Public Funding for DHL Supply Chain Limited

SShrink wrapping is widely used as secondary packaging of individual items into larger unit loads. Although shrink wrapping is commonly used, there are disadvantages to this technique, particularly with heat sensitive products such as aerosols. Of all packaging machines, shrink wrappers are one of the heaviest energy users. The process requires running the pack through a heat tunnel at to shrink the polyethylene film onto the product. TRAKRAP have developed an automated wrapping system that uses virtually no heat and uses thin, 100% recyclable “stretch” film to secure the pack. TRAKRAP’s new stretch wrapping system will provide a cost effective wrapping solution for small heat sensitive products, without the need of collated trays. It will provide an alternative to shrink wrapping by offering the same benefits but with considerable energy and cost savings. It will reduce heat and energy requirements by over 90% and reduce the use of plastic materials by >60%. TRAKRAP’s new system will eliminate the risk of explosion, simplify health and safety requirements, lower insurance premiums, and reduce product changeover times (one size of film fits all packs), as well as significant reduction in packaging costs and packaging waste. The proposed system is also much more flexible than shrink wrapping, being able to manage a wide variety of pack sizes, formats and speeds on a digital platform consistent with high value manufacturing. The combination of film development and digital productivity enhancement will have benefits across a wide range of market sectors outside of aerosols alone.

The project is a collaboration between CNG Services, Gasrec, DHL Supply Chain, Argos Transportation and Eddie Stobart which will provide a publically accessible natural gas refueling station at Magna Park, Lutterworth by 2015. In addition, the development of an interim fueling station for use during the project will allow the Partners to assess the potential benefits to the UK haulage industry in terms of cost reductions and reduced carbon dioxide emissions. The project will provide greater capacity to the developing UK network for natural gas use reducing barriers to entry for new entrants to the market

Project Evergreen is a collaboration between CNG Services, Chive Fuels, DHL Supply Chain and KBC Logistics. The project will provide three additional publicly accessible liquefied natural gas (LNG) refueling stations during 2014. LNG stations will also be put onto DHL’s Droitwich depot and KBC’s Grays depot. These stations will help to assess the potential benefits to the UK haulage industry in terms of cost reductions and reduced carbon dioxide emissions. DHL will buy 20 dual fuel conversions for new trucks, Chive Fuels will buy 1 new dual fuel conversion for a new truck and KBC Logistics will buy 10 dual fuel conversions for older trucks. Chive Fuels will upgrade five existing LNG stations with a system that will recover and recycle vented gas. The project will make natural gas more available to existing and to new customers and will put 31 duel fuel trucks on the road that would otherwise have been diesel.