffers on the adjacent shelf row. Since
only one operator aisle is required for
stocking up or removal, a whole block
of shelves can be moved together.
This increases storage capacity and,
consequently, operating efficiency.
Remko, the air conditioning and

heating technology expert, has built
a customer centre and a new spare
parts warehouse at their company
headquarters. To accommodate their
parts efficiently, Remko has installed a
combination of dynamic and stationary
shelving systems. For the warehouse
furnishings Remko continued its longstanding collaboration with META.
To make optimal use of space in the
new building, a META MULTIBLOC
type mobile pallet racking system
and a HIGH-CLIP three-tier shelving
system were installed (see images).
This shelving system is currently
accommodating around 8000 spare
parts.
The range of products made by Remko
is constantly growing and each new
product also involves around 50
spare parts and accessories, which
must be kept available for a number
of years. To meet the increased
space requirement in a lasting way
and manage their logistics efficiently,
Remko decided to build a new spare
parts warehouse. Their overriding
aim was to accommodate as many
items as possible in a building with
a surface area of 875m2. Before the
new warehouse was opened, their
spare parts were divided up between
different places. Now they could all be
brought together at the new location.
parts such as nozzles. After analysing

the in-house logistics, it became
clear to the company that a dynamic
shelving system and a multi-tier
shelving system provided the optimal
solution for these requirements. We
have worked with META for many years
and this collaboration has gone just as
well as it always has. We first set out
clear specifications for the warehouse
furnishings and we had good feedback
from META during the planning phase,
said Stephan Schlter, commercial
manager at Remko.
A shelving system was required where

it would be possible to store large parts
such as compressors, as well as small
The META MULTIBLOC mobile pallet

racking system is based on 32m of
guide rails and tracks, which are laid
When it comes to dynamic shelving

systems, employee safety is top
priority. This is why they are fitted
with an audible warning device,
light barriers, and a stacker counting
system. This counting system detects
how many stackers are driving in and
out of the operator aisle, which is about
3.5m wide. Employee safety is also
protected by anti-slip devices at the
edges of the pallets. Since the shelving
system is connected to the lighting
system, the lighting is switched on
automatically when an aisle opens up.
With depths of 800 and 1,100mm, the
pallet racking system is designed for
storing Europallets either lengthwise or
crosswise.
With its three levels, the META HIGHCLIP multi-tier shelving system makes
optimal use of the room height of just
under 7m. 1300 shelves are divided
up between 4 double shelf rows and
2 single shelf rows; the whole system
supports a bay load of 2.2t. Altogether,
a total of 5000 storage positions have
been provided. A transfer station
is installed on the 2 upper levels to
accelerate the stocking process. The
3 levels of the multi-tier system are
connected by a stair tower and a
150m2 META platform with chipboard
decks.
With capacity utilisation of about 80%
in the mobile pallet racks and 60%
in the multi-tier shelves, the shelving
system currently has plenty of space
for additional spare parts. If expansion
is required sometime in the future,
the mobile pallet racking system
can be extended up to 11 carriages.
The warehouse side with the open
space also provides room for future
extensions of the multi-tier system or
storage platforms.
www.meta-online.com
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Warehouse Automation
Aerosols in an
Automatic Warehouse
Wilhelm Hammesfahr GmbH & Co.

KG provides logistics services for
Henkel and runs a warehousing hub in
Germany for the consumer goods and
technology group. Export products
have recently been added. In order to
be able to handle this increased order
volume at the location in Monheim
am Rhein, a new, space-optimized
warehouse solution had to be
implemented in a very short amount of
time. Hammesfahr decided to opt for a
21m high, double-deep automatic highbay racking store from Daifuku Co., Ltd.
with 16,000 pallet locations. Among
other things, the new warehouse is used
to store aerosols - gas cylinders like
those used for hair spray or deodorant,
for example. The time taken from
order placement to the start of actual
operations was just seven months.
At Henkel ecological and economic
considerations were keys to the
strategic decision to transport the
entire output from the main plant by
rail, explains Herbert Vogel, Plant
Manager at Hammesfahr, describing
the need to expand capacity. Switching
to rail has cut back on up to 7,000
tons of CO2 emissions and with
all other parameters also in place,
including a rail siding, Henkel awarded
Hammesfahr the contract. Storage
space for approximately 16,000
additional pallets had to be found in a
3,100m warehouse. The most logical
solution to put the existing space to
optimum use, in our opinion, was a
21m high, double-deep automatic
warehouse with five aisles, said
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Gunther Rcher, a member of the

sales team at Daifuku in describing the
system.
A particular challenge of the new

automatic warehouse was aerosol
storage. After considering the
advantages and disadvantages of
various protective measures, as well
as conformity to safety regulations, the
individuals responsible for the project
at Hammesfahr decided to separate
the two aisles dedicated for aerosol
storage by building a trapezoidal sheet
metal wall. A wire-mesh wall was also
built between the two aisles so that gas
cylinders stay in the affected aisle in
the event of an incident. Fire barriers
on three sides, with two integrated fire
gates, round off the safety precautions.
Integration in Warehouse
Processes
The new automatic warehouse is
connected to the other warehouse
activities by means of an optimized
materials handling process. Most goods
arrive by rail at the warehouses own
train unloading terminal. Employees
scan delivered pallets and thereby
notify the warehouse management
system (WMS) what goods have arrived
and need to be stored. The WMS in
turn notifies employees which pallets
are to be stored in existing block
storage areas and which are destined
for the automatic warehouse. The
system is configured in such a way
that fast-moving goods are largely sent
to the block storage area, which also
keeps a minimum stock of all articles.
With the use of double-deep storage,

it is necessary to transfer pallets
frequently within the warehouse.
After being moved several times,
the respective pallet is automatically
identified by the materials handling
system via the WMS, realigned
automatically and then put back into
storage. This is how we guarantee
that the load handling devices can
still continue to reliably pick up the
pallets despite having been rearranged
a number of times. This effectively
prevents interruptions, said Rcher.
System output is approx. 200 pallets
per hour. We are well equipped for
our current and future demands,
concludes Vogel.
www.daifukueurope.com
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HIGH BAY AUTOMATION
Logistics in Perfection
Heavily hooded forklift operators, who
navigate in -20C with their narrowaisle-reach truck through deep-freeze
warehouse aisles and pick pallets for
order processing? At Mydibel S.A. this
belongs to the past. Like that, we
have done the storage for production
and sales up to 15 hours per day at
5 different locations, explains Dries
Seynaeve, head of the new Mydibel
distribution center in the Belgian city
of Mouscron. From there, the familyowned company founded in 1988
supplies frozen potato products to
the food sector, trade chains, industry
and catering companies in more than
75 countries. The past configuration
required around 20 employees, says
Seynaeve. Four trucks commuted
between the locations up to 75km
away from each other. This had no
bearing on modern storage.
It was time and cost-consuming,
bound resources and resulted in a
large effort to guarantee a continuous
cold chain. Against this background
Mydibel decided to consolidate
storage capacities into one new,
modern logistics facility at the
production location in Mouscron. With
its implementation, the processes
should be automated and optimized as
much as possible. After an international
tender, the intra-logistics specialists
SSI Schaefer received the contract
to develop the logistics concept for
the automated warehousing, which
included the detailed engineering
and turn-key implementation
of a high-bay warehouse
along with the
conveying system
connection
to the
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production and IT control. Excellent

references and a solution with all
components from one hand were key
decisions in selecting SSI Schaefer,
comments the head of logistics from
Mydibel. SSI Schaefer was persuasive
from the beginning.
The food manufacturer used an
automated channel storage system
design with shuttle technology for
its new deep-freeze warehouse. A
picking in the deep-freeze area had
to be completed within 30 minutes
at -5C max., explains Horst Kaiser,
project manager of SSI Schaefer. A
fully automated logistics concept was
designed and also supports the trend
in this market for high stock turnover.
In food-logistics, the ratio of deepfrozen food is now between 15 to
20%. But logistically the deep-freeze
warehouses lag behind the market
development. They can barely keep
up with the increasing requirements of
the industry in the meantime. Many
companies in the deep-freeze sector
are not aware what optimization and
rationalization can be achieved by
modern system designs, explains
Kaiser. With the right automated
process design they can significantly
increase storage capacities, efficiency
and throughput as well as reduce fixed
costs. With the automated processes
and the logistics concept of SSI
Schaefer, we are able to produce
the same throughput with less
than a third of employees
in only 10 hours,
comments
Seynaeve.
Since May 2012, the plant is running at

flat-out operation. The entire project,
including planning and software layout
was implemented within 18 months,
underlines Patrick Hennebert, Sales
Manager at SSI Schaefer in Belgium.
In the five 93m long aisles of the
high-bay channel storage system the
pallets are stored in 11 rack levels. 57
channels per level are accessible on
every aisle side by the 5 storage and
retrieval machines (SRM). It is stored
11-fold-deep there. The deep-freeze
warehouse offers a total of 32,000
storing positions for the Euro or wider
industry pallets. Except for the two
outer channels, the channels can be
operated from two aisles by the use of
the Schaefer Orbiter System (pictured).
Depending on the demand, we can
load the channels from two sides with
different batches or according to the
principle First-In-First-Out, we can store
on one channel side and retrieve on
the other side, Seynaeve.
The SRMs used in the Mydibel deepfreeze warehouse are combined with
an Orbiter-System as shuttle solution.
A docking station with Orbiter-Shuttle
as load handling device is installed
onto the SRM. The Orbiter is
slowed down and controlled
in the docking station.
After accepting the
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High Bay Automation

