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Consumers are increasingly favouring sustainable products over others, leading to increased pressure on companies and their value chains to select suppliers with environmentally and socially responsible practices. To demonstrate their commitment to sustainability, companies have a range of tools at their disposal that allow them to stay on their customers’ radar. In the area of […]
Covid, vaccines and the supply chain
As the third wave of the pandemic sweeps across Europe, the varnish seems to have “cracked” between the European Commission, mandated by the various European states to manage the supply of vaccines, and the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca/University of Oxford. The reason is the delay in the availability of doses for the European Union. […]
Europe tests the future of urban air mobility
The AMU-LED project, part of the European Union’s H2020 programme, has been launched with the aim of “demonstrating the safe integration of various types of drone operations in urban skies,” Everis said in a statement. The project will run for the next two years and aims to “present one of the largest demonstrations of mobility […]
Mango strengthens its omnichannel strategy
This was communicated by the brand in a press release setting out its new projects, where it said it hoped to increase online turnover to 1 billion euros. The company expects to close 2020 with a turnover of close to 800 million euros in the digital channel The company celebrates the 20th anniversary of the […]
New Portuguese Soul Tin collection: Gallo
A tribute to Portuguese culture The new image of the Gallo collection celebrates the symbols of the Portuguese Soul. “The Popular Festivities, the Sites of Portugal, Popular Culture and Craftsmanship – through an iconic format known to the Portuguese”. The same classic flavour of Gallo Olive Oil, now in an ideal format for those who […]
Carrefour and Alimentation Couche-Tard explore new lines of co-operation in areas such as private label and fuels
Although the French government has put the brakes on the proposed takeover of Carrefour by the Canadian group Alimentation Couche-Tard for around 20 billion dollars, citing, among other reasons, the country’s food sovereignty, negotiations between the two distribution groups are continuing with new objectives on the table. A joint statement issued by the retail chains […]
Mercadona accelerates its strategy to reduce plastic packaging and bets on recyclability
The company has set up a multidisciplinary working team to identify and define the changes to be implemented in the different processes of the assembly chain to reduce plastic. In Portugal there is a supermarket in Matosinhos (Porto) that has been adapted into a 6.25 Store Membros da equipa de trabalho da Estratégia 6.25 da […]
Real-time visibility for companies in their logistics operations. What is the level of maturity in southern Europe?
Real-time visibility for companies in their logistics operations. What is the level of maturity in southern Europe? Generix Group, a provider of SaaS solutions for the collaborative supply chain, today released the results of its latest analysis of the level of real-time visibility of companies in southern Europe, which includes Portugal, Spain, France and Italy. […]
Jhernando is installing a sorter system for Media Markt in Pinto (Spain)
Jhernando is installing a sorter system for Media Markt in Pinto (Spain) Today, JHernando is installing a sorting system (sorter) on the logistics platform owned by the consumer company Media Markt in Pinto (Madrid – Spain), which will allow them to sort more than 3,000 packages per hour. With this Media Markt installation you will […]
Mango will stop using 160 million plastic bags in its supply chain
Mango Press-Room The company is starting this project to replace plastic bags with paper bags in its production of folded parts. The brand becomes the first major textile company in Spain to carry out this project The initiative is part of the commitments made in the Fashion Pact Mango is moving forward with its commitment […]
Toyota and Hino announce plans for road tests of fuel cell electric lorry
The road tests in Japan serve to verify the use of the hydrogen fuel cell in reducing CO2 emissions in logistics Following Toyota’s recent announcement, a group of companies in Japan: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (Asahi Group), Seino Transportation Co., Ltd. (Seino Transportation), NEXT Logistics Japan Co., Ltd. (NLJ), Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Yamato Transport), […]
Jhernando instala um novo sistema de transportadora para nivea
Jhernando instala um novo sistema de transportadora para nivea JHernando instalou recentemente um sistema de acumulação para as instalações que a empresa Beiersdorf NIVEA possui em Tres Cantos (Madrid-Espanha). Por meio desse sistema de esteira de acumulação, evita-se que o restante da instalação pare quando houver uma interrupção no processo, permitindo que 100 pequenos recipientes […]