IMHX sets out stall with impressive breadth of suppliers

IMHX is the UK’s leading logistics showcase - a four day show taking place at Birmingham’s NEC from Tuesday 13th to Friday 16th September.

IMHX 2016 will reflect every aspect of 21st century intralogistics showcasing the latest logistics and supply chain technology, right through to racking and the latest forklift trucks and materials handling solutions from the leading names in the business.

Present at the show will be over 100 suppliers of forklift trucks and associated products and services, over 30 supply chain and warehouse IT providers, in excess of 40 suppliers of automation solutions, over 25 companies working in packaging and well over 60 general materials handling exhibitors.

The regional heats of the RTITB Operator of the Year return to IMHX in 2016. This is held every three years to find the best forklift operator in the country and through a number of heats offers encourages operators to strive to be the best.

The Design4Safety awards, organised by the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA), will also be part of IMHX 2016.  

The aim of the awards, open only to IMHX exhibitors, is to highlight the importance of product or service design in improving safety standards. By focusing on ‘design for safety’ the awards recognise innovative thinking, regardless of the type or cost of the product or service.

There will also be a Demonstration Zone where all the major manufacturers will be putting their trucks and equipment through their paces, showing their capabilities and versatility.

IT solutions are playing a growing role in the supply chain and in response to these developments for the first time IMHX will feature a dedicated Supply Chain IT Village. Among those exhibiting will be Proteus Software which specialises in providing Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).

David Bugden of Proteus said: “IMHX is the event for anyone involved in logistics and supply chain and this is our fifth time attending. The new IT Village provides a great platform for technology providers to meet potential customers and showcase new innovative developments.”

Seminars

IMHX also presents a free to attend seminar programme.

These include a joint presentation from David Stocker, director at DAI supply chain and logistics automation systems and Peter Shuttleworth, head of technology at Tesco Transport where the duo take a close look at Tesco’s recent carrier management implementation and major warehouse solution upgrade, for its Tesco Direct business.

This will take us inside the multi-channel multi-carrier strategy, the use of carrier management to handle internal label generation, Click & Collect optimisation through the use of master cartons, the management of internal fleet alongside parcel carriers and harmonised multi-carrier parcel tracking.

Another standout presentation focuses on how The Health Store 'transformed itself into a 21st century wholesaler' with an IT revamp. This presentation will be made by Tim Ryan, managing director at The Health Store and Chris Pass, sales consultant at Business Computer Projects.

With more than 450 exhibitors expected to take part, IMHX 2016 is on track to be the biggest ever.