pallets, the SRMs move the pallets to
the targeted channel. This operation
is indicated by the warehouse
management system WAMAS. There,
the Orbiter-Shuttles lift the pallets and
move them in the rack channel to the
storing position defined by WAMAS.
At the position allocation, the WMS
considers different storage strategies
as well as the pallet type.
The distance between the stored
pallets is determined during the
commissioning. Controlled via
incremental encoders and light sensor
systems, the Orbiter-Shuttle puts the
pallets in the rack channel and returns
to the docking station on the SRM.
This is also done under the extreme
conditions of -24C without the system
availability limitations, explains Kaiser.
During the drive of the SRM to the
transfer position, the Orbiter-Shuttles
are recharged by the power supply
system at the docking stations. The
Orbiter-Shuttles of SSI Schaefer are
equipped with a condenser technology
called Power Cap technology. The
power supply is integrated in the SRM
so that the mobile machines operate
without cables in the channels. With
every in- and outfeed cycle the Power
Caps of the shuttles in the docking
station are charged. The charging
process is completed within a few
seconds. This concept supports
safety requirements and reduces
maintenance, judges Kaiser.
The SRMs store up to 52 pallets per
hours - up to 126 pallets per hour are
handled in the retrieval. Both material
flows are partially separated and
controlled by WAMAS. We either
store or retrieve or use both functions
simultaneously, states Seynaeve. The
conveying system of SSI Schaefer is
designed to that in the Mydibel deepfreeze warehouse through which both
material streams are guided.
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system that provides a reduction of

the oxygen content in the air within
the warehouse, explains Kaiser. The
ignition of open fire is thus avoided.
Sprinkler systems are hardly effective
in deep-freeze areas, explains Kaiser.
The water would already freeze in
the pipes. Even if the the insulation
would be thick enough, the water
would freeze upon leaving the sprinkler
heads.
From goods receiving, the supplied

pallets are transferred to the conveying
system. An automatic relocatingstation then puts system pallets under
the goods receiving pallets. Some
suppliers use plastic pallets, other
supply with non-returnable pallets,
says Seynaeve. The relocation onto
system pallets ensures a secure
handling of goods pallets in our plant.
The same is done with pallets that
are transferred from production using
the pallet conveying system of SSI
Schaefer. They are the major part
of the storage pallets. In the further
course the conveying system leads
the pallets to the storage spurs of
the high-bay warehouse (HBW). The
central pallet conveying system serves
2 conveying sections at the storage
spurs which are located on top of each
other. The storage is done on the
bottom level and the retrieval of the
pallets from the HBW is done via the
top level. At the transfer positions for
the SRMs, the pallets run through an
airlock. This serves as fire protection
and supports the installed Oxy-Reduct-
SSI Schaefer installed a special

conveying system for the system
pallets-management. The empty
pallets are piled in goods shipping
first. The necessary positions are then
provided to them automatically via the
conveying system. The retrievals from
the HBW either target the production
supply with raw materials and semifinished goods or the order picking. On
both conveying sections, a lift system
with the function of a vertical loop
guides the pallets to the basis level
and transfers them to the respective
conveying system. The goods shipping
pallets are guided on one conveying
section that serves 11 shipping lines.
With a capacity of nearly 100 pallets,
the shipping lines create a buffer for
the sequencing of the goods shipping
pallets for a total of 3 truck loads. For
that, the shipping lines are connected
via 2 redundantly designed shuttle cars
with both conveying systems.
WAMAS synchronizes the retrievals
with strategies for optimal shipping.
After the goods shipping pallets have
been automatically separated from
the system pallets in the relocation
station, the shuttle cars carry out
the assignment of the pallets on the
shipping lines according to delivery
schedules. The retrieval is done via
3 connected retrieval lines. A fourth
conveying section that leads from
goods receiving to the high-bay
warehouse can be optimally integrated
in the retrieval process. From goods
receiving to goods shipping, a fully
automated handling for the storage
and picking of frozen food in the
shortest time and guaranteeing a
continuous cold chain, resumes
logistics manager Seynaeve. With the
new plant design, the optimized flow of
goods as well as the intelligent control
and high transparency offered by the
warehouse management system of SSI
Schaefer, we significantly increased
capacity, throughput, and service
quality. Furthermore we have no losses
due to damages. The new DC is simply
perfect. www.ssi-schaefer.com
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FAIR LIMITED CO.
including
19-21 November 2014

Istanbul
International
Transport Logistics Exhibition
www.logitrans.com.tr
Organized by EKO MMI Fair Limited Co.
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SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
Logistics Business reports on new applications in materials handling

systems and automation.
Highly dynamic solution

Festo AG continues to expand their
US business and is investing $40m
into a new production, service, and
logistics center in Mason, Ohio. The
facility will measure 161,500ft2 and
will open in 2015. The new Regional
Service Center (RSC) will provide
space for additional growth in North
America. Due to the central location of
the RSC, Festo will be able to supply
its American customers in a more
flexible manner with its innovative,
customer-specific and tailor-made
solutions. For this new facility, Festo
again opted for Witrons logistics
capabilities. As the general contractor,
Witron is responsible for the entire
development and start-up of all IT,
control engineering, and mechanical
components.
Since 1994, both companies have
been successfully working together
in the warehouse logistics area. So
far, Witron successively expanded
our central warehouse in St. Ingbert,
Germany in 4 construction phases
and pro-actively adapted the material
flows to our dynamic business. In
consequence, we are able to provide
an optimal delivery service to more than
300,000 customers in 176 countries
of the world, explains Andreas
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Wiebe, project coordinator at Festo.

Nevertheless, Witron had to face tough
competition during the bidding process
for the project.
warehouse with Witrons standard

module OPS (Order Picking System),
that was adapted exactly to the special
customer requirements.
In addition to a cost-efficient concept,

Witrons activity in the US market,
including their subsidiary which
has been successfully running for
almost 20 years, contributed to the
positive decision in favor of them. The
subsidiary Witron Integrated Logistics,
headquartered in Chicago, currently
employs more than 400 people.
Of particular note are the 7 highefficiency pick workstations including

the corresponding, downstream
packing stations. They were developed
according to strict ergonomic
specifications. Every workstation is
able to pick up to 4 customer orders
at the same time. Moreover, a pick-bylight system and an integrated scale
ensure a very high pick quality. Thus, it
is possible to pack a total of up to 500
customer packages without any errors
at a peak day and ship them in a timely
manner.
We are very pleased that Festo

put its trust in us for the realization
of this challenging North American
project, said Josef Gallersdoerfer,
senior project manager for Witron. The
new DC in Ohio will supply all North
American customers in a very short
time after receipt of order. Availability
of goods and short delivery times are
of top priority in our industry sector,
emphasizes Wiebe. All articles ordered
today have to be received by our
customers the next day. Based on the
broad range of articles, with more than
18,000 different products like drives,
motors, controllers, valves, sensors,
or image processing systems, Festo
works analogous to the German central
A 10-aisle AS/RS with 73,000 locations,

designed for different tote sizes,
provides the picking and packaging
area with goods over a conveyor
system network. Integrated sequence
buffers ensure a sequence-friendly
provision of the ordered goods at the
workstation and an optimal workload
of the pick and pack locations. At the
same time, these sequence buffers
decouple the AS/RS stacker cranes
from the picking sequence.
www.witron.com
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SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
Conductor rail for

shuttle systems
Conductix-Wampfler, a worldwide
leading supplier of energy and data
transmission systems to moving
machinery, has introduced a new smallscale conductor rail for shuttle systems
and compact applications: Multiline
0835 is a two-pole development of
the proven single-pole ConductixWampfler SingleFlexLine and offers
particular advantages in assembly and
handling. The new conductor rail is
ideal for use in shuttle systems as well
as in comparable indoor systems.
mounting inside the travel profile.

Connections between rails are made
using plug-in claw type fasteners,
which are slid inside the rails. Rail
connectors and connector caps are
designed to ensure proper alignment
and a quick and safe connection of the
components when connecting the rails.

