Racking aid for Ethiopian health initiative
Following the successful delivery of $35,000 worth of plastic tote containers to Ethiopia on behalf of an international aid agency, Raxel Storage Systems tendered for a major adjustable pallet racking project worth £1.1m.
After careful evaluation on price, technical
ability, past performance and future projects, Raxel was awarded the contract
ahead of two international storage equipment manufacturers.
The racking procurement contributed to the logistics and
storage activities of the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) Supply Chain Management (SCMS) program USAID is the United States
foreign policy assistance agency that works to improve lives in developing
countries.
Raxel managing director Matt Daniele commented, “To be
benchmarked against leading international manufacturers, acknowledges the
company’s ability, performance, service and of course our ability to compete at
this level.”
Apart from supplying 27,000 pallet positions including additional beams and guards to the ten individual distribution sites, Raxel had to include for tooling and equipment, plus comprehensive onsite training in Addis Ababa for 25 staff from a local contractor and the customer. Once completed, Raxel had to ensure that all staff were fully competent in all areas of pallet racking installation and maintenance, based on recognised industry standards and SEMA’s guidelines.
