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South African-based Imperial Holdings is to acquire Palletways from current shareholder Phoenix Equity Partners for £163 million.
Imperial is a Johannesburg-listed international group of companies with a focus on consumer and industrial logistics. It says it fully supports the UK and European pallet network operator’s current management and will continue the company’s existing growth strategy, including plans to invest further in geographical expansion, product and service development, and its technology platform. ...
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Palletways Group has opened a new hub in Lyon, south eastern France, allowing it to increase the frequency and cost-efficiency of services to and from the UK.
The new facility is part of a major hub development programme across Europe which has included new facilities in Montpellier (France) and Fradley (UK) ...
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Delivering to or picking up goods from Switzerland is a third more expensive and takes 24 hours longer than to other EU countries says Palletways in a case study published by the CBI on 5 February. The p allet network operator adds that there are also different rules which apply ...
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Colchester-based logistics firm and Palletways member SLi has delivered a World War I memorial from Essex to Monchy-le-Preux in northern France.
The memorial marks the 100th anniversary of the battle in which 700 soldiers of the 1st and 9th Service Battalions of the Essex Regiment and of the Essex Yeomanry lost ...
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Palletways has opened three new international hubs in Southern Europe - a new regional hub in Montpellier, in the South of France, and has at the same time expanded its regional facilities in Zaragoza, Spain, and Milan, Italy, to handle international consignments.
The pallet network operator says that the new infrastructure ...
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The Palletways freight network won an Operational Excellence accolade at this year’s Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport awards. It was presented to group member development director, Craig Hibbert by Princess Anne and the Institute’s president, Beverley Bell. CILT was impressed by the largest UK pallet network's Vision 20:20 IT strategy.
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Lee McFadden of Peel Ports was named Logistics and Transport Student of the Year at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s annual awards dinner in London on 22 October. Other freight industry winners included Mahesh Kurukulasuriya, managing director, GAC Group of Companies, Sri Lanka - Young Manager of ...
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Palletways has added Romania and Bulgaria to its palletised freight network, which now covers 20 countries in Europe. Managing director of Palletways Europe, Rachael Alpha, said that since their EU integration in 2007, both countries have become important growth areas for the transportation of palletised goods. “Naturally, we saw the ...
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Canterbury-based logistics firm Salvatori has joined the Palletways. Salvatori, which is based in Aylesham Industrial Estate, will handle up to 500 pallets in and around the Canterbury and Ashford areas and also has depots in Rochester and Calais.
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Palletways will extend its services into Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in June 2015, bringing the pallet delivery network's coverage to 18 European countries. It now has a network of over 400 depots and twelve hub operations, with a distribution network of over 300 independent members.
Managing director of Palletways ...
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