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Who are Our Friends and What are They up to?
Latest Press Releases available at: www.laa.asn.au/friends1.htm
The friends of the LAA program is now in its 12th year. The
program celebrates corporate members/suppliers that provide
valuable support to the Industry and the LAA.
Economical raised storage areas by Dematic. Colby Raised
Storage Areas are affordable solutions that can double the usable
floor area in your warehouse or distribution centre (DC) using
standard pallet racking components. This would of course be
subject to the obtaining of the usual development, building and
fire approvals. Our raised flooring ... read more.
Careers & Salary Guide by Logistics Executive Recruitment.
SupplyChain Review partners with supply chain executive
recruitment company Logistics Recruitment Solutions to deliver an
exclusive insight into the supply chain employment market. Anna
Game-Lopata writes ... read more.
Global knowledge, local service - solutions to complex
packaging challenges by Integra Packaging. The reality of
today’s global market is that packaging material and design
decisions are often made in one part of the world, while the
actual packaging product solutions are to be delivered elsewhere.
Through our global alliances with ... read more.
Sargeant Transport increases efficiency through newly
integrated business with Translogix Sapphire TMS. Sargeant
Transport on the road to streamlined business, optimised fleet use
and market leading customer service. Sydney 14 October 2010:
Sargeant Transport Pty Ltd, one of Victoria’s leading ... read more.
New global logistics newsletter. Dematic, one of the world’s
leading suppliers of integrated materials handling and order
fulfilment systems, has introduced a new global newsletter,
Dematic Logistics Review (DLR). Designed to keep readers up to
date with the latest supply chain news ... read more.
Swisslog awarded major order by Target. Buchs/Aarau, 1
October 2010 – Swisslog formalized an agreement with Target
Corporation, a leading retailer in the USA, to design and
implement a new picking and storage system ... read more.
Healthy Supply Chain GAINS. Australian supply chain consulting
firm GRA is achieving continued success in the pharmaceutical
industry, with Clifford Hallam Healthcare Pty Ltd (CH2), Australia‟s
leading wholesaler and distributor of healthcare products and
services, joining its list of blue-chip ... read more.
Toyota forklifts boost productivity at Linfox. Australia's most
successful privately owned logistics company Linfox has placed
its largest-ever order for MHE (forklifts) with Toyota Material
Handling Australia (TMHA). The massive Australia-wide order is
made up of a mixture...read more.
Dematic Group Completes Acquisition of HK Systems, Inc.
Dematic Group, a leading global supplier of integrated material
handling solutions and services, announces today that it has
successfully completed the acquisition of HK Systems, a North
American automated material handling and ... read more.
Swisslog excels in pharmacy automation. Frost & Sullivan
presents "2010 Best Practices Award – Pharmacy Automation
Solutions" to Swisslog Healthcare Solutions Buchs/Aarau, 16
September 2010 – Based on its analysis of the European market
for pharmacy automation systems, Frost & Sullivan ... read more.
ALC Looks for Focus on Transport & Logistics Reform.
ALC congratulates Prime Minister Gillard on forming a new
Government and looks forward to working with all Governments,
national and state/territory, to continuing the national transport
and infrastructure reform agenda ... read more.
Colliers International takes out top honours at DEXUS
Property Awards. 6 September 2010, Sydney – Colliers
International took out top honors at the DEXUS Property Group’s
Excellence in Agency awards on Friday night (3 September),
collecting both Industrial Agency of the Year ... read more.
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) Forum. The ALC is the
peak national body for Australia’s freight Transport & Logistics
(T&L) industry. The aim of ALC is to influence government policy
to ensure that Australia has a safe, secure, reliable, sustainable
and competitive freight T&L industry. ALC ... read more.
Dematic’s Insight reveals smarter, faster, safer order picking.
Hundreds of Australia’s and New Zealand’s leading logistics
professionals were given an exciting preview of the future of
order fulfilment during Dematic’s recent Insight seminar series on
Smarter, Faster, Safer Order Picking ... read more.
McKey Distribution Ltd turns to Infor to coordinate the complex
delivery cycles to restaurants across Australia. Infor helps McKey
Distribution ensure their customers have fresh produce and stock
in their stores. Infor, one of the largest providers of business
software in the world, today ... read more.
Toyota introduces Electric Towing Tractor. Toyota Material
Handling Australia (TMHA) is poised to launch a range of electric
powered towing tractors in Australia. It has begun industry trials
with a forward-control 1.8-tonne draw bar pull 2TE18 model. The
Toyota 2TE18 electric tractor has one-fifth ... read more.
Swisslog’s order intake and net sales according to
expectations – One-time effect burdens net profit. Buchs/Aarau,
17 August 2010 – In a still demanding business environment,
Swisslog recorded figures for order intake and net sales in the first
half of 2010 that are only slightly below last year’s ... read more.
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