Exhibition Guide

Toyota Material Handling UK is to showcase its latest range of warehouse and counterbalance forklift trucks on stand E15 at the Temperature Controlled Storage and Distribution (TCS&D) exhibition on the 18th to the 19th September 2013.

What can the airfreight sector do to retain and strengthen its role in the international movement of food, flowers and pharmaceuticals? What innovations and investments are needed for airfreight perishable supply chains to continue competing against ocean? These are among the key issues to be discussed in a dedicated perishables airfreight debate at this year's Cool Logistics Global conference, taking place 24-26 September in Rotterdam.

Cranfield School of Management has announced which British factories have been shortlisted for the 2013 Best Factory Awards (BFA).

The awards programme, now in its 22nd year, celebrates manufacturing excellence in the UK and is run by Cranfield School of Management in partnership with the magazine Works Management.

Does your company have an excellent new product or service, or a special individual or team that deserves industry-wide recognition?

Shippers and freight forwarders will voice current and future issues and exchange ideas during a Shippers' Panel on day one of Intermodal Europe 2013, which will be held from 8-10 October at the Hamburg Messe in Germany.

Strengthening European rail freight transport throughout the logistics and supply chain and improving the competitive position of rail freight will be the focus of rail freight forum sessions on Wednesday 9 October during Intermodal Europe 2013 at the Hamburg Messe, Germany.

Supply Chain Event - international exhibition for solutions and tools to optimise the flow of goods – gathers over 100 suppliers of solutions and technologies covering all aspects of the Supply Chain and 3,000 professionals.

Packaging Innovations London 2013 will be more international than ever before. Over 30 overseas packaging suppliers have signed up to exhibit at the show, which takes place at the Business Design Centre on 1 & 2 October.

Briggs Equipment UK Ltd. will sponsor the Fork Lift Truck Association's National Fork Truck Safety Conference, which will take place at Warwick University on Wednesday 25th September 2013.

Packaging Innovations returns to the NEC next February with the launch of Converting Innovations, a new co-located show providing converting suppliers a unique UK forum to meet their market.

Serving and former members of the armed services – all of whom have suffered some form of physical injury while on active duty in the world's trouble spots – recently attended an open forum at Jungheinrich UK Ltd's Birmingham showroom and training centre.