Door Industry Journal - Spring 2019

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Industrial Doors & Shutters 92 THE door industry journal spring 2019 Hörmann UK delivers unique warehousing solution for West Midlands Hörmann UK has continued it longstanding partnership with Europe’s leading logistics property developer, Panattoni, by supplying an innovative, bespoke cross dock facility at Four Ashes Business Park in Wolverhampton, creating a state of the art logistics hub for the West Midlands region. The £50 million development is part of the recent expansion of Four Ashes Business Park in Wolverhampton. The new hub has been constructed in response to an increase in demand for logistics facilities in order to help position the West Midlands as a central base for local manufacturers to facilitate their national and international distribution network. The development, spanning across an impressive 448,000 sq. ft., includes a cross dock facility. This allows for a separate goods in and goods out facilities, improving both the efficiency and output of the hub as the number of vehicles that can be loaded and unloaded has potentially doubled. As an exclusive supplier for Panattoni, Hörmann UK provided 60 loading bays, 52 standard bay dock shelters and eight double deck dock shelters, with the ability to increase double dock shelters on all dock doors, which allows for various sizes of vehicles to easily and safely use the facility. Hörmann UK has also supplied with LED external traffic lights to signal to drivers when they can safely pull off from the bay. Hörmann UK has also provided LED Dock Lights which will light up the back of trailers when being loaded or unloaded, as well as vehicle alignment guides. This provides outstanding levels of safety for all individuals when loading or unloading is in process, as drivers are able to see where their vehicle needs to be safely parked when loading and unloading goods. As the 60 loading bays have the ability to increase double dock shelters on all dock doors, they include versatile 3500mm long dock levellers that feature a 1000mm telescopic lip, to offer customers improved flexibility and safety when working with various vehicle sizes. The dock levellers also allow for goods to be transported in and out of the vehicle in one single Continued on page 94