With the price of land getting increasingly expensive, making the most of your existing warehousing facilities is crucial and is also the most cost-effective solution when companies are considering expanding their business.
Marking 25 years in business in 2023, Irish material handling specialist, Combilift, has the expertise to assist your business in maximising the capacity, safety, and efficiency of your warehouse and storage facilities.
“We have always seen Combilift as much more than a designer and manufacturer of forklifts and other handling solutions,” says CEO and co-founder, Martin McVicar. “Space is one of the most valuable assets our customers possess, and if our trucks can make it work better for them in terms of storage density then everyone benefits.
“The ongoing demand for warehouse space, coupled with ever-rising business costs, means that space optimisation is now more important than ever. Additional benefits include avoiding the operational headache for management and the workforce of relocating to new premises, the lack of bureaucracy associated with new builds or extensions, and the expense of leasing extra offsite storage.”
Combilift has a team of very experienced design engineers who can provide your company with a free-of-charge warehouse design and layout service. This service demonstrates how warehouse space can be configured according to the capabilities of Combilift’s products, which in some cases can double available space.
By narrowing your aisles and using your vertical (and free!) airspace, companies can increase up to 50% of their storage capacity and avoid the excessively expensive costs of building a new facility.
Farrell Furniture, the Irish-based designer and manufacturer of quality contract office and residential furniture, has always trusted Combilift for their material handling needs with a partnership of many years.
By utilising Combilift’s C-Series equipment, the company has significantly increased its storage capacity by optimising its facilities and efficiently accessing stock. The sideways movement capability of the C-Series allows for navigation through narrow aisles and doorways, enabling customers to maximise racking. Additionally, its powerful and precise lifting technology allows it to utilise vertical space effectively, enabling expansion without increasing the size of the warehouse.
“Our premises are around 100,000 ft², with as little as possible – just 15,000ft² – being given over to storage,” says CEO, Brendan Farrell. “The warehouse is the same size as it was when we got our first Combilift, but over the last few years we have quadrupled in growth. This is testimony to how Combilift’s original layouts future-proofed us.
“Due to the lift height of 6m of our C4000 model, we have been able to go up not out. The truck’s ability to travel sideways as well as block stack, plus its inherent stability, means that even our largest loads – 3.6 x 2m for example – can be very safely moved around and easily accommodated in the space available.”
Contact Combilift to discover how you can help your company make the most of your existing space.
