Pall-Ex Group has announced a major step in its long-term strategic plan, confirming the merging of the Fortec and Pall-Ex palletised freight distribution networks. The consolidation reinforces the Group’s ongoing commitment to operational excellence, service quality and member-driven growth.
Read MoreUK-based Prospect Commercials has announced a growth in its staff and fleet since joining the Fortec Pallet Distribution Network in 2007.
Read MoreUK-based NLH Express Deliveries has joined the Fortec Pallet Distribution Network’s growing family of licensees.
Read MoreTheresa Haynes has been appointed Sales Executive for the Fortec Pallet Distribution Network.
Based at the company’s new hub near Daventry, Northamptonshire, she will be responsible for attracting more business and helping to grow the Fortec network.
Her appointment comes at the same time as Theresa celebrates 21 years in the transport industry. In that time she has worked in all sectors of the industry including dedicated transport, storage and logistics.
Theresa, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, said: “Transport is an addiction for me. I love working in the service industry and I love learning about all the different kinds of products. A key area of satisfaction is helping my customers grow their business. I have done it since the age of 20 and it is all I know.”
Theresa said she looked forward to sharing her knowledge and experience with Fortec customers. “My key focus will be to help Fortec licensees achieve their maximum potential, which of course will be of great benefit to Fortec itself.”
Theresa is married to Sean and has a son Jordan, aged seven. In her spare time she enjoys walking, swimming and eating out.
Read MoreIn the UK, the pallet service providers will be represented by their own dedicated industry body–the Association of Pallet Networks (APN, www.eyefortransport.com).
Formed at the end of last year, the APN has attracted membership from eight pallet networks in the UK: Palletforce, Palletways, Pall-Ex, Fortec, Palletline, United Pallet Network, Palletrack and The Pallet Network.
Together, these members represent more than 620 haulers, 24,000 vehicles and 11 million square feet of warehouse space.
The APN aims to raise awareness of the pallet network sector and to represent the interests of its members in the transport sector with media and government.
It provides a platform for discussion, analysis and the promotion of the pallet network sector to customers, prospective customers, network members and the public sector.
The APN has appointed logistics consultants to set up a detailed study of the sector, using on-line benchmarking to collect and collate information across the sector.
One of the first commercial tasks of the new body was to represent its members on the Countdown Forum for the 2012 Olympic Games, where it presented a detailed analysis of the advantages of using the pallet network approach to support the logistics of the Olympic Games.
Pallet networks are essentially co-operative organizations made up of groups of individual haulers who collect and deliver palletized freight in their own geographical area, consolidating loads destined for other parts of the country and Europe and trunking to a central hub for onward distribution. This significantly increases average vehicle fill, which, for pallet networks, is around 73%, compared with a national average of 51%.
Source: Newsdesk of www.eyefortransport.com
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