MultiLine 0835 is easy to extend both
in length and in the number of poles.
Systems with four, six or eight poles
can be built by using conductor rails
in parallel rows or by integrating them
into both the left and right travel profile.
Conductix-Wampfler supplies MultiLine
0835 in phase-only and phase-plusearth versions. This means the system
can be used both for systems with
safety extra-low voltages as well as for
low voltages up to 500V.
www.conductix.com
The two-pole, compact design of

MultiLine 0835 (pictured) allows for
easy integration into the travel profiles
of shuttle systems while having high
strength due to the hollow chamber
structure. In addition to universal
holders with expanding-rivet fastening,
there is also the option of using
customized snap-in holders for flexible
On track for growth

SDI Group, the global integrator
of automated materials handling
systems, is currently installing
capacity-increasing garment handling
systems in two significant projects
for Matalan - one of the UKs leading
clothing and homeware retailers.
At Matalans new 575,000ft2 Galaxy
Distribution Centre, located in
Knowsley Industrial Park in Merseyside,
SDI is installing a T500 trolley system.
Meanwhile, at an existing, 320,000ft2
Matalan DC in Corby, Northants, a 4inch trolley Goods on Hanger (GoH)
system is being installed as part of
a project to increase capacity from 1
million to 7 million units of storage. The
multichannel Galaxy DC will be located
next to Matalans new headquarters
currently under construction - the
retailer will move there from its current
Skelmersdale office during 2015.
The T500 hanging garment trolley
system, named after its centrally
suspended 500mm trolleys, which can
carry up to 35kg along an extruded
aluminium rail, will serve both store
replenishment and order fulfilment for
ecommerce. It will run from receiving

into storage then through to a 200 store
lane sorter and finally into dispatch for
Matalans retail stores. Stock to fulfil
ecommerce requirements, will be sent
to an ecommerce processing area.
In addition to supplying and integrating
its garment handling system into
hanging garment racking from another
supplier, SDI Group is providing lowlevel plck controls and an upper-level
Warehouse Control System (WCS) to
direct Matalans product from receiving
to despatch. The system will also
interface to Matalans Warehouse
Management System (WMS).
The 4-inch trolley Goods on Hanger
(GoH) system being installed at
Corby is extending SDIs original GoH
installation. Again, it is being integrated
into a storage structure from another
supplier and SDI is also providing a
WCS, which is being interfaced with
Matalans host WMS. Unlike the Galaxy
project, in Corby SDI is installing its
system into an existing operation. It is
working closely with Matalan to ensure
there is no disruption to the retailers
workflow and productivity. Handover is

expected in May for Matalan to begin
operating in the summer.
We are extremely proud to be
working closely with Matalan to ensure
the successful completion of these
important projects, which will facilitate
their exciting business growth plan,
said Gordon Smith, CEO of SDI Group
(pictured). Having supported the
Corby site for 7 years, with a flexible
maintenance programme, our team is
excited about meeting the challenge
of extending our original GoH system
while also providing new garment
handing capability at Matalans brand
new Galaxy multichannel DC - both
using our leading Warehouse Control
System technology.
www.sdigroup.com
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Systems Integration
Logistics of the
future at -24C
1.3 million people a day in Germany
and across Europe enjoy meals
from apetito. apetito has 8900
employees worldwide and sales of
733m. Our existing deep-freeze
warehouse with an order picking
system at the Rheine site was 35
years-old. The capacity reserves of
the system were exhausted at peak
times, states Guido Hildebrandt,
director of sales and marketing at
apetito. The expansion called for a
new and considerably more powerful
intralogistics system.
Under the direction of Swisslog, a

new state-of-the-art logistics and
distribution centre has been built
that is unique in its combination of
innovative technology and cold storage
environment. The intelligent logistics
solution of the future at minus 24C is
how apetito describes its new facility.
This advanced logistics solution will
strengthen apetito for the medium term
and position us for further growth,
Ulrich Fenger, head of logistics for the
company, states.
apetito AGs logistics centre in
Rheine was put into operation in
2013 and replaced an old deepfreeze warehouse. Engineered
and implemented by Swisslog, the
logistics and distribution centre is
designed using efficient, state-of-theart technology in terms of functionality
as well as dynamics, scalability and
environmental friendliness and can be
expanded at any time.
performance of many sports cars.

This results in an average of 170 in- and
out-feeds per hour. The automated
carton warehouse interacts with a
2192m2 picking and shipping area, both
of which are maintained at identical
temperatures. A total of 1.5km of roller
conveyors, driven by 530 motors, is
used to provision products for putaway
and to retrieve orders.
The special feature of the carton
handling process in the new logistics
centre is that the system operates
without the help of bins or trays. The
cartons travel directly on the conveyor
and are put away and retrieved like
that in the automated small-parts
warehouse, explains Dr. Volker
Jungbluth, Managing Director of
Swisslog in Germany.
The shipping area of the new
DC has 8 packing stations with a
guaranteed output of 3050 cartons
per hour. Thanks to sophisticated
100% sequencing performed by a reshuffler, the sequence of the cartons
presented to each picker matches
the exact sequence of the orders to
be processed. Pickers do not need
to sort the products by hand or store
them temporarily at their workstation.
Instead, they can transfer the incoming

cartons directly to the transport unit, for
example to a pallet. This ensures that
order processing is very time-efficient
and virtually error free.
To further assist the pickers, all packing
stations are ergonomically optimized
based on the latest scientific findings.
Every load carrier can be adjusted
to meet different packing height
requirements. Thanks to this holistic
implementation, the new DC is able to
handle up to 730 load carriers per day
in two shifts. This roughly matches the
deliveries to 1000 clients during the
same period.
The warehouse management system
was also provided by Swisslog and
controls all processes in the DC. Using
an interface to apetitos proprietary
SAP system, it receives the required
data and confirms orders as they
are completed. One highlight of the
system is a comprehensive load carrier
calculation that uses a wide range of
criteria to ensure the packing stations
are being used optimally. In addition,
the WMS implements strategies for
maintaining the exact carton sequence
on the load carriers. The entire material
flow is managed by a seamless control
system that differs in one main aspect
from conventional material flow control
processes in that it uses a logical
tracking process. This innovative
approach involves system controlled
tracking of the path of each carton,
without the use of barcodes or RFID.
www.swisslog.com
The centerpiece of the new centre is

an automated carton warehouse with
a connected order picking area. On a
footprint of 1,085m2, the facility houses
an automated small-parts warehouse
with 77,500 storage locations.
Maintained at a temperature of - 24C,
the warehouse is used to store food
packed in cartons. The average
storage level is 1.5 days on hand.
The deep-freeze warehouse includes
18 aisles of racking on two levels with
18 stacker cranes. Their acceleration
is approximately 22 km/h in less than
two seconds, which matches the
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Handling Systems
Future sorting
Beumer Group is an international
leader in the manufacture of
intralogistics systems for conveying,
loading, palletising, packaging,
sortation and distribution. Together
with Crisplant a/s and Enexco
Teknologies India Limited, the Group
employs 3700 and 2013 turnover
was 627m. Martin Mossinkoff, the
Sorting and Distribution Technology
units worldwide Director of Logistics
Systems, talks about market trends.
How do requirements differ from one

country to another?
Mossinkoff: Changes in consumer
preferences in many emerging markets
are causing requirements to get more
similar all over the world. In India, just
as in Germany, for example, people
want their deliveries as fast as possible.
And forms of delivery are also getting
more and more diverse even in rising
economies. Consignments range from
little parcels to major bulk orders.
Needs for sorting and distributing
technology are on the rise in Asia
especially, and there are also more
and more systems builders. How do
you address the competition there?
What kinds of synergy do Beumer

and Crisplant give rise to?
Martin Mossinkoff: Our goal is to make
the best solutions from both companies
in technology and processes, and to
develop them further. We now have an
even bigger portfolio and even more
know-how to support our customers.
Both companies have decades of
broad experience in developing highquality sorting systems. But its not
just that. For example, we can provide
innovative loaders and chutes, scanner
technology and software solutions.
Since we provide a wide range of
solutions from a single source, we
can individually address users needs,
which often vary widely.
Demand for sorting and distribution
systems has especially been growing.
Where is the greatest growth
potential?
Martin Mossinkoff: Our main buyers
are from all over the world, especially
from USA, Asia and our home
market in Europe. According to our
customers, the e-commerce market is
growing up to 20% a year. Logistics is
constantly expected to meet tougher
requirements for warehousing, sorting
and shipping to the buyer.
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Mossinkoff: We have decades of

deep expertise in developing highquality sorting equipment. That
pooled knowledge always keeps us
a step ahead of the competition. Our
equipment and systems are modular,
which lets us tailor them to users
individual needs and adapt fast to
changes in the market. Thats our
strength. Weve had a production
site in Shanghai since 2006 and an
assembly plant in Thailand since 2013.
That enables us to offer our products
competitively in Asian countries. But
the basic thing is that our equipment
works precisely and fast.
Looking at the megatrends, what will
the needs of the future be?
Mossinkoff: If you want to succeed
economically in the future you need
to face changing realities. Those
include climate protection, efficient use
of resources and, most of all, doing
business sustainably. Sustainability
is especially important to us. We
want to tie product performance and
responsibility for people and our
environment together, and thus set a
new standard of quality.
theyd like to be able to get everything

from a single source. It avoids having
to work with interfaces, and gives
them a central contact partner. We
combine the process understanding
of a systems supplier with perfectly
coordinated project and supplier
management. We have a separate
project management unit to provide
the best possible support for clients
as a general contractor and were
constantly refining our skills in that
area. So as a general contractor we
take on full responsibility and users can
get back to dealing with their real work.
But we are also happy to deliver our
core solutions to partnering integrators
whenever there is a request to do so.
How do you keep clients loyal for
years?
Mossinkoff: Thats really something we
are proud of. We have clients whove
been with us for many decades now.
And were very happy about that. Its
certainly founded on a relationship of
confidence and trust. Thats because
our equipment runs reliably for our
customers and we make sure it stays
highly available throughout its service
life. Customers know very well that
we wont leave them out in the cold.
They feel well cared for, because were
constantly looking for new solutions and
developing them further. We always
face up to the markets requirements.
We often develop concepts for new
developments jointly with their users,
who view us not just as a supplier, but
as a partner for the long term.
www.beumergroup.com
Youve been operating more and

more not just as a supplier, but as
a general contractor. What are the
challenges involved in that, and
whats the advantage to the client?
Mossinkoff: An increasing number
of customers have been telling us
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Industrial Trucks
Any which way

