Tipton, UK: Narrow Aisle, which makes the Flexi Truck range of articulated forklifts, has launched a free warehouse planning service.
It provides a turnkey package from design to the supply and installation of storage equipment including pallet racking, shelving, sprinklers, mezzanine flooring.
Narrow Aisle’s design department will be headed by Paul MacBeath, who has joined the company from Kion, where he led the group’s storage division.
MacBeath said: “Across the country there is a huge number of warehouse buildings that are no longer fit for purpose due to the extensive changes in the retail market and the economy in general.
“Often the unit’s original role has changed completely and, as a result, the storage system is no longer as efficient as it could be.
“By redesigning the facility’s layout and introducing new materials handling technology we give an existing warehouse a whole new lease of life. In many cases this will mean the client can avoid the expense and disruption to the business of moving to a new building or outsourcing part or all their storage operation to a third party,” he said.
Donald Houston, managing director, Narrow Aisle, said: “Modern warehousing is all about maximising whatever space you have available and offering a complete service from planning through to supply and installation of storage equipment means we can help warehouse operators get the most out of a new building or make real operational improvements to an existing facility.”
