Being able to work quickly and efficiently requires customized storage systems

Of course, if you want to produce or deliver directly from stock, you must have a well-stocked, easily accessible and optimally laid out warehouse. Someone who can tell you all about that is Berry Vanneer, Sales Manager at OHRA Opslagsystemen Nederland. For the metal industry, they provide customized warehouse solutions for both sheet and bar material, pallets and coils. At the OHRA booth A123 during the METAVAK in Gorinchem on October 1, 2 and 3, 2024 they can tell you all about it.

OHRA Regalanlagen GmbH has been active in the storage industry for more than 45 years and is the European market leader in cantilever racking. Its program now includes numerous storage systems that are sold through its own sales offices in as many as 14 European countries. The Dutch branch is run by Berry Vanneer who himself has more than 24 years of experience selling storage systems. 'The challenge is to design a warehouse system that is optimally accessible and in which as many products as possible can be stored per cubic meter in a safe way. We have several solutions for this, with our cantilever racking as the undisputed 'fastmover'. These are available in various designs and sizes, without and with roof construction so that they can also be used outdoors. These systems are ideal for storing long products and, in our galvanized version, also have a 25-year guarantee against rusting through.'

Pallet and vertical racking

'Number two on our 'bestseller list' are the pallet racking systems,' continues Vanneer. 'These are ideal for the safe and orderly storage of goods on different pallet formats including the widely used Europallets. Specifically for the metal world, our vertical racking is also very interesting. Storing tubes and profiles vertically not only has space-saving advantages, but is also ergonomically easier because you can transport them vertically right away. In addition, for the sheet metal industry we have special coil racks in our program for storing heavy rolls of sheet metal. Finally, our so-called stake racks are the ideal solution for storing long goods using an overhead crane.

Automation

OHRA also supplies (semi-)automated warehouses. For example, there are truck-guided warehouses that allow for narrower aisles, allowing more to be stored per square meter of floor space. There are also mobile racking systems that allow automatic steering to open only one aisle at a time. Within the metal and plastics processing sectors, this is an ideal, highly space-saving option for storing molds, dies and dies.