Perg, Austria, was the stage for an in-depth look into the daily
operations at Bulmors Headquarters. Alex Cottard went to visit
to see what all the fuss is about, as Bulmor continues to make a
big impact in the sideloader sector of materials handling.
1879 was the year Bulmor announced
their arrival with their production of
tractors and agricultural machinery.
In 1987 Bulmor created the first
sideloader, a milestone in itself, with
the core benefit of being able to save
space whilst suiting the type of cargo
and market the machine was designed
for. Their sideloaders were desired
by companies working in niche
industries such as glass, plastics, steel
and timber, and this still remains to
this day, particularly with the timber
industry.
During the 20th century the agricultural
sector was a prime focus, however with
the help of mergers with Bauman and
product portfolio expansion, particularly
with the terrain forklift truck range,
Bulmor currently occupies 10% of a
market which in total is estimated at
300m. For Bulmor, their main markets
are focussed around neighbouring
European countries, Germany, France
and the UK.
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From the word go Bulmor has always

strived to work in a close cooperation
with each and every client, whilst
remaining driven to innovate niche
products. The companys determination
to work with a highly-skilled production
workforce is a factor that shall be
delved into greater detail during this
feature, as it is evidently crucial to the
companys success and sustainability.
Bulmors philosophy regarding
customer care is something to
be admired and duplicated. They
prioritise listening to the customers
requirements on every vehicle that
goes through the production process.
Each client is advised and guided on
which truck suits their requirements
with the fundamental aim being to
design bespoke trucks using the
precise measurements and guidelines
requested by each client. Having been
through the production process and
witnessed the stages with my own
eyes, it highlights just how precise and
specialised the workers are who make
these majestic machines take their first

steps in the production process.
The welders who begin the process
really are the handling industrys
equivalent to Italian renaissance artists.
By no means is this an exaggeration.
Their work truly is artistic, as they forge
the steel to create the chassis using
a jigging platform to make sure the
measurements for each component
are equal. Certain parts of the welding
procedure can 5 days to be completed
by 1 worker, especially for trucks
weighing in at 18 tonnes.
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However, the relationship between
management and ownership has been,
and still remains one of co-operation
and mutual understanding. Bulmors
CEO, Dr Julian Ptzl, told me that, the
company has financial stability along
with the support and backing from the
family ownership. Reassuring words
indeed for this ambitious and driven
organisation.
Financial stability is key, as any
corporation will tell you, but with
Bulmors continuous attempts to lift
their own standards, this does require
financial security. Having seen Bulmor
at shows such as LogiMAT and CeMAT
during the year, it evidently points to
their goal to become one of the major
international players in the sideloader
industry.
As standard, each truck will work
between 40 50 hours per week
with the life span exceeding 10 years.
Therefore each truck must be able
to withstand the constant bending,
stretching and manoeuvring that are
required throughout its working life.
Each truck feels solid and reliable
with a sense of being mass produced
which is high praise for a hand built
manufacturer. Just over 300 trucks
leave the factory floor each year, with
the electric trucks going up to 8 tonnes.
Currently, Bulmors portfolio of trucks
ranges from 3 to 25 tonne capacity
which spans across all of the engine
variations of LPG, diesel, and electric.
Impressively, the production process
doesnt finish there. The company has
the capability to design a unique order
picking solution that is both safe and
efficient, whilst able to move and lift
equipment of any shape and size.
smaller trucks are less electronically

operated, with larger trucks required to
be more electronically operational as
it leads to improved fleet management
and allows for repairs and alterations to
remain simple and less time consuming
for the driver. During the visit, it was
confirmed that in January this year 30
trucks were ordered, with a forecast of
85 trucks being manufactured for the
UK alone during 2014.
One of the differences Bulmor
possesses is the companys
relationship with its family ownership.
Many corporations see a conflict of
interest when the original owners must
work in tandem with the day to day
management of the company. With
Bulmors history, there is certainly
reason to suspect a less than straight
forward business model.
As mentioned earlier, the Bulmor site is

impressive to behold, having witnessed
the very early stages of the production
process right through to the finished
truck which is ready to ship off to fulfil
its designed potential. Potentially the
most impressive element of Bulmors
identity and ethos is their fundamental
ability to cater for each and every
client in order to design bespoke
sideloaders. Whether its diesel, LPG or
electric, Bulmor can cater to almost any
requirement and with over 130 years
experience they certainly know how
to raise manufacturing standards and
lift expectations on every truck they
embark upon.
www.bulmor.com
The multi-directional electric

sideloaders have seen demand
increase as the sector for this particular
truck continues to grow. Electric trucks
are initially more expensive, however
the long term costs for maintaining and
operating these machines is lower than
it is for their gas and diesel powered
cousins. By comparison diesel powered
trucks need to have their oil and air
filters changed every 500 and 1000
hours of work, which of course is not
required for electric truck maintenance.
According to recent client feedback, the
electric powered trucks are becoming
more favourable when placing new
orders, as electric truck maintenance
is easier and less time restrictive. The
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FORKLIFT TECHNOLOGY
The X-Factor
for future warehousing
Logistics Business reports on 4 OEMs
of industrial and warehouse trucks to
glimpse into the future.
Visitors to CeMAT Hannover in May
saw the concept vehicle cubeXX
live in action at the Still pavilion. The
multi-functional vehicle was developed
based on logistics megatrends and
was first presented as a concept study
as early as 2011. Its flexibility makes
it part of the shared research project
Hub2Move with the Fraunhofer Institute
for material flow and logistics (IML).
Fully-automated warehouses can be
fairly inflexible and barely adaptable.
When processes or goods change,
elaborate planning is necessary to
develop new solutions; old plants/
parts may need to be removed and
new systems installed. For this reason,
companies with hard-to-plan or very
volatile businesses must employ
numerous staff and conventional
storage areas in order to balance out
capacity fluctuations or changes in item
or order structure.
The future hub (a movable handling
centre) is to be easily adjusted to
changing requirements. Handling,
conveyor and storage technology in
the hub should be adaptable to new
requirements within a few days. A
compete hub should also be able to
run at a new site within a few weeks.
Hub2Moves initial focus was on the

requirements of this kind of handling
centre. The researchers visited and
analysed logistics hubs and then
determined the needs this adaptable
technology needed to meet. In the
next few months the project partners
worked intensively on specific
questions, such as decentralisation
of conveyor technology, IT support
or transport order management and
traffic control. Important elements of
technology development in the project
also include cellular transport systems
and autonomous vehicles to implement
the main task of conveying in different
versions with requirement compatible
functionality and reduced complexity.
In the research project Still tested their
cubeXX concept study.
Logistics in the future must be able
to adjust faster and faster to changing
requirements. For this, our logistics
networks and distribution centres and
their technical equipment also have
to become flexible enough to take
over new tasks very quickly, or even
change their site. The cubeXX is a
flexible system like this. It presents the
future adaptability of industrial trucks,
said Prof. Dr. Michael ten Hompel,
managing institute director of IML.
The cubeXX combines 6 vehicles in
one: tugger train, low-lift pallet truck,
counterbalance truck, high-lift pallet
truck, double decker pallet truck and

order picker. The electrically-powered
cubeXX can be used as a mobile
autonomous robot or as a manuallyoperated stacker or tractor.
Our customers demand for flexibility
is rapidly increasing. The possibility
of simply taking a vehicle into
operation autonomously or operating it
manually offers enormous potential for
optimisation. Flexibility and adaptability
will become a key skill for companies
in future, comments Bert-Jan Knoef,
chairman of Stills management board.
Still already offers system adaptability
with its fully and semi-automatic iGo
solutions. The cubeXX is a consistent
development which also meets this
trend. This flexible automation, and the
machine-machine communication when
used as an automated guided vehicle
(AGV), also corresponds to the concept
of Industry 4.0.
The user can control it with a remote
control or by iPad and unfold the
forks, extend the load supports, the
lifting mast or the drivers cabin, use
the tugger train function or dock the
additional counterbalance. In spite of
its many functions, the machine is built
extremely compactly and much like a
pocket-knife-shaped multifunctional
tool, only the tool currently needed
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is unfolded. The required energy is

provided by an easily accessible lithiumion battery which provides enough
energy for all-day use of the vehicle
with interim charging, in contrast to
conventional lead-acid batteries. This
is due to its smaller installation space
with the same usable energy content.

Additionally, the lithium-ion battery can
be recharged much faster. The drive
unit comes from the horizontal picking
serial vehicle CX and has already
proven its worth many times in the past.
To ensure lateral movement of the
cubeXX (even with extended load
supports and when handing over
pallets) the front load supports have a
ball instead of a wheel. This leads to
outstanding turning behaviour around
the front axle and makes 90, 180 and
even complete 360 turns.
The LED lighting concept is according
to the latest ergonomic and safety
technical insights. The cubeXX has 4
daylight running lights on the load side,
searching headlights, lateral lamps,
headlights, rear lights and daylight
running lights on the drive side. The
lamps can light up red (reversing),
light red (braking) and white (forward
movement), depending on the driving
direction and function. The T-Frame
design implemented here is to be used
for all vehicle generations in future.
The new LTX-tractor is the first serial
vehicle with this new lighting concept
and T-Frame design. The cubeXX also
has a firmly installed light source in its

roof as an indicator system when in fully
automatic use. It emits a pulsating blue
light circulating around the rotating laser.
Still has installed a camera for
automatic pallet lifting that moves with
the fork carrier and sends the data via
W-LAN to other autonomous vehicles,
employees (with an iPad) or warehouse
management. Safe automatic operation
is ensured by the electrically-connected
person protection attachment at the
front and rear and the load-side manual
emergency off switch installed at the
rear left and right of the load side.
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Forklift Technology
Lower total costs of operation

