Improving capacity
August 1st 2008 A contract to extend the site
at Middlewich, Cheshire,
from which Wincanton
operates GlaxoSmithKline's
northern distribution base,
has been awarded to FKI
Logistex.
The original automated
storage and retrieval system
was completed by FKI
Logistex in 2005; the latest
contract involves extending
the installation of nine
cranes and a number of
pallet conveyors, with two
extra automated cranes.
Martin Sealy, Wincanton's
business unit director –
manufacturing, says "The
new contract recognises the
contribution made by FKI
Logistex to the efficient
operation of the existing site
which services the Midlands,
Northern England, Scotland
and Ireland with its
nutritional range of products.
"As a third party logistics
supplier, we recognise the
vital role that automated
materials handling plays in
the success of the long-term
relationship between
Wincanton and
GlaxoSmithKline." More articles from Logistex: | 
