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Newsletter IARW/WFLO Europe
View online March 2008 |
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From the Council |
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 Mogens
Svenstrup
of Coldstar (Denmark) is the new
chairman of the IARW European Council.
He officially took over from Manuel
Cabrera Kabana during the Amsterdam
council meeting last month. On April 20,
the European members attending the
annual IARW Convention in MarcoIsland
will gather for an interim meeting. The
next Council meeting will be in Paris (France);
the provisional date for this meeting is
Monday September 15.
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Resources section on
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materials from events, general industry
information, and much more.
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11th
Cold chain logistics education program
sets new attendance record |
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Over 160 refrigerated warehouse
operators, suppliers, and other industry
representatives gathered in Amsterdam
last month for the 11th
European Cold Chain Logistics Education
Program, organized by the Global Cold
Chain Alliance. With delegates from 18
European countries, South Africa, Iran,
the USA, Canada, and Mexico this 2-day
event not only broke last year's
attendance record, it also welcomed the
highest number of exhibitors in its
history. Under the title:
"Back 2 basics:
Safe, efficient, and profitable cold
storage and distribution", there were
presentations on strategic
and operational subjects, legislative
issues, and trends and developments
throughout the industry. Special focus
sessions featured a range of
contributions on Energy Saving &
Efficiency and Labor & Productivity.
During the Amsterdam industry
networking dinner, IARW European Council
Chairman
Mogens Svenstrup (Coldstar,
Denmark) presented awards to five
participants for their shown dedication
to and support of the program. F.l.t.r.
Svenstrup, Luc Bulcaen
(Frigolanda Group, Belgium),
João Gaitas (Frigomato,
Portugal), Demetrios Stratos
(MAVE, Greece), Marcel Ruesink
(Tyco FS&BP, Netherlands), and
Andrew Baldwin (Reed Boardall
Cold Storage, UK).
Click here for
more images of the event |
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Pre-Convention & Convention take
delegates to New Orleans and Marco
Island |
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From April 19-23, the IARW Annual
Convention & Expo takes place in Marco
Island, Florida (USA). The program
offers keynote addresses, feature
presentations, and focus sessions with
attention for cold chain opportunities
in the pharmaceutical industry, cargo
theft,´green' entrepeneurship, energy
efficiency, supply chain execution, and
much more. In addition, there is a wide
variety of informal, social and
networking activities. Visit
www.iarw.org
for more information.
 Previous
to the Convention, a group of 23
warehouse members and spouses from
Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia
will be in New Orleans for a
Pre-Convention
Warehouse Tour
with a visit to a facility of New
Orleans Cold Storage, city and
plantation tours, and a dinner cruise on
a Mississippi river boat. |
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New Members |
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 New
member Mohebi Logistics is a recently
established logistics hub in the United
Arab Emirates (UAE). This warehouse
facility is spread over an area of
51.000m² and offers
temperature-controlled storage according
to HACCP and ISO standards, 24/7
security and temperature monitoring, and
a state-of-the-art IT and management
information infrastructure. The company
specializes in fast moving consumer
goods and earlier this year was
appointed by Nestlé Dubai as its service
provider for Dubai and the Northern
Emirates.
Also from the
United Arab Emirates is Al Rowad
 for
Training & Development (UAE), which
has recently joined as an associate
member. This company´s objective is
to improve the levels of management
and technical skills in the
workforce, through training and
development. It conducts training in
the United Arab Emirates, Qatar,
Oman and is expanding its operations
to other countries in the region.
Further, it has established
cooperation with various renowned
training institutes worldwide.
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Members in the News |
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 WFLO
Treasurer Derk van Mackelenbergh
(right) recently welcomed Dutch
Agricultural Minister Mrs. Verburg
(right) at his Eemhaven facility in
Rotterdam. The politician was on a
working visit to the port, where she
took a closer look at the Port Health
Inspection and Eurofrigo's
veterinary checkpoint.
 The
entire storage areas and loading
bay, and all stock at
Limerick Cold Store Ltd. in
Ireland were destroyed in a major
fire last month. There were no
personal accidents, but the flames
caused millions of euro in damage to
the facility.
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Unilever´s new supply chain model |
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One of the presentations at the
Amsterdam cold chain program discussed
Unilever's new supply chain model, which
is aimed at
increasing margins, reducing costs, and
improving service, for instance by
optimization of the distribution
network. By reducing the number of
warehouses - from 600 in 2005 to 250 in
2010 - Unilever is looking to save 15
percent on logistics costs.
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WMS calculates shortest picking route |
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Dr. Kees Jan Roodbergen, who recently
joined the WFLO Scientific Advisory
Council (SAC) as a logistics and
operations management specialist, has
developed an algorithm that can help to
calculate the shortest picking route in
the warehouse. Software supplier Yanta
has incorporated this algorithm in its
warehouse management systems and
simulations have revealed that it can
reduce walking distances with 12
percent. When smaller orders are
combined into larger batches, even more
time can be saved. |
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Kuehne + Nagel sells 22 European warehouse
locations |
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Logistics service provider Kuehne +
Nagel and real estate company Goodman
have entered into a sale and lease-back
agreement for 22 distribution centers in
Europe. The total transaction value is
about € 220 million with an average
lease-back period of five years. More |
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Europeans willing to pay more for green
products |
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About three quarters of Europeans
declare they would buy green products
even if they would have to pay a bit
more, according to a recent
Eurobarometer survey. On average only
17% of Europeans say they bought
environmentally-friendly products
recently, which means that almost 60%
say they are willing to switch to green
products, but have not yet done so.
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Website on alternative for HCFC-22
fluids |
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On January 1, 2010, the European ban on HCFC-22
fluids in refrigeration equipment comes
into effect. Forane 427A refrigerant
fluid is used as an alternative. Chemical
company Arkema has set up the website
www.forane427a.com that gives end-users
in Europe technical and environmental
information on Forane 427A to assist
them with the retrofitting of their
refrigeration equipment.
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Green supply chain partner becoming more
popular |
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More and more companies take concrete
measures to establish a green supply
chain. Decreasing energy consumption and
choosing "green" supply chain partners
are the most popular measures, according
to a report by the Aberdeen Group.
More |
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