Online retailers facing cardboard packaging ‘double whammy’ of longer lead times and higher prices

A growing number of internet retailers are struggling to fulfil orders as a result of a shortage of cardboard packaging brought about by the boom in online sales during the pandemic. Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager for packaging solutions at Quadient, warns that with some paper and sheet board producers rationing supply to even their […]

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PP Control & Automation rubber stamps its green credentials with ISO:14001 accreditation

A six-figure investment in factory improvements and a commitment to support industry’s move to ‘carbon net zero’ has helped a West Midlands manufacturer secure a prestigious environmental accreditation. PP Control & Automation (PP C&A), which works with more than 15 of the world’s largest machinery builders, has been awarded the ISO:14001 standard for the first […]

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Government and industry must work together to ensure a generation of Apprentices are not lost to Covid-19 warns latest report

Covid-19 is having a dramatic impact on the future of vocational learning according to the latest In-Comm Training Barometer, which revealed that 64% of companies had failed to invest in new apprentices over the last twelve months. The survey, which was launched today to mark the first day of National Apprenticeship Week 2021, revealed a […]

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Arrowsmith Takes-Off With MSC

As a prominent Tier 1 subcontract supplier to the world’s leading aerospace OEMs, Coventry based Arrowsmith Engineering has a reputation for being a high-quality fast response business that covers everything from Research & Development, machining and Non-Destructive Testing to pressure testing services and more. Recently winning the Queen’s Award for International Trade that adds to […]

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ROCOL Cuts Coolant Consumption at Brown & Holmes

As a precision machining subcontract manufacturer and workholding specialist, Brown & Holmes supply high-quality services to blue-chip companies and Tier 1 suppliers throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and the US. With decades of experience delivering machining services to the automotive, aerospace, machine tool, construction, power generation and nuclear industries, the Staffordshire Company relies on cutting […]

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Leading Japanese parcel company installs ‘Mini Yellow’ technology

LiBiao Robot has supplied parcel sortation solutions based on its ‘Mini Yellow’ autonomous mobile robot technology to four sites operated by Yamato, Japan’s leading parcel delivery company. Cross-belt robots with a capacity of 30kg have been deployed at the facilities  which are strategically located to process parcels destined for the major Japanese cities as well as […]

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