International Material Handling Exhibition – IMHX 2013
Posted on April 15th, 2011
One of UK’s premier logistics event is IMHX, International Materials Handling Exhibition. The next event is scheduled to be held from 19 to 22 March 2013 at NEC Birmingham. The last even was held in November 2010 and the organizers are appreciably proud that the show seems to have given the materials handling and supply chain sectors quite a boost.
Several of the 355 earlier exhibitors have already booked space for the 2013 version, expected to attract even more exhibitors and visitors than the 2010 event, and eventually generate a much higher quantum of business.
Catch a review of the 2010 event and explore the next show here.
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Resources in Automated Material Handling
Posted on March 8th, 2011
Automated Material Handling Systems Association Ltd calls itself the voice of the UK automated material handling industry. For over two decades, AMHSA has been striving to promote excellence in offering automation solutions, after sales support, reliability and safety.
Customers can easily view the services offered by over 50 member companies, and also get to know the latest material handling products available in the UK market.
Other, more useful resources are the case studies on specific material handling equipment as put to actual use.
Tags: Automated Material Handling Systems, Automation Solutions, Material Handling Equipment, Material Handling Products, Material Handling Systems
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Material Handling Events
Posted on February 17th, 2011
Here is a list of events related to material handling, scheduled through the year in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, and in the US.
- LogiMat 2011 (8th -10th February 2011-Stuttgart, Germany)
- Logistics Link South (15-16 Feb 2011- Esher, UK)
- EuroRail 2011 (22nd-24th Feb 2011-Berlin, Germany)
- Food & Drink Logistics Show (27th Feb-1st March 2011 – Birmingham, UK)
- Transport Week 2011 (1st-3rd March 2011, Gdansk, Poland) Read the rest of this entry »
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Manage waste better
Posted on January 30th, 2011
Did you know that landfill tax in the UK goes up by £8 a year? Yes – Landfill Tax has increased from £18 a tonne in 2005 to £48 a tonne in April 2010. (Landfill Tax is an environmental tax charged over and above normal charges for dumping waste in identified landfill sites). Local authorities, waste contractors and all other organisations dumping waste in such sites are charged the Landfill Tax.
Since waste contractors pass on this tax including it in their disposal costs, companies hiring waste contractors will not easily know how much of the billed amount is Landfill Tax. Never have any doubts that you are not paying it! The UK Government has imposed this tax so that all the players concerned will perforce look for alternative methods to dispose waste, like recycling. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Environmental Tax, Household Waste, Landfill Sites, Landfill Tax, Waste Contractors
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Glossary of material handling
Posted on January 10th, 2011
Here are more resources for the budding materials handling professional.
If you are new to the industry, you are probably aware of the nuances in nomenclature of much of the equipment as well as processes you encounter daily – in printed material or in the course of daily business dealings and discussions. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Glossary, material handling, material handling vocabulary, nomenclature
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Material handling equipment
Posted on December 31st, 2010
A near exhaustive list of equipment associated with the material handling industry can be found in the Products and Services page of the British Material Handling Federation BHMF. The five member associations and the variety and multitude of product listings most likely cover the entire gamut of industrial material handling equipment.
Tags: Industrial Material Handling Equipment, Material Handling Equipment
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