Static Racking

Training of Forklift drivers & safety around mobile racking systems

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Mobile racking can work in most storage applications and companies appreciate the fact that mobiles either save them space or double storage capacity. However, as with any other mobile equipment, mobile racking must be treated with care. Companies have realised that rack damage caused by careless forklift operators is an avoidable expense. However, there are …

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Rack Safety Inspection

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Whilst recently re-reading the “storage equipment manufacturers association” (SEMA) code of practice for the use of pallet racking in warehouses, I was struck by how it isn’t followed in South Africa. While local rack manufacturers at least say that they produce their products to SEMA standards, estimates of the percentage of warehouses who even try …

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Storax Preserves England’s Historical Artifacts.

STORAX Preserves England’s History Artefacts

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A few years ago, English Heritage, which looks after England’s historical artefacts, had run out of storage space. 200 pallets holding stone work from Hadrian’s wall were lying in an unmanned cow shed in Mafen and 15 pallets from the Tynmouth Priory were being stored in a WW2 gun emplacement on the North Sea coast. …

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