Forklifts for Bowker Doncaster DC

LOCATED IN Thorne, a small town on the outskirts of Doncaster, Bowker’s new 165,000 sq ft food grade facility offers 31,000 pallet locations and provides easy access to the port of Immingham as well as Doncaster’s iPort rail hub.

Commenting on the development, W. H. Bowker’s director, Bill Bowker said “Our current warehousing estate has been operating at close to full capacity for some time. We have been looking at various options to increase our storage capacity and we’re now pleased to be in position to provide new and existing customers the additional space.”

Commercial director Neil Bowker continued: “We believe that we have acquired the ideal facility, in a great location for the continued growth of both our warehousing and transport operations. Doncaster has become somewhat of a logistics hub with excellent access to road, rail, sea & air transportation. The site’s proximity to Immingham will also significantly assist our International Transport operation.”

The two new Flexi models on site at Thorne were supplied by Narrow Aisle. Custom-built to match Bowker’s precise needs they feature several special modifications including bespoke height selectors configured to match new racking and heightened safety features. The Flexis will play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient flow of incoming and outgoing orders of both raw materials and finished goods throughout the multi-client store.

Narrow Aisle was able to build the trucks and deliver them to Bowker’s Thorne site within two weeks of receiving the completed paperwork for the order. Such a short lead-time was essential as the racking system was already close to completion within the unit when the purchasing decision was finalised and any hold up in getting the trucks on site would have delayed the new facility’s ‘go live’ date.

“Our ability to respond extremely quickly to Bowker’s demand for new fully configured Flexi trucks gave us a commercial advantage. Having operated Flexis across its business for several years Bowker already knew about the product’s quality and drivability, but it was important for us to be able to satisfy the company’s urgent need for the new trucks to be up and running in under a fortnight,” says Narrow Aisle’s managing director, Donald Houston.

For more information, visit www.flexi.co.uk