Wide-ranging storage revamp
Whitby-based builders merchants Wilf Noble has maximised storage capacity with Polypal.
The company took on racking, retail display and trade counter designs and systems to revamp both storage and retail operations.
Three separate yet interlinked areas have been fitted out with Polypal units – a warehouse dedicated to larger bulk items, an external storage facility with cantilever racking and the display and trade counter area.
“We have taken advantage of a direct walkway from trade counter to warehouse,” says Ian Craig, business development manager at Polypal. “These include sheet metal, palletised and wood products with our layout deliberately benefitting from a wide aisle design – aisle access of up to 3.2 metres is available to optimise loading and unloading operations. We have also kept a keen eye on safety issues as demonstrated, for example, by the use of anti-collapse mesh located at the rear of racking installations at key points in the warehouse.”
The external area at the site has been utilised with Polypal’s galvanised cantilevered racking used for storage of specialised timber products. A total capacity of 64 bundles of up to 5.4 metres lengths of soft wood can be housed in this area.
“We have a well-established reputation, particularly among the trade sector within a radius extending some 25 miles outside the town, and we felt the time was right to enhance this success and also build on our retail capability,” says John Noble, director at the builders merchant. “Clearly this calls for optimising the mix of storage space and retail opportunities and we are delighted with the input that has been provided by Polypal both in terms of the equipment supplied and the company’s experience in the builders merchant’s sector.”
Polypal has also addressed the trade counter requirements for Wilf Noble, creating a multi-station facility that fronts both an office area and additional high value display units.
The centrepiece of the retail area is 10 multi-bay gondola units from Polypal. Some 19 multi-level bays are also positioned around three perimeter walls as well as three promotional bays at the entrance.
