“Until recently all our leftover materials were just placed on the ground”, Klijn continues. “But I needed space to install a cutting machine: a large plasma/oxy-fuel cutting machine on which we can cut 2 x 12 metre sheets. The question therefore was: where do I put all this leftover material? Well, we are not short of height here, so we opted to purchase this rack.”
Klijn is referring here to his 7.5-metre-high LM logic XL long materials storage rack, with extra-shallow drawers: “We have pieces of many different types. So the more drawers there are, the more types of material we can store in the rack. It’s actually like the flats you see in every town and city, which allow more people to be housed in a limited area.”
“We also looked at alternatives, such as manually operated racks, but there is no comparison. This rack is so robust and efficient. The possibilities it opens up for stock management also make it a fantastic system. We have also linked our material certificates to it. That way we know that everything is guaranteed if we store leftover materials. It’s completely different from having a piece lying on the ground and no longer knowing where it came from.”
In short, was it a good investment? “I’m not an accountant, but yes. We really needed that floor space. There’s now a machine standing there that is earning us money. Otherwise the only way to create floor space would be to construct new buildings and at the time that was not a consideration for us. Going upwards with our material was therefore a logical decision.”