Palletways new image and livery
Pallet network Palletways has unveiled a new image, including new livery and overnight service to meet its future growth targets.
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Interbrew UK outsources to Exel
Interbrew UK has outsourced its distribution network to Exels Tradeteam business in a contract lasting until at least 2010. The contract is expected to have a turnover of around £500 million; as part of the deal 1,500 Interbrew employees will transfer to Tradeteam.
Read MoreMeachers transport to manage complete supply chain for Rexam Webster
Meachers Transport is to run a complete supply chain operation from initial collection through to final distribution for cosmetics packaging company Rexam Webster.
Around 100 containers a month arriving at Southampton will be devanned, palletised and stored at Meachers warehouse complex in the port ready for picking, labelling and distribution to customers throughout the UK. Products will then be forwarded to Rexam Websters customers, including blue-chip names such as Coty, Avon and Procter & Gamble.
The contract was awarded following Rexam Websters decision earlier this year to consolidate production of its lipstick, deodorant stick and compact case packaging in France and the Far East.
Exel awarded 5 month contract by Mars
Exel has been awarded a five-month contract by Mars Confectionary to handle the companys full range in the build up to Christmas. It is inaticipated that some 1.5 million cases will pass through Exels hub in Banbury, Oxfordshire, with more than 5,500 pallets being held in store.
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