Storage racking systems are generally designed to hold certain types of commodities; however, warehouse fire protection codes and standards also play a big role in the design. Those requirements and guidelines can be complicated and can be imposed in some
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Lease rates for commercial and industrial buildings are primarily based on the square footage of a building’s footprint, but when it comes to warehouses and distribution centers, cubic footage is a far more important number. That cubic footage also presents
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Buying used industrial racking may be okay for straightforward use; but for complexity, longevity, expansion, or seismic issues, a new rack is best. In the tough economy, many warehouse managers and owners are tempted to save a little by purchasing
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When properly designed to meet the specific inventory and storage requirements, pallet flow racks maximize storage space and improve shipping logistics. Any warehouse or distribution center with limited floor space that needs high-density storage or automatic rotation of inventory on
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Implementing pallet flow racking enables manufacturing and storage space consolidation, eliminating off-site storage and double-handling Without such support, crowded production and storage facilities may need to purchase or lease offsite storage space for at least a portion of the year.
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Denali Ingredients is a leading supplier of chocolate coatings, fudge sauces, powders, fruit varieties, stabilizers, extruded products, flakes and other ingredients for the dairy, ice cream, bakery, and food service industries. The company is known for making your favorite treats
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Unpredicted growth and an inferior pallet rack flow system threatened to gobble up the bottom line—but they found the solution to turn it all right A pallet rack system must be designed to accommodate growth. But what happens if that
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When Reeves Ace hardware of Highlands, N.C., sought to improve the efficiency and merchandising of their lumber and building material operations, some serious challenges hindered logistics, quality control, and profitability. Since their downtown location is landlocked and subject to restrictive
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Member-owned public utility cooperative consolidates operations into warehouse with forklift resistant rack Even before Clay Electric Cooperative sought to build a new warehouse to consolidate maintenance materials from various storage facilities into one location, the North Florida member-owned cooperative was
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Can a rack system in a cold storage facility be changed out without taking operations offline? Americold did it with the help of their long-time rack manufacturing partner. Americold, a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure, knew a significant amount of
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