Customer support appointment (1st February 2010)

Swisslog, the global supplier of logistics solutions, has strengthened its organisation with the appointment of Ian Channing as head of UK Customer Cupport.

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Major order for swisslog (1st January 2010)

TINE BA, Norway's largest producer, distributor and exporter of dairy products, has commissioned Swisslog to design and implement a new distribution centre in Oslo, Norway. The greenfield facility will be integrated wit

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Light goods conveyor unveiled (1st January 2010)

Swisslog has added the QuickMove light goods conveyor to its solutions portfolio. After the launch of the Tornado miniload crane, this move represents a continuation in Swisslog's strategy to provide a complete range in

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Shell UK deal signed (1st January 2010)

Shell UK re-appointed Swisslog in December 2008 to replace the existing fleet of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) installed by Swisslog more than 20 years ago. Swisslog has now successfully completed commissioning of th

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All in the definition (1st December 2009)

Automation projects like Procter & Gamble's Manchester distribution centre stand out, but not all go to plan. This makes definition key as Pieter Feenstra, MD of Swisslog UK explains

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Rapid rise of new miniload crane (1st October 2009)

Swisslog claims its new Tornado is the fastest miniload crane in its class thanks to consistent weight optimisation, modern control technology and an energy-saving design. The new solution was developed by Swisslog'

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Automated warehouse commission (1st August 2009)

Procter & Gamble has commissioned Swisslog to design and implement an extension to its automated highbay warehouse in Manchester. Swisslog previously worked on modernising the existing automated highbay warehouse in

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Delivered on time & to budget (1st June 2009)

Swisslog has installed its WarehouseManager software at Wincanton's Britvic site in Lutterworth, maintaining service levels of 99.8% without interruption during implementation.

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New pallet professional (1st April 2009)

ProMove, the latest development of Swisslog- Accalon pallet conveyors, stands for Professional Movement of goods.

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Radiating efficiency (1st August 2008)

Swisslog has delivered a highly automated storage and order picking facility for Quinn Radiators in Newport, achieving an efficient, cost effective manual and automated order picking operation linked to an automated s

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Caddies are not just for golfers (1st April 2008)

CaddyPick is a semiautomated case orderpicking system from Swisslog. Based on two modules, a replenishment & warehouse module and a picking module, CaddyPick combines zone-to-zone and manto- goods picking solutions

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More than just load building (1st October 2007)

Prior to becoming a business unit of Procter & Gamble, Gillette decided to upgrade the WMS at Reading to the latest version of Swisslog's WarehouseManager WMS

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Integratesd solutions (25th September 2007)

Prior to Gillette becoming a business unit of Procter & Gamble, the company decided to upgrade the WMS at its Reading distribution centre to the latest version of Swisslog's 'WarehouseManager' WMS...

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Swisslog buys Swedish manufacturer Accalon (17th May 2007)

Swisslog has purchased Accalon, a leading manufacturer of conveyor systems and stacker cranes for warehouses and

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Hot new warehouses (1st February 2007)

Quinn Radiators, a leading producer of radiators in Europe, has commissioned logistics company Swisslog to design and implement an automated high bay warehouse at its new production site in Newport, South Wales.

Quinn is cre

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Swisslog wins hot order (19th January 2007)

Radiator producer, Quinn Radiators, has commissioned logistics company Swisslog to design and implement an automated high bay warehouse...

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Automated picking from Swisslog (17th August 2006)

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Is WMS still relevant? (1st June 2006)

Phil Greening, Logistics consultant at Swisslog looks at the importance of best-in-class WMS solutions

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Automated warehouse (1st April 2006)

To enable the streamlining of its logistics operations in the North of the UK, Procter & Gamble has consolidated distribution in to a Northern Service Centre at Skelmersdale.

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WMS suits automated and manual facilities (1st October 2005)

Soft drinks manufacturer, A.G.Barr has decided to centralise its Scottish distribution into one warehouse. To enable this, the company has placed an order with Swisslog for a new highbay warehouse and the roll-out of Swisslog’s WarehouseManager WMS t

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Swisslog’s new WMS (1st June 2005)

Swisslog has released version 3086 of its WarehouseManager WMS.

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Swiss rollout at MDL (1st April 2005)

MDL provides distribution services to the Macmillan Publishing Group and third party distribution services to many other well known publishers, it employs 260 staff and has over 400,000 sq ft of warehousing space divided over three sites. At its larg

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Paper handling operation (1st June 2004)

Port of Tilbury has commissioned Swisslog to supply equipment for a new paper terminal. The project comprises the supply of high-bay racking, robots for the transportation of single paper reels, as well as pallet conveyors and stacker cranes. To effi

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