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FLETCHER MOORLAND PLANTS 1500 TREES IN CARBON OFFSET INITIATIVE AS IT CELEBRATES ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY, industrial repair specialist Fletcher Moorland has launched an initiative designed to offset its carbon production by planting a tree for every repair the company carries out. The project has been introduced in partnership with Bristol-based Ecologi, an organisation that works with individuals and businesses to plant trees and deliver climate crisis solutions. For every order that Fletcher Moorland receives, the company has pledged to plant a tree with Ecologi’s help. “For every motor or inverter repaired and every pump refurbished, each time we sell a motor, balance a fan or fix a PSU, we plant a tree. Whatever the order, no matter how big or small, we plant a tree,” explained Matt Fletcher, MD at Fletcher Moorland. In the two months since the initiative began, the company has funded the planting of over 1500 trees, offsetting the equivalent of more than 111 tonnes of carbon dioxide. To put that into context, that is the same amount produced by 85 long haul flights or more than 275,000 miles driven in an average car.
“Clearly, the environmental benefit this opportunity is having is amazing, but it has also given the team here a real boost, knowing they are a climate-positive workforce,” added Matt.
ERIKS announces flagship fulfilment centre SPECIALISED INDUSTRIAL SERVICES provider, ERIKS, has announced a multimillion-pound investment programme in a major new UK headquarters and fulfilment centre in Oldbury in the West Midlands. Due to open in the summer of 2021, the new fulfilment centre is between two major motorway junctions on the M5, providing excellent transport links, and covers over 11,000m², with extensive warehouse facilities, loading bays and office space. This will dramatically increase ERIKS’ capability and capacity to fulfil far more deliveries than ever before, with greater accuracy, speed and efficiency for all customers. The new building has already been constructed and is now in the process of fitting out, in readiness for its opening later this summer. Once complete, the new fulfilment centre will incorporate advanced storage solutions working with the latest warehouse management technology controlling automated vertical picking systems, rapid transit conveyors and integrated vision and weighing equipment. The company’s goal is to reach consistent 100% pick accuracy, Quarter 2 2021
with full traceability, to ensure that every customer order, no matter how complex, is fulfilled precisely in the shortest possible time. The new fully computerised systems will also enable ERIKS to give customers far greater visibility of all orders, from sale through to delivery, while creating a dynamic new digital platform on which the company can develop new customer service options for the future. ERIKS’ CEO for the UK and Ireland, David Gillies, explains: “This is an
exciting development for our customers, and a huge endorsement by our parent company in our team and the ongoing success of our business. We recently celebrated our 80th year as a major industrial services provider and are excited to be embarking on the next phase of our development. The new fulfilment centre will become our primary hub and headquarters in the UK & Ireland, enabling ERIKS to set the standard in quality, accuracy and value of service provided to all our customers.” www.theaemt.com
