Construction of Sydney Ports’ Intermodal Logistics Centre (ILC) at Enfield is progressing, with part of the site almost ready for handover to the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC). Works including a 200-metre bridge, ...
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Hugo Boss, international lifestyle concern and world market leader in the premium and luxury segment has commissioned Knapp with the automatization of its new distribution centre in Filderstadt bei Stuttgart. With 400,000 storage ...
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Esprit, a leading international fashion brand and the Fiege Group, one of Europe's foremost logistics providers, took up operations of the new, highly-automated Esprit Distribution Center Europe (DCE) located at the Moenchengladbach ...
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US-based Kentucky Fried Chicken's(KFC)subsidiary in China will undergo an investigation by the Chinese authorities as its chicken suppliers may have injected banned substances and growth hormones into its poultry. The move has been ...
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Finnish retailer S Group has booked higher half-year profits on the back of improved sales. S Group today (16 August) reported a 2.9% increase in first-half profit to EUR80.6m (US$99.6m). Retail sales were up 5.8% to EUR5.84bn. The ...
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Tata motors' wholly owned luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will spend an additional GBP1bn ($1.62bn) with UK suppliers over the next four years, to source parts from them. The effort is aimed at tapping the strong international ...
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At the end of 1H2012 –from the 1st of February to the 31st of July-, Inditex had net sales of 7.2 billion euros, 17 % more than the same period from last year. Like-for-like sales have increased by 7%. During this period, the ...
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3PL launches new operation in Sydney to provide global telecommunications firm with warehousing, product configuration and direct fulfillment for the South Pacific market. Menlo Worldwide (NYSE:CNW) announced a contract with Siemens ...
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For the next five years, Kuehne + Nagel will manage the entire supply chain of one of Switzerland's leading fashion retailers, Schild. Services encompass collection of high quality ladies' and men's clothing from suppliers in Asia and ...
Tags: Kuehne+Nagel, textile logistics centre, Manfred Schellhammer, Switzerland
It is not just Germany that experiences constant change within the textile and fashion industry. That's why OLYMP responded to requests from retailers for a knitwear range to complement the four stylish shirt collections. The 2011/2012 ...
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UK-German manufacturer of loudspeaker systems and electronics for sound reinforcement,AD-Systems,has entered into an agreement with pro audio distributor POLARaudio. POLARaudio has been appointed to handle the full range of AD-Systems ...
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GE has opened a new central logistics centre just 23 miles outside Memphis, Tennessee in Olive Branch, Mississippi. The new facility is expected to help GE enhance its customer response time for North America, especially as more solar and ...
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GE has opened a new central logistics centre just 23 miles outside Memphis, Tennessee in Olive Branch, Mississippi. The new facility is expected to help GE enhance its customer response time for North America, especially as more solar and ...
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Night-time view of LG Innotek's Paju LED manufacturing plant, which has adopted LEDs for all its lighting needs. LG Innotek has installed over 10, 000 LED luminaires throughout its LED manufacturing complex in Paju, Korea. ...
Tags: LED production, Lighting
Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany – ZETT OPTICS-group, development and manufacturing partner of well-known industrial providers in the field of lighting technology, has acquired major assets of LITE-LICHT GmbH headquartered in ...
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