March 1st | Industry-leading tech

Welcome to the March 1st issue of Warehouse & Logistics News. In our front cover story, you can read how Swisslog, a global leader in flexible automated solutions, announced that it will showcase its latest industry-leading technologies at LogiMAT 2025, taking place March 11 to 13 at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre in Stuttgart, Germany. This year, Swisslog will celebrate the company’s 125th anniversary, reaffirming its commitment to the human side of automation and how it improves the lives of the people within its customers’ organisations and those they serve.

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Exotec®, a global warehouse robotics provider, has announced the commercial launch of the Next Generation of its Skypod® system, offering higher performance, improved storage density, and advanced software features. The Next Generation of Skypod comes with a number of design improvements, including a new and more compact Skypod robot, a workstation for robot-to-robot picking, a high-throughput exchanger, and denser storage.

GXO Logistics, the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, announced that it has expanded its partnership with Castore, the performance sportswear brand, to operate warehousing and transportation in the UK, US and Europe. GXO has been providing logistics services to Castore’s business in the UK since April 2024, distributing teamwear to a variety of sporting teams and individuals.

Plastic Mouldings Northern is delighted to officially announce the appointment of Geoff Hodgson as Managing Director at its Bishop Auckland site. The appointment swiftly follows a period of staff expansion to the management team which saw Grace Collingwood (Internal Sales Co-ordinator) Lewis Rigg (CAD/CAM Engineer) and Matthew Whittle (Sales Manager) join business partners Freddy Bourdais and Mark Rigg who founded the business in 2002 on the senior management team, according to our pallets & containers feature.

Working in collaboration with ISD Solutions, a leading contractor specialising in the development, construction, and maintenance of cold stores, BID Group were commissioned by their client, Magnavale, to install 20 Klimate K2 High Speed Freezer Doors in the new Magnavale Easton cold store development. With the finish line for the giant freezer warehouse development in Lincolnshire in sight, the row of Klimate K2 High Speed Freezer Doors are fully installed and ready for commission, our cold storage & distribution feature reports.

Hörmann UK have introduced a new Automatic Wheel-blocking system (AWB) for the ultimate in loading bay safety. Designed to counter the risk of the premature departure of a vehicle and ‘vehicle creep’ during loading and unloading operations, Hörmann’s AWB detects a reversing vehicle and securely blocks the rear wheel preventing it from moving – helping to eliminate human error and keeping warehouse personnel and drivers safe, says our health & safety feature.

WLN will be at LogiMAT. Come and visit us at the East entrance, stand ES51.

Enjoy reading the issue.

James Surridge

Publishing Editor

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