At CeMAT 2014 Kalmar presented a
new environmentally-friendly electric
forklift truck with a lifting capacity of 5-9
tonnes. The counterbalanced ECG50-90
forklift is the fifth generation of Kalmar
electrical forklift trucks. The new model
boasts features that significantly reduce
the cost of ownership whilst improving
safety and environmental performance.
At Kalmar, we have put in all our
decades-long experience as a provider
of heavy trucks when designing this
electric machine. The result is an electric
truck with a high performance that
matches our powerful diesel trucks, while
being quiet and completely free from
emissions and vibrations, saysThomas
Malmborg, Vice President, Forklift Trucks.
The truck can be used for heavy industrial
tasks without compromising productivity
or the pleasure of driving. Yet the true
benefits of going electric become
apparent when you begin to experience
the forklifts low operational costs, mainly
in the form of lower energy costs and
reduced maintenance requirements. The
initial investment is intended to be paid
type of battery hatch fits all needs and

is easily handled by the operator. The
protective hatch is included as standard
and enables easy service of the battery.
Quiet and free of emissions, the new
Kalmar electric forklift is perfect for indoor
use and for handling sensitive goods
such as food, beverages and paper.
off within two years, which will show on
the customers bottom line.
According to Kalmar, it is possible to
reduce operating costs by up to 75%
every year from energy savings alone
compared to an equivalent diesel
truck. The electric forklift truck features
several energy-saving driving modes,
and together with the changes made
to the electrical and hydraulic systems,
up to 15% lower energy consumption
can be reached compared to Kalmars
previous electric forklift model.
A lot has been done to simplify the
maintenance of the machine. Service
personnel can finish their job quickly
thanks to the diagnostic system. One
Peter Ivarsson, Sales Support Director

for Kalmar Forklift Trucks says: In the
marketplace, going electric is increasingly
an environmental choice, and with
diesel prices rising, the electric forklift
has become a more and more attractive
alternative. Safety is always a top priority
and its extremely important for us at
Kalmar that this new truck leads the way
in safety. It will meet, and exceed, any
safety regulations in the market.
The new forklift has a number of features
to improve the safety of both drivers and
people in the machines surroundings.
A high-intensive blue light is projected
on the floor to alert people that the
machine is approaching, reducing the
risk of accidents.
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Forklift Technology
Smallest and largest on show

The extent of Combilifts product
development since the last CeMAT
was evident on its stand in the open air
area this year, where 22 models were
on show. Since the introduction of the
new Combi-WR reach stacker range,
at CeMAT for the first time, Combilift
now offers handling solutions with load
capacities from 1450kg up to over 80t.
Combilift has gained a reputation for
putting on a show at CeMAT and this
year was no exception. The large stand
featured a demo area where visitors
could appreciate the capabilities of the
trucks at close quarters and regular
performances of the very popular
Combi-CB dancing forklift routine were,
as ever, a big attraction.
Combilift made its name as the provider
of innovative 4-way technology
and customised forklifts and has
manufactured 22,000 units since the

company was established in 1998,
adding new products at an average of
at least one per year. Models from each
of the main series were exhibited, all
of which guarantee safe, space-saving
and productive handling of long and
awkward loads, pallets, containers,
extremely oversized products or a
combination of these.
Premieres at CeMAT included the
smallest Combilifts to date the
Combi-WR and its multidirectional
counterpart the Combi-WR 4, which
won this years UK FLTA award for
ergonomics. At the other end of the
size spectrum the new Straddle Carrier
model, the Combi-SC Top-Lift, was
hard to miss. The electric C4000E and
a new sideloader model completed
the CeMAT firsts. As diverse as these
new products are in their appearance
Diesel range on stage

Hyundai Heavy Industries has nearly
completed converting its entire range
of 1.5 to 16 tonne load capacity diesel
forklifts to Stage IIIB engines.
The new machines have an eyecatching new design with dynamic
lines and all of the new products were
exhibited at CeMAT.
Now, Kubota diesel engines will be
used on all forklifts with load capacities
of 1.5 to 7 tonne. The midrange of 1116 tonne forklifts will be powered by
Cummins engines. The 18 tonne 180D9 forklift with a Stage IV engine made
its debut at CeMAT. This machine is
equipped with the latest MTU engine
from the Mercedes-Benz range.
An auto-shifting torque converter
transmission is now standard on all
forklifts from 3.5 to 25 tonne. It replaces
the previous manual-shift transmission
in the 3.5 to 5 tonne range. Speed and
acceleration can now be individually
adjusted to suit the operators needs.
The latest development to be fitted

to the forklifts is a new device which
prevents switching direction of travel
from forward to reverse motion when
at full speed (up to 5 tonne vehicles),
this provides effective protection for
transmissions, axles and final drives.
Also new is a warning device for
transmission slip which alerts the
driver when he drives the machine with
a slipping clutch.
The new design of all forklift trucks
from Hyundai focus heavily on the
driver for maximum comfort and safety.
For instance theres more space,
360o visibility, visibility of the forks/
load, noise and vibration emissions,
operation, and of course performance.
The Grammer seat and sensitive
hydraulic lever (4th control circuit as
standard) improve the drivers comfort
even more. Mini-tips with an integrated
switch for changing direction will also
be available in the near future. The
machines come as standard with a
forward/reverse switch, including a
horn in the lifting lever. Available as an
and applications, the impetus for

their development was based on the
common goals of providing solutions
for efficient, cost effective handling,
taking customer feedback on board.
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option is automatic vertical positioning of
the mast when pressing the button in the
tilt lever. New cabins feature significantly
larger windows, improved noise
insulation and a bigger roof window for a
better view of the load at high lift heights.
Representatives of the new HHI-9 Forklift
Truck Series are the four 35D-9A, 40D9A, 45D-9A and 50Da-9A type trucks
for loads of 3500-5000kg at 600mm
LSP. All units are powered by the 70kW
Kubota V3800 4-cylinder engine. These
forklifts are based on a single chassis
with a 2000mm wheelbase and have
the new torque converter transmission
with two forward and two reverse gears.
The canopy was elevated to give the
driver an even greater sense of space,
while a low canopy has been retained to
facilitate the loading of containers.
The improved colour LCD screen informs
the driver of speed, temperatures of
operating fluids, fluid levels and the
condition of the drivetrain. Error codes
are also displayed. Service technicians
can now perform all device-specific
settings using the display without having
to resort to an external programming
tool, which in turn makes troubleshooting
easier and shortens repair times,
thereby reducing costs and of course,
downtime. With the extension of the
standard warranty to 2-years/3000 hours
(whichever comes first), Hyundai strives
to live up to its motto: We care for you.
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18/07/2014 14:57:22
AGVs
The last
revolution in logistics
The world is always looking for more
and more technology developments:
computer size has decreased
dramatically in the last decades;
our cells can be controlled just by
touching their screens and can
connect nearly everywhere to our
email accounts or favorite web sites.
Many technological advances have
changed the lives we used to have.
In this atmosphere ASTI, after many
years working closely with companies,
has come to this question:
Why pay for technology that
is not necessary to perform
certain tasks? Things could be
simplified, eased and much
more important - cheaper.
This was the beginning of the
latest of ASTIs developments:
the Basic AGC (pictured).
This small vehicle has been
conceived to perform as a
towing AGV, to transport cart
trains, what makes it ideal to
carry out the automatic supply
of components in assembly
chains.
The reduced size of this
machine and its capability
to execute complicated
manoeuvers configure this
vehicle as one of the few
AGVs in the market able to
follow complex routes with
narrow curves. Despite its
toy-like appearance, it has
been designed to tow up to
250kg and reach the speed
of 30m/sec perfect to work
in an industrial environment
as the biggest of the machines. In
consonance with this simplicity, the
basic AGC uses magnetic guidance to
set the routes implementing them with
RFID tags to set differentiated areas
into the layout.
With the magnetic guidance the routes
are marked just by taping a magnetic
band on the floor. At the same time the
vehicle is equipped with a magnetic
antenna to detect this band and
therefore follow it along the prefixed
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path. By using RFID tags beside the

magnetic band we can work on the
AGC performance to stop it after a
certain time, to put the pin hook up
and down to pick or release a cart, to
speed up or speed down. These basic
commands are pre-programmed in the
tags, so establishing the perfect route
only needs good planning to define
the different areas according to the
different route needed to cover. So the
tags are always used in accordance
with the simplicity premise.
The basic AGC counts with a front

safety laser, so when detecting an
obstacle the vehicle reduces the speed
until halting if the distance is under
the pre-programmed safety one. Both
distances can be adjusted in order
to fulfill the customer requirements.
Another one of its implements is a
small display at the front that indicates
the AGC performance status by
numeration codes. This tool is very
helpful for troubleshooting.
In manufacturing and assembly
chains it is very important not to
stop the production in case of
a failure and try to recover the
normal performance as soon
as possible. The small size and
weight of this vehicle enhances
its manual removal from the
layout, letting the normal pace
be restored. For maintenance
tasks its design was conceived
so that all components are
easily accessible, so it is
possible to act on all the
vehicles components.
The vehicle uses battery
power. These batteries can be
easily replaced by using the
ergonomic tool designed by
ASTI. This action only takes
place after 16 working hours or
after two working shifts, thereby
reducing the amount of battery
interchanging.
The AGC has been equipped with

