Strasbourg , France: Bolloré Solutions Logistiques has opened its first logistics centre dedicated to pharmaceuticals at Strasbourg airport. The 10,000m² temperature-controlled logistics centre has been providing high value-added services for the flows of pharmaceutical products since January 2022. The site includes two 5,000m² temperature-controlled cells at +2°/+8°C, +15°/+25°C and -20°C. These cells are reserved for …
Telford, UK: Asda has installed 100 Seymour Green Doors in stores for its Click & Collect service.Seymour Manufacturing International’s Green-Door replaces unwieldy sliding ‘night doors’ in freezers and chillers. The door uses Tempro, one of the thinnest and most thermally-efficient materials of its kind developed by Seymour and which cuts energy loss by at least …
Marston, Lincolnshire, UK: Marston QK Cold Stores (Marston), which provides short and long-term freezer storage for supermarkets and food producers, has turned to Union Industries as it completes the refurbishment of its cold store’s freezer chamber. Union Industries, a manufacturer of industrial roller doors, has fitted one of its Eiger doors to QK’s freezer chamber. …
Paris, France: Stef reports third quarter turnover of €1,113.8m, up 13.4% on a like-for-like basis. Stef’s third-quarter performance was bolstered by external growth in France, UK, Spain and Switzerland. Stef’s latest acquisitions – Langdons in the United Kingdom, Groupe TTC in Spain, Frigosuisse – contributed to the resilience in turnover of which 36% is now …
London, UK: Pubs, hotels and restaurants experienced the fastest fall in output of any UK sector, according to Lloyds Bank UK Recovery Tracker. Output in the tourism and recreation sector, which includes pubs, contracted at the fastest pace since February 2021, the tracker reported. The drop was caused by demand falling for a fourth consecutive …
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, UK: HGV drivers and shunters at Müller’s Stonehouse factory in Gloucestershire are to escalate their dispute over imposed rota changes with 11 days of all-out strike action. The workers, members of the Unite union, are responsible for delivering milk and other dairy products to M&S and Waitrose nationwide. Supplies to Sainsbury’s and Tesco, …
Hanover, Germany: IAA Transport show exhibitors have signalled the way ahead for road transport refrigeration. Cold Chain News‘ latest issue, October, had the highlights. Carrier Transicold launched a hydrogen fuel cell powered trailer fridge developed with Bosch and PowerCell Sweden. The fuel cell, coupled to a Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 fridge, delivers the same …
Dover, UK: Dover Port Health Authority took park in a multi-agency exercise at the port earlier this month, where officials checked 22 vehicles and seized 2 ½ tonnes of illegal pork products, prompting fears about the safety of food imports. The inspection was part of the authority’s work to mitigate the risk of African swine …
Ashford, Kent, UK: Brakes has taken 70 new vehicles, including ten temperature-controlled 7.2 tonne Iveco Dailys. The refrigerated trucks have Solomon bodies and Thermo King refrigeration, both to a Brakes’ specification. Paul Vernon, head of fleet, Sysco GB (Brakes’ owner), said: “The unique offering provides the best of both worlds delivering a smaller tonnage vehicle …
London, UK: Food firms are “at the eye of a very powerful storm” and “cannot operate at a loss” amid cost rises, Karen Betts, chief executive, Food and Drink Federation, says. Betts told Sky News that while companies in the sector were acutely aware they had a responsibility to keep food and drink affordable, the …
Coleshill, UK: Operators are under unprecedented cost pressures but must avoid the temptation to scrimp on vehicle maintenance, warns Trakm8. “British businesses are navigating extremely turbulent economic waters at the moment, with both the cost-of-living crisis and continued fuel price uncertainty really starting to bite. Indeed, according to research by the Motor Ombudsman, worries about …
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