The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown many things for a loop this year, but perhaps none more so than supply chain. Steel King, in partnership with the Wisconsin Continuous Improvement (CI) Alliance and Optima Associates, recently hosted “COVID-19: Managing through supply
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PK USA optimizes parts storage and material handling to continue growth without expanding warehouse After expanding operations eight times to meet customer over the past couple decades, PK USA was expanding again as its customers added new vehicles in the
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The Lasting Solution to Rugged, Low-Cost Bulk Parts Storage The all-purpose industrial container is built for abuse, custom to the application. Heavy corrugated steel sides and deck make Steel King’s Round Corner Corrugated Containers a rugged, low-cost, all-purpose solution
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Member-owned public utility cooperative consolidates operations into warehouse with forklift resistant rack Even before Clay Electric Cooperative sought to build a new warehouse to consolidate maintenance materials from various storage facilities into one location, the north Florida member-owned cooperative was
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We are all familiar with the wet paint process – pigment within a water- or solvent-base is sprayed to coat a surface. While at first glance the results of painting and powder coating may look similar, there are several advantages
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How Nebraska Furniture Mart’s DFW warehouse systems deliver the goods What does it take to run the country’s largest home furnishings store, Nebraska Furniture Mart’s Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas location, a 1.3 million sq. ft. distribution center with an attached warehouse
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Recent earthquakes in the Midwest and East Coast point to increased need for seismic consideration in warehouse construction While we typically associate earthquakes with areas such as California, recently Monroe, Michigan, was hit with a 3.2-magnitude earthquake. Light to weak shaking was
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So what exactly is cantilever design, and when is it the ideal storage rack? Modern architecture has used the concept of a cantilever design in some of its most memorable structures: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, the Guggenheim Art
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Building Material Supplier Overcomes Weather Extremes and Restrictive Ordinances to Optimize Storage and Enhance Customer Experience When Reeves Ace Hardware of Highland, NC, decided to improve the efficiency of their lumber and building material operations, they knew they were facing
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Steel King’s welding operations maintain standards set forth by both the American Welding Society (AWS) and the Canadian Weld Bureau (CWB). Recently both New London and Stevens Point were due for their CWB audit. Certified companies must continually demonstrate compliance
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