some additional devices to improve
its performance. In order to carry
out the cart hooking and unhooking
automatically, the basic AGC counts
with a hook that moves up when
picking a new cart train and down
when releasing it. These actions are
controlled by means of RFID tags
enabling the definition of loading and
unloading stations. In addition, these
movements can be controlled by acting
on the buttons on board.
As maintenance can be as
important as performance,
this vehicle counts with an
external diagnosis tool, where
the last read tag enables the
AGVs performance to be examined
and studied. In addition, this tool can
be used to reprogram the tags and
therefore to reconfigure the routes.
The Basic AGC was launched into the
market at CeMAT 2014, where it was
seen in action moving a small cart and
showing some of its attributes.
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18/07/2014 15:48:20
FORKLIFT TYRES
Tyre specialities
At CeMAT David Priestman interviewed Bernd Zimmermann, Head of
Operations for Continentals Commercial Speciality Tyres division, to
learn about the trends and issues for industrial truck tyres.
Zimmermann is responsible for R&D
and quality traits that the giant
Hannoverian manufacturer is famous
for. A lot of goodwill comes from the
brand itself, states Zimmermann.
Its a premium product and we
dont compromise on quality. New
products include the SC20 Energy
(pictured), suited to electric trucks
used indoors and the SC20 Mileage,
most appropriate for outdoor use by
diesel or LPG machines.
Within the Conti group there is the
Barum Czech brand of solid, value
tyres, the Simex off-road brand,
which is big in Asia and suits
large harbour tyres and
General Tire in the USA,
which is strong in mining
and underground
applications. Continental
offers customised
solutions for solid tyres.
We focus on the end
users, Zimmermann
informed me. We listen
carefully to them, in
addition to having good
relations with the OEMs.
In the EU Continental is
the market leader, with an
approximate 30% market
share. In the German home market the
share is as high as 60%. We consider
ourselves the performance leader
and undisputed technical leader,
says Zimmermann. Engineered
in Germany has real meaning. In
terms of price Continental look at the
lifetime ownership costs of each tyre,
ie price divided by hours of usage.
The company claim to lead on this too
as the wear and cut resistance and
big tread volume are main product
features.
Strength versus internal heat build-up
is a challenge, with the objective being
to have a cool running tyre. This is
measured by rolling resistance. Our
tyres are 20-30C cooler than rivals
when in operation, so they last for the
entire anticipated lifetime, he adds.
By reducing rolling resistance

users can lower fuel or electricity
consumption. Can the battery last
the whole shift? If not its the tyres
fault. With Continental tyres you dont
need to change the battery, which
translates into big savings across a
fleet. We estimate a 10% reduction
in electric costs with our tyres, with
similar savings for IC-powered trucks,
claims Zimmermann. If European
regulations are introduced on forklift
fuel consumption then eco-friendly
tyres will be a must. Zimmermann
believes Continental is already offering
the maximum fuel savings.
CS Easy
The new CS20 tyre has small tread,

lateral grooves, a closed shoulder and
no block design to reduce vibrations
when driving, especially for undamped trucks with cabins. The closed
shoulder is smoother and requires a
special production process. It has a
segmented mould which moves out in
a radial direction, whereas an open
shoulder has a 2-piece mould.
The technology and know-how
to do this has come from the
passenger car tyre business
and Zimmermann thinks
its the future for solids.
Our tyres are also a little
bit softer than rivals,
Zimmermann observes,
meaning theyre more
comfortable on uneven
floors.
SC20
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All the new tyres come in nonmarking versions too. The Continental
LifeCycle tyre is a re-tread, remoulded eco product, utilising 60%
recycled rubber and 40% new. Still
Conti quality but reducing waste and
energy usage, Zimmermann says. Its
part of a long-term recycling project at
the company, even though the price
of natural rubber has fallen a lot in the
last 3 years. Rubber prices are set in
Dollars and, with the strong Euro
exchange rate, European tyre
companies can buy even more
rubber for their money.
Finally the CS20 Easy product
(pictured) is worth mentioning.
Normally it takes a 40t press
to push a solid tyre into the rim
of a wheel, thus requiring a local
specialised industrial tyre dealer
to perform the task with the necessary
equipment, Zimmermann told me. But
with this product anyone can change
a forklift tyre themselves. Mounting
is easy and fast because the tyre has
some plastic instead of rubber, which
further reduces rolling resistance.
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29/07/2014 18:08:22
Forklift Components
Complementary Components
new innovations to forklift tyres,
attachments, batteries and cabs.
Increased tyre life

Trelleborg Wheel Systems has launched
its Pit Stop Line innovation for its
premium range industrial tyres. The
revolutionary solution answers one of
the industrys most elusive and critical
questions how to know, with 100%
certainty, when a forklift tyre is worn out
and needs replacing. Incorporating an
orange line which is embedded into the
tyre, the indictor is visible on the tyre wall
and is designed to reveal itself across
the surface of the tyre when the rubber
has reached the end of its lifetime.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems Business
Unit President, Jean-Paul Mindermann,
commented: Tyres are often replaced
with up to 25% of their life remaining
simply because people are unaware
that tread depth has nothing to do with
the life of a solid tyre. Not only does this
misconception cause a great amount

of wastage, but it also costs companies
thousands of euros every year through
unnecessary tyre replacement and
machine downtime. Now with the help
of Trelleborgs latest breakthrough,
users can be alerted when the tyre has
around 100 hours of life left, so that they
can plan the replacement and eliminate
those unnecessary costs.
The new Pit Stop Line completely
encompasses the European Tyre and
Rim Technical Organisation Manual
recommendations on tire safety and
enables 100% accurate tire safety
checks; a huge first for the industry.
Delivering more than just better value
for spend; its sophisticated design
will help improve machine uptime and
service planning. With the Pit Stop Line
appearing 100 hours or 5-15 working
days before the tyre needs replacing,
operators are able to plan their tyre
changes in advance, totally eradicating
unplanned downtime.
Pit Stop Line also offers a strong

environmental benefit, enabling a
dramatic reduction in waste, raw
materials as well as the carbon
footprint associated with packaging
and transportation. Replacing tyres less
often means a reduced environmental
impact. Mindermann continued:
The Pit Stop Line has the potential
to have a transformational effect on
forklift operations, helping to minimize
downtime, tyre waste and whole life
costs a true innovation. Tyre waste is
now a thing of the past.
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Remanufacturing and
Rentals on the Rise
Cascade Corporation is actively
growing their rental and
remanufacturing capabilities around
the globe. Cascade Europe recently
announced the expansion of their
Rental and Remanufacturing facility in
Almere, The Netherlands. The facility
in Almere is a good logistical centre to
serve the northern European countries
in a timely manner. Coupled with the
existing Rental and Remanufacturing
site in Italy, the Netherlands location
allows Cascade to provide rental and
remanufactured attachments throughout
all of Europe in just two weeks.
With a fleet of approximately 800
attachments available for short and long
term rental in Europe, Cascade offers an
economical alternative to purchasing.
There is no initial capital outlay, no
maintenance worries and businesses
can respond to seasonal requirements
without the worry of storage. Cascade
rental attachments are available for
purchase at any time during or after
the rental, should your needs change
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attachment.
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In North America, this year Cascade also

expanded their Cascade Remanufacturing
Center (CRC) in Mississauga, Ontario,
enforcing the companys value-added
programs and giving customers the best
options for purchasing Cascade products.
This new addition results in the largest
dedicated remanufacturing centre in the
industry and allows Cascade to quickly
provide North and South American
customers with desired attachments.
Currently housing an extensive inventory of
all standard Cascade attachment cores, the
CRC is positioned for considerable growth.
According to Cascade Canada General
Manager Chandica Harry, There are
several advantages to purchasing
remanufactured products, including
a lower initial investment for genuine
Cascade components while still receiving
the same Cascade quality, service and
support. A wide range of attachments
is offered through the remanufacturing
program. Customers are assured that
every unit meets Cascades highest
quality standards and remanufactured
attachments are covered by Cascades
6-month warranty. Each Cascade
attachment must pass the most rigorous

remanufacturing process in the industry.
Units are returned to original factory
specifications by being completely
disassembled, thoroughly inspected,
painted and reassembled with the
highest quality Cascade components.
The sustainability benefits of purchasing
remanufactured attachments include a
reduction of both materials and energy
consumption, resulting in a substantially
positive impact on the environment.
Cascades also boasts a strong
rental fleet. With a large inventory of
attachments in the rental program, units
are readily available to meet seasonal
demands offering customers a variety of
cost effective alternatives. Rental options
include both long-term and shortterm leases and customers can apply
a percentage of their rental charges
towards the purchase of the attachment.
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Translated, it simply means safely, faster.
Through research, weve always known that

simply minimising aisle width isnt everything.
An easier handling VNA articulated truck
without the need for superflat floors means
safer speed.
The inherent abilities of the Flexi AC Range
make it easier to manoeuvre quickly and safely.
Its HiVIS mast, Open View overhead guard both
mean better visibility, and its True RadiusTM
design means minimised truck bulk and so
easier handling in all very narrow aisles.
A distinctive lack of irritating wheel arches is
another feature that makes Flexis tight turning
circle even more useable.
The Flexi family is making all the difference,
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Forklift Components
Energy-efficient
modular chargers
The new Hawker LifeTech Modular
and Hawker Life IQ Modular highfrequency battery chargers from
EnerSys deliver increased flexibility,
efficiency and reliability with reduced
downtime, costs and carbon footprint
across a wide range of materials
handling, automatic guided vehicle
and motive power applications. They
reduce energy consumption by up
to 25% compared with conventional
chargers and can cut charging times
by up to two hours.
The chargers are configured using a
number of identical power modules so
that performance can be matched to
the specific application requirement.
Each module is a standalone unit
which is managed independently
by the control board to deliver peak
efficiency at all times. The advanced
design of the chargers delivers
increased efficiency and reduces
energy consumption compared with
conventional models. The chargers
convert 94% energy input into usable
battery power, an industry-leading.
These performance and efficiency

