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Investment Shifts Up A Gear At Frederick R Miller
November 8th, 2016
Surrey-based logistics firm, Frederick R Miller Ltd, has invested £400,000 to expand its fleet to meet the growing demand for freight services across the region.
Frederick R Miller, part of Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network, operates in and around Kingston upon Thames, Guildford, Aldershot, Camberely, Woking, Fleet, Dorking, and Bordon. The company has taken delivery of four 44t Scania tractor units which will come into service immediately, to support the 200,000 pallets it moves every year through its collection, delivery and trunking operations.
Adrian Westwood, managing director at Frederick R Miller, said: “We owe it to other Palletways members and our customer base to continually invest in the best equipment, to maintain and improve our service. We believe this recent investment sends out a strong signal to the marketplace about our capabilities which we believe are unparalleled amongst our competitors.”
Frederick R Miller, based at Forsyth’s Home Farm in Shackleford, offers urgent/overnight freight services and next day or same-day deliveries that are all tracked and visible to customers via its advanced IT systems. The company boasts extensive storage facilities and the capacity to move full and part loads. It counts Domus Tiles, YTD Flooring, Manning Impex, Safeguard Europe and Nutriment among its customers.
About Palletways
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Palletways was founded in the UK in 1994.
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In total Palletways handles over 38,000 pallets daily across all its operations, including more than 23,000 pallets a day in the UK, 10,000 in Italy and 3,000 in Iberia.
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One in every four pallets handled by palletised freight networks in the UK is distributed by Palletways.
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During a typical operating day Palletways handles one pallet every second.
The Palletways Group:
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Palletways provides an express delivery solution for consignments of palletised freight, and is the leading dedicated pallet network in Europe. The Palletways network operates more depots and handles greater volumes than any other pallet network.
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Over the past 21 years Palletways has developed a strategic network of more than 400 depots and 14 hubs and now provides collection and distribution services across 20 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Spain, Slovakia and the United Kingdom.
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In the UK Palletways has a national hub in Lichfield, Staffordshire, and regional hubs in London, Leeds and Edinburgh. It offers a range of express distribution services for consignments of palletised freight across the UK. These include next day, next day AM, timed delivery options, and Economy 2/3 day.
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The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Denmark are served via a hub operation in Nijmegen.
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In Germany the Palletways hub operation is in Homberg (near Kassel).
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In Italy hub operations are located in Bologna, Naples and Milan.
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Iberian hub operations are based in Madrid and Zaragoza.
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Collection and distribution services in France are provided via a subcontracted operation.
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Palletways Europe GmbH, based in Switzerland, was set up in 2006 to develop pan-European collection and distribution services.
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Supporting all the networks is Palletways’ award winning technology, including its unique archway scanning system which captures a photographic image of every pallet which passes through its hubs, combined with automated scanning to provide seamless track and trace. Palletways' Digital Information Hub, a custom developed communications platform provides real time data linking all operations across Europe monitoring all consignments providing total visibility and security of every pallet throughout the whole distribution process to all European destinations.
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For more information, visit: www.palletways.com
For further press information, please contact:
Sarah Glass: 02476 323109 sarah.glass@jbp.co.uk
Simon Keen: 0117 907 3400 simon.keen@jbp.co.uk
Sofia Costa: 0117 907 3400 sofia.costa@jbp.co.uk
