Norbert Dentressangle's TDG lands deal with British Polythene Industries

TDG, part of Norbert Dentressangle, has signed a deal with British Polythene Industries (BPI) to provide the plastic bag manufacturer with warehousing and distribution services.

The logistics company will look after the transport and warehousing needs of BPI's three recycled products operations in Rhymney in South Wales, Stroud in Gloucestershire and Heanor in Derbyshire.

With the establishment of a national DC at Heanor and centralised planning, the deal aims to reduce road miles via more efficient load planning and deliver cost savings and environmental benefits as a result.

The operation involves the collection of around 60,000 tonnes of waste product for reprocessing each year, with movement from BPI's manufacturing plants to the national DC and delivery of more than 100,000 pallets of finished product to customers.

Ken Oswin, operations director for BPI Recycled Products, says: "We are a UK manufacturer, reprocessing waste from UK companies and, as well as providing environmentally friendly products, we're committed to minimising the impact of its activities on the environment.

"By optimising opportunities to back-load our delivery vehicles with raw materials, thereby maximising vehicle utilisation, the new solution is also an extension of this commitment."

Previously BPI subcontracted its transport at each depot.

TDG, which was bought by ND in December 2010, was recently appointed to run Kimberly-Clark's new DC in Chorley.