gains result from innovative design
and use of advanced components to
optimise the chargers power factor
at close to one which is ideal for
battery installations. Optimised power
factors minimise reactive power from
the mains supply and ensure there
is no voltage drop, overheating or
resonance in the power circuits.
The optimised charging profiles of
the Hawker LifeTech Modular and
Hawker Life IQ Modular chargers have
been developed for all low to heavy
duty applications. The recharge time
is reduced by around one hour for
standard batteries and up to two hours
when used in conjunction with an
electrolyte recirculation system. The
modular design supports continuous
operations with reduced downtime.
If a module should develop a fault it
is automatically bypassed while the
remaining units continue to operate
as normal until the battery is fully
charged.
The built-in diagnostics provide rapid

fault identification on the chargers
screen supporting simpler and quicker
maintenance. Faulty modules can be
hot-swapped quickly and easily while
the charger continues to work with
no disruption to ongoing operations.
Depending on specific model and
configuration, the chargers are available
in single and three-phase versions with
outputs from 12 to 80V. An on-board
screen provides a simple user interface
while the built-in USB port supports
connectivity and allows historical
operational data to be downloaded for
further analysis and reporting.
www.enersys-hawker.com
Cab constructor with foresight

One step ahead: Fritzmeier Systems
GmbH has adopted this motto as its
company philosophy. At CeMAT, the
specialist in sophisticated detailed
cab solutions presented integrated
systems, smart interfaces and new
components. The overriding objective
is to offer cab drivers the maximum in
safety, ergonomics and driver comfort,
together with optimum flexibility and
cost benefit.
The focus this year lies on an innovative
cab control system with integrated digital
controller, which Fritzmeier Systems
has developed in recent months in
cooperation with Bosch. The basic
idea is that the cab driver can control
important functions in the cab centrally
via a tablet, and that they are no longer
required to grapple with individual
operating functions, explains managing
director of Fritzmeier, Fritz Schadeck.
The cab driver is presently able to control
a wide range of functions via the userfriendly tablet interface. These include
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requirement or working situation, all

electronic components and consumers in
the cab can be programmed individually.
the windscreen wiper system developed

together with Bosch, with programmable
options such as wiper speed, wiping angle
up to 320 degrees and parking position.
A further function enables individual
heating and cooling with a single click,
as well as data exchange with existing
air conditioning and heating systems. At
the same time, the cab mirrors can be
electrically adjusted via the tablet and
even heated if necessary. The additional
installation of an indicator function for the
cab mirrors is also available on request.
It is also possible to actuate and program
the warning beacon. Depending on the
We are the first manufacturer in the

off-highway sector to use this type of
control system, which is already widely in
use in the automotive sector in a similar
form, explains Schadeck. We will be
modifying and expanding the control
options on a step-by-step basis over the
coming months and years, depending
on the requirements and interests of our
customers.
In addition to the advantages for the
users, the new high-tech control also
brings customers of Fritzmeier Systems
cost savings with system integrations
through wireless connection of the
cab functions via the tablet, because
individual components are more simple
or even superfluous. Added to this comes
the use of more economical high volume
production parts such as the control units.
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FORKLIFT PARTS
Part of the deal

VanGent Forklift Parts based in
Nijmegen, The Netherlands, has been
growing its product line and inventory
recently and wants UK companies to
know about it. The company has been
in business since 1968 and, while
traditionally focused on Hyster spare
parts, has expanded to cover parts for
most brands of equipment.
Were based in Nijmegen, The
Netherlands which is where the Hyster
forklift factory is located, Managing
Director Dave Lam told us.Were quite
strong in Hyster parts but we expanded
into spare parts for Linde, Kalmar,
Yale, Toyota, Nissan, Doosan, and
most other brands too.We stock over
1 million different part numbers and we
can get any part to any location in the
UK in 24 hours.
VanGents spare parts business
continues to grow, says Lam, because
OEM dealers often command high
prices and have the reputation that
theyre more focused on handling
their own technician/mechanics
instead of customer and end-user
mechanics.We make it easy for
people to do business with us. Just
give us the model and serial number
of the lift truck and what youre looking
for and well handle it from there.
Forklift safety continues to be
paramount for fleets both large and
small.VanGent has offered the blue
We make it easy for people to do business with

us. Just give us the model and serial number of
the lift truck and what youre looking for and
well handle it from there.
safety light since 2012 and found it to
be very popular with customers.The
light projects a blue spot on the ground
behind equipment. When pedestrians
see the spot on the ground, they
know to look up and look for forklift
traffic. VanGents version (part number
01291296) offers some unique features
that other lights dont have, such
as voltage support to 96 volts DC,
stainless steel hardware, a sturdy metal
case,an integrated wire harness, and a
six month warranty.
The blue safety light was specifically

designed to eliminate forklift and
pedestrian accidents. Each year in
the UK hundreds of pedestrians and
forklifts collide - with the result often
being lifelong injuries and/or disabilities.
Increasingly,pedestrians are tuning out
back-up alarms and ignoring traditional
strobe lights even as pedestrians become
increasingly disengaged with their
surroundings. Who hasnt seen someone
walking through a factory staring down
at an iPhone while forklifts buzz by?The
blue safety light is one more tool to get
people to look up and pay attention to
their surroundings, notes Lam.
VanGent continues to expand its
presence around the world. VanGent
started a USA subsidiary, Intella Liftparts
Inc. in 2007 and has experienced
dramatic growth in the States. I think
theres a perception with UK companies
that buying forklift spare parts on the
continent is difficult, time consuming,
and often the price isnt that great.
Our entire company is a reflection of
Dutch society - our employees speak
Dutch but were all really good English
speakers as well, states Lam. VanGent
wants to grow its sales in the UK and
believes it is uniquely suited to support
the UK with its staff of English speakers,
sharp pricing, and large product line.
www.vangentbv.com
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Packaging & RFID
Rolling forward
the future
Reapnew benefits using RFID-enabled

packaging solutions By Chris Price-White, Contributing Editor
Bringing full-on automation to a
businesses supply chain operation
is what logisticians and consultants
worldwide are banging on about at
every opportunity. One manufacturer
that is all too willing to sign up for
this 21st century crusade for enabling
better business practices is materials
handling and packaging specialist K
Hartwall.
This innovative Finnish company is
renowned worldwide for its packaging
and smart delivery solutions employed
across many sectors including postal
and delivery, diary and consumable/
perishable goods.
Speaking with the companys Business
Solutions Manager Einar Toivonen
it was no surprise to learn that not
only is K Hartwall already involved
in the throws of developing and
manufacturing RFID track and trace
enabled products for the majority of
its senior product offerings, but also
giving key customers guidance and
consultation on how to work smarter
and safeguard the life cycle of its
everyday, hard working assets.
Toivonen believes that in modern
business logistics and the speed at
which they operate in a companys
supply chain is essential. He says that
to have the right tools for the job is just
the start of the supply chain journey.
This is where RFID-enabled visibility

flags up so much more than destination
and delivery competence but when a
cage is in need of maintenance and/or
essential repairs and how it is used or
indeed abused through its supply chain
passage.
In Europe, and indeed further afield,

re engaging a businesses supply
chainusing all the modern devices and
hardware is where everyone wants
to be, says Toivonen. However the
realisation that technologies such as
RFID and barcoding can do more than
just pinpoint delivery scheduling and
back hauling agendas is fast dawning
on operators. Theres no point in
letting such smart tools be used in
one area of business. Just sitting back
and focussing on asset tracking is not
seeing the whole picture.
Making best use of investment

Toivonen believes that if a customer has
invested in one of K Hartwalls RFIDenabled cages then they want to make
sure that client gets the best out of their
product for its entire life cycle, which
can be extended by employing a smart
maintenance program from day one.
K Hartwall is actively involved in

research and development on RFID tags
and transponders and basic barcoding
principals. They exclusively work with
Finnish RFID specialist Confidex.
Working in such areas and developing
new products and solutions for
manufacturing and logistics is where
the future of good supply chain practice
lies and a new mentality is at work with
every business looking at a leaner model
whereby costs and labour are saved and
customer satisfaction is increased.
Toivonen points to the European postal
market as switching on quickly as to
how the rise of the consumer driven
e-commerce sector has boosted their
business and forced the sector into
making new efficiencies and deploying
new products and technologies.
In particular the UK Royal Mail has
focussed on this opportunity and we
have been working closely with them
for a number of years. In the current
business climate everyone should
be switched on as to how they can
maximise theiroperations and make
their technology and assets work best
throughout a working shift or indeed a
complete product life cycle, concludes
Toivonen.
To learn more about engaging
the future with K Hartwall enabled
solutions visit the company on their
stand at the Post Expo 2014 event,
being staged in Stockholm, Sweden
from September 23rd to 25th 2014.
www.k-hartwall.com
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Pallets & Cages
New generation 1/4 Pallet

