Amazon plans to open new fulfilment centre in Utah 
Amazon plans to open a new fulfilment centre in West Jordan (Utah, USA) creating more than 800 full-time jobs. Amazon currently employs more than 2,000 full-time associates throughout the State of Utah. Amazon employees at the more than 93,000 sqm fulfilment centre will... more
Panattoni Europe builds "City Dock" in Berlin
Project developer Panattoni Europe is working on a new project called “City Dock” in Berlin’s Spandau district (Germany). The company is planning to create a business park comprising three buildings on a site of around 21,000 sqm with a total rentable area of about 15,000 sqm.... more
First unit sold at brand-new multi-purpose hub in Redditch
St Francis Group, a UK-based property developer and investor and an expert in brownfield development and regeneration, and its partner Richardson are nearing completion of Velocity 42, Redditch’s premier industrial warehouse development. Unit 1, a 4,180 sqm warehouse facility,... more
Automating logistics for IVF Hartmann
The Swiss company IVF Hartmann, which specialises in medical consumer goods, is building a new logistics hub in Neuhausen (Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland). In cooperation with intralogistics specialist Dematic, IVF Hartmann will set up a fully automated warehouse equipped with... more
DSV completes acquisition of Panalpina
Yesterday, 19 August 2019, DSV completed all transactions with regard to the previously announced public exchange offer for all publicly held shares of Panalpina. Pending the approval at an extraordinary general meeting, DSV will change its registered name to “DSV Panalpin”. As... more
Tigers South Africa opens e-commerce hub as demand soars
Tigers South Africa has officially opened an e-commerce centre at its Johannesburg (South Africa) facility, as the online retail market continues to grow globally. The centre is equipped with the Tigers-developed Scanpak app that allows staff to conduct scan checks while packing... more
XXXLutz inaugurates logistics centre
After almost twelve months of construction, the furniture dealer has officially inaugurated its new logistics and service centre in Schüttorf (Lower Saxony, Germany) and thus paved the way for improving the efficiency of its deliveries and furniture installation services. The... more
DHL strengthens cooperation with Mattel in Australia
DHL Supply Chain and the toy maker Mattel have strengthened their long-term partnership with the opening of a new dedicated logistics distribution centre in Truganina, in the Australian state of Victoria. The 25,690 sqm warehouse features an automated labelling and sorting... more
Agility's ebitda grows by 27% in H1/2019
Agility has reported that the H1/2019 earnings of 25.18 fils (KWD 0.02518) per share and the net profit of KWD 41.9 million (EUR 124 million) were up 7.7% from the same period in 2018. First-half ebitda in 2019 was KWD 95 million (EUR 281.1 million), a rise of 27%. Revenue for... more
Quickpac comes to Basel
Quickpac, the new division of Quickmail, will distribute parcels in the entire urban area of Basel (Switzerland) as from 2 September 2019, which means that it will extend its customer base to 20% of all Swiss households. The company will thus be serving more than a quarter of... more