Features - February/March 2010
Crown’s TSP6000 Series
lifts warehousing productivity
It was a nice problem for a company to have – business was too good. Wineworks, New Zealand’s largest contract wine-bottler, was experiencing huge growth. In late 2007, global and domestic demand for New Zealand wines was booming, and exports were growing at a compound rate of 25 percent each year. read more
Blackwoods Paykels adopts a No. 8
wire approach to DC management
It was a nice problem for a company to have – business was too good. Wineworks, New Zealand’s largest contract wine-bottler, was experiencing huge growth. In late 2007, global and domestic demand for New Zealand wines was booming, and exports were growing at a compound rate of 25 percent each year. read more
Developing a skilled workforce
– your challenge for 2010
Reading expert opinions and
listening to the gurus of business
leaves doubt about the current
level of recession as we return
to work at the beginning of
another year. However, one factor
is certain. There will be continued
pressure to produce more for
less, be it a service or physical
products. read more
New factory for Viridian Glass
Viridian Glass has completed the first of a series of significant investments, with the opening of its new innovative glass-processing factory at Highbrook, Manukau, in December. The investments, planned over the next few years, will allow the New Zealand manufacturing and construction New factory for Viridian Glass industry to take advantage of the increasing demand for energy efficient glass products. read more
Shift to the green forklift tyre
Companies keen to be on the right side of carbon regulations are moving to the Bergougnan tyre range that meets tough new European chemical safety restrictions. Early adopters include companies running Hyster machines through Gough Materials Handling and many other long-time Bergougnan tyre fans. read more
Editorial: Happy New Year
I don’t
say this lightly, for there are
plenty of reasons to be happy.
This time last year I wrote of
the impending recession, and it
certainly turned out to be a year
of cutbacks and etrenching.
However, there appears to be
light at the end of the tunnel. read more