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Premier’s £500,000 investment
Premier Paper Group has announced an investment
of half a million pounds in its Birmingham-based
Central Distribution Centre.
Premier has taken delivery of four new Linde K15 man-up combi
trucks to service the facility’s 11 pallet, 17 metre high, narrow aisle
configuration for the bulk storage of pallets.
The new K15 man-up combi trucks which will replace Premier’s
existing Cleeco cranes, offer improved productivity, advanced operator
comfort and lower operating costs. Key features including: speeds up
to 12kph, simultaneous traction and lift, better battery capacity and
the ability to regenerate energy on mast lowering and braking, which
reduces energy use; will deliver higher levels of productivity within
Premier’s distribution centre.
Richard Minns, Supply Chain Director said: “We expect to see a rapid
return on investment; the new trucks are faster and more efficient than
the legacy equipment and smaller in length, making movement from
aisle to aisle smoother and faster.We expect to significantly increase
our capacity across both the stock in and order picking processes;
with less downtime due to mechanical failure, coupled with faster
speeds and higher performance; ultimately leading to greater customer
satisfaction.”
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Price hikes for office paper
Despite price adjustments over the previous year, attempts to
preserve sustainability in the face of spiralling costs and price
erosion are proving increasingly difficult for papermakers.
Profit margins in the paper
production industry are at
unsustainably low levels. As a
result, Metsä Board has confirmed
that uncoated fine paper prices
have been increased from mid April.
Mattias Kronberg, VP Sales &
Marketing at Metsä Board Paper
& Pulp, said: “Everyone wants high
quality, environmentally sustainable,
aesthetically attractive and innovative
products, but there is a price tag
for that.We need to get back to
a situation where a viable margin
balance is restored with a return to
solid pricing policies.”
Environmental Transparency
Award
Metsä Board has received theWWF ‘Transparency’ Environmental
Paper Award 2012 for listing the majority of its UncoatedWoodfree
Papers inWWF’s database of eco-rated papers, Check Your Paper.
WWF created theWWF Environmental Paper Awards 2012 to
give credit to manufacturers and suppliers that post their brands on
Check Your Paper, usingWWF’s eco-rating method for measuring the
environmental footprint of papers. Amongst the papers listed are Metsä
Board’s leading brands Data Copy and Modo Papers.
www.checkyourpaper.panda.org.
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