CHEP, a leading provider of pallet
and container pooling solutions, has
introduced a new generation plastic
quarter pallet that will be available to
more than 1400 customers in Germany.
This new product (pictured) is CHEPs
answer to the marketplace demand
for sustainable cost advantage and
efficiency improvements, as well as
waste reduction.
Dr. Volker Lange, said: The resilience of

the new CHEP quarter pallet has been
extensively tested in the Packaging
laboratory of Fraunhofer IML. Here, the
static, dynamic and climatic stability of
the new design in direct comparison to
the former CHEP quarter pallet could be
confirmed. The implementation of more
than 30 repetitions per test ensures the
results are statistically secured.
The New Generation Quarter Pallet

(P0604B) measures 600x400mm and
replaces the existing quarter pallet
(P0604A), which was introduced more
than 20 years ago. It includes advanced
features that have resulted in improved
nestability; superior stability and easier
handling. In addition, it attaches more
securely and quickly to customers
corrugated-promotional displays. A
warm welcome is expected, especially
from manufacturers and retailers looking
for an innovative, plastic transport
platform.
The P0604B is lighter than the current

quarter pallet, weighing about 1.9kg vs.
2.1kg. Reduced nesting height means
the new pallet can be stacked 36 high in
a truck vs. 30 for its predecessor, a 20%
space-saving which reduces the number
of trucks on the road and reduces
CO2 emissions. The P0604B will be a
certified Carbon Neutral Product, which
means that the already-reduced CO2
emissions of the new pallet are fully
offset through reforestation projects.
The CHEP New Generation Quarter

Pallet has been intensively and
thoroughly validated by independent
associations including the Fraunhofer
Institute in Germany and certified to the
GS standard. Fraunhofer Institute Head
of Packaging and Trade logistics,
around the warehouse and take their

workstation with them. Recognising
that many models on the market are
bulky and difficult to handle, Wanzl
has designed a table trolley that
is easy to manoeuvre around the
workshop or factory.
The forward-tilting comfort handles
are adapted to fit the inner geometry
of palms and fingers and perfectly
transmit pushing and steering
effort to the trolley, enabling easy,
ergonomic handling, despite the robust
construction. Four rubber swivel castors
(supplied with two brakes on request)
make for quiet operation. And, if the
standard work surface is not sufficient
for the task at hand, an additional
extension can be folded up at the side.
The mobile electricity supply is provided
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Christophe Campe, Vice President and

Country General Manager for CHEPs
Pallets operations in Germany, said:
The New Generation Quarter Pallet
reinforces our proven track record as
the worlds leading provider of pallet
and container pooling solutions. High
quality products, innovation, our unique
network and excellent customer service
are the base of our value proposition.
Mobile workstation
In the areas of goods arrival,
production, storage and dispatch
there is an increasing demand for
flexibility. Mobile workstations enable
flexible data recording directly on
site. Thanks to the separate electricity
supply, employees can move freely
To determine the need for a newdesign quarter pallet, CHEP conducted

Last Mile Solutions workshops in 7
countries in Europe with manufacturers,
retailers and Logistics Service Providers
- representing the full spectrum of
the industry. The objective of the
workshops was to identify inefficiencies
in the last mile of the supply chain,
where up to 65% of supply chain costs
are incurred, largely due to both the
significant number of varying platforms
and the effort required for in-store
replenishment.
by a lithium polymer battery, which is

connected to a voltage transformer.
Peripheral devices such as a printer,
scanner or monitor can be connected to
this mobile power source.
The user can choose from two battery
sizes depending on the operating time
required. The new batteries guarantee
at least 500 full-charge cycles and
no memory effect when partially
discharged on a frequent basis. The
lightweight and compact construction is
also possible thanks to the high energy
density. When the battery is in use,
a five-stage charge/residual capacity
display provides continuous and precise
monitoring of the current charge status
and operating time of the battery.
Charging is quick and easy - remove
the battery using the convenient handle
and connect it to the microprocessorcontrolled charger.
www.wanzl-logistik-industrie.de
28/07/2014 15:11
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Recycling
Optimised material
flow management
Once the boxes which each held about

25kg of packaging material had been
filled, they were taken by forklift into
the recycling material store and the
cardboard was stored temporarily in
a press container until the disposal
company collected it.
Every forklift trip

we dont have to
make is a relief.
To provide the best light for people

and the environment is the aim of
Zumtobel Lighting GmbH. Established
more than 60 years ago, the Austrian
company develops and manufactures
high quality, individual lighting
solutions for customers all over
the world. The sustainable use of
resources is an important factor for
the company, not only with regard
to its products, but throughout all
areas of th business. For example, in
the disposal of packaging material
from the assembly division for office
and special lighting, two vertical
baling presses from HSM improve the
material flow management.
The head of the division, Robert Jehly,

sees material flow management as a
particular challenge in this regard: At
our location in Dornbirn, the lighting
components supplied to us generate
about 380 tonnes of cardboard
packaging for disposal annually.
We want to recycle this packaging
as efficiently as possible. Merely
collecting it does not achieve this.
Prior to the acquisition of the two
HSM VPress 860 L baling presses the first arrived in Spring 2012, the
second at the beginning of 2013 - the
assembly employees collected the
old cardboard packaging in palboxes.
Solutions for trade

Bekuplast is specialized in
customized implementation concepts.
For the leading Swiss retailer Migros
Bekuplast developed a collapsible
flower container. With a stacking
height of400mm, the special feature
of the packaging which is used for
transporting flowers and plants in
the branches is the relative high
design.With an unfolded height
of 85.5mm, the container reduces
almost 88 % of the volume.
The tracking & tracing of the container
takes place by means of RFID labels.
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In each case 2 tags are attached

to the base of the container. The
practical lift lock of the foldable
container is just as impressive. Due
to the very goodergonomic handling
and long service life of the folding
containers, in the future, it should
also be possible to transport other
products with this packaging. Through
the use of the new collapsible
container, the companys logistics
department achieves high savings
among the returns.
www.bekuplast.com
In view of the amount of cardboard

packaging involved, we had a lot
of forklift traffic, Jehly says. Today,
the cardboard waste is compressed
directly on site in the assembly
division without taking any detours.
The employees bring it in small
containers to two centrally positioned
baling presses instead of to palboxes.
These compress the cardboard with a
pressing power of 532 kilonewtons into
compact bales with a weight of about
450kg, which are only then taken into
storage by forklift. Whereas previously
18 trips to the store were required
for this amount of old cardboard
packaging, now one suffices. This is
not only clearly more efficient, Jehly
says, but is also a huge gain for the
safety of the division. Every forklift trip
we dont have to make is a relief.
Through the vertical baling presses,
the assembly division saves forklift
trips, working time, storage space and
palboxes. Furthermore, more profits
are generated. This is because, in
contrast to the contents of the press
container, the wire-strapped cardboard
bales are already a valuable product
ideally processed for the paper factory.
The bales from Zumtobel go to the
Rondo-Ganahl paper factory which - to
close the loop - in turn supplies the
packaging material
required by Zumtobel. The paper
factory pays a higher price per tonne of
old cardboard packaging than it used
to, simply because the compressed
bales can be recycled without any
further processing. All in all, Jehly
calculates, we have reduced our
costs by more than 10,000 per press
per year. The investment in the two
V-Press 860 L HSM presses will be
quickly amortised.
www.hsm.eu
28/07/2014 15:11
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SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS
DIARY DATES
Picture an exhibition
Logistics Business details the major
logistics and handling shows for the
rest of this year:
IAA Commercial Vehicles,

Hannover, September 25-30th
The international motor shows biannual
commercial vehicles event will again be
in Hannover this September. Spanning
all types of lorry, truck, van and trailer,
components and accessories, the IAA is
the leading show of its kind in the world,
with over 2000 exhibitors and 300,000
visitors. This is where logistics fleet
owners and operators come to make
purchasing plans.
www.iaa.de
executives, decision-makers and

experts from numerous industries.
Visiting CeMAT Russia gives you
the opportunity to meet directly with
top-managers, to discuss the special
terms, conditions and rates on-site, to
compare and get offers.
www.cemat.com
CeMAT Asia, Shanghai new

international expo center,
27-30th October
A month later the CeMAT roadshow
moves on to China again. Expect
huge visitor numbers and many new
opportunities.
www.cemat.com
Postexpo Stockholm,
September 23-25th
Intermodal, Rotterdam,
November 11-13th
Strong niche event, with a good

conference plus show floor, Postexpo
comes to Sweden for the first time. You
can find everything here for courier,
express, postal and parcel sectors.
www.postexpo.com
Informas annual Intermodal roadshow

event comes to Rotterdams Ahoy
centre this year, at the heart of
Europes biggest port. The show
specialises in all 4 modes of transport,
particularly shipping and container
handling. It is staged in conjunction
with RoRo (roll-on-roll-off cargo ferries).
Logistics Business will be exhibiting
here again, stand F88.
www.intermodal-events.com
CeMAT Russia, Moscow,

23-26th September
Russias only major materials
handling and warehousing exhibition.
Participation in CeMAT Russia is a
unique opportunity to present your
products in the market to senior
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Manutention / Emballage,
Paris Nord Villepinte
November 17-20th
Manutention is not as strong a show
as it used to be, having faced stiff
competition from SITL in recent years.
However, by staging it alongside and
in the centre of the vast and bustling
Emballage packaging exhibition this
should guarantee plenty of visitors.
Manutention covers all materials
handling technology plus related IT.
www.manutention.com
29/07/2014 14:36
Events Worldwide.
Top meeting-places for intralogistics decision-makers
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Facilities management advice.

22 Illuminating the high-bay

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Forklift tyres, attachments,

RFID-enabled packaging solutions

76 Pallets & Cages

Small pallets & mobile

78 Optimised material flow

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32 Fast doors & yard ramps

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