Flowstore Logos and Flowstore Systems News; storage, material handling and order picking solutions

storage • shelving • warehouse • distribution • fulfilment • live storage • order picking

Flowstore News

Tournament Nets Cash for Six Wheelchairs

Flowstore staff quickly got the ball rolling for our newly adopted charity, Wheels for the World, by holding a sponsored five-a-side football tournament at our local Goals Soccer Centre in Hayes. The charity organises the restoration of old NHS wheelchairs for distribution to the third world – see below.

As part of our Social Responsibility Policy the firm had pledged to try and fund one wheelchair a month – but the event was so successful that it raised enough for six!

Tim Wood, the charity’s chief executive, who blew the whistle to start the match said:

“We greatly value Flowstore’s support for our work. As a small charity seeking to make a big difference to disabled people’s lives we very much appreciate Flowstore’s generosity of giving, both corporately and individually from staff, particularly at a time of economic uncertainty.”

Organised by employees Ibby Hussain and Wayne Verrill, the tournament trophy went to the Flowstore factory team who won 16-13 on total goals scored. It was a doubly successful day for Wayne as he netted eight goals, earning him the Golden Boot for top scorer.

 

 

Wheels for the World

We at Flowstore have decided to get involved with a charity through our Corporate Social Responsibility Policy initiative.
We’ve had a first meeting with staff, who saw a very moving video from *Wheels for the World and agreed it was a charity we could support. 

Wheels for the World re-furbish wheelchairs (which are a great fit as they are made from tubes & wheels!!) and send them to developing countries, along with physiotherapists and other social support.

Not only have Flowstore made an initial donation, which will finance a container of wheel chairs, the staff have already met their initial target of sponsoring a wheelchair a month.

The FlowTube team have built a money-box wheel-chair made from FlowTube to collect spare change in the tubes.  The length of the collecting tubes is made to collect a round sum of specific coins.  As they say the only limit to FlowTube is your imagination!

(*Wheels for the World is part of Through the Roof Charitable Trust Ltd – Charity No: 1087788)

 

FlowTube Staging System

FlowTube’s modular staging system is a competitively priced and highly effective staging system, which gives the user ultimate choice and flexibility. Whether it is to be used as at exhibitions, as a mobile stage, a church or school stage, a fashion runway or model catwalk it can either be a standalone build or integrated into an existing structure.

You can choose the height, width, colour, virtually any layout configuration, and whether it’s can be permanent or temporary. The FlowTube staging system is easy to build and the perfect solution for most staging requirements.

Using reusable steel tubes, joints, and accessories a stage can be customised for any specific use, and its configuration changed in next to no time.  The possibilities are endless.

The FlowTube stage is strong, safe and lightweight and packs away into a compact mobile trolley, which takes up minimal space and can be moved into position with ease.

There is a choice of eight tube colours and two joint finishes. We can create a visual of your finished stage.

Click here to read more about our modular stage system

 

Banner Frame SystemFlowTube Banner Frame System

The new FlowTube Banner Frame System is a competitively priced highly versatile solution, which gives the user ultimate flexibility. Whether it is to be used in any display scenario or exhibition or retail environments where a display banner is required. It can either be a standalone banner or integrated into an existing retail, display or exhibition system.

You can choose the width, height, colour, and whether it’s can be temporary or permanent. Easy-to-build, the FlowTube banner frame system is the perfect solution for most display requirements.

Click here to read more about our banner frame system

 

Abel & Cole install LS2 Carton Live Storage System

Flowstore recently installed an order picking system for internet organic food delivery specialists, Abel & Cole.  Flowstore’s Carton Live Storage system, LS2, has meant that Abel & Coles order picking capacity has doubled, and picks-per-person have increased.

"We would not have coped without the new live storage
picking system", said Rob Grimmer, Head of Production
 

Flowstore News Archive

Our Move:  In Autumn 2008 we moved..........but not far. 
Our address, post code & phone details are all new
Flowstore Systems Ltd, Fairview Business Centre
29-31 Clayton Road, Hayes,
Middlesex UB3 1AN

Tel: +44 (0) 845 270 3633
Fax: +44 (0) 845 270 3643
(all calls charged at a local rate)
 
Adjustable height workstations: An height adjustable workstation has been designed to either sit on any workstation, or be integrated into the build of FlowTube workstations and work benches.

This now means the worktop can be customised for different activities and operators. The worktop can be raised above the pre-set height or alternatively if the adjustable worktop is counter sunk into the workstation the top can now be raised or lowered and customised for different uses, regardless of the manufacturing sector.

To read more about FlowTube’s workstations click here
 
Toyota chose FlowTube: Pioneers of Lean Manufacturing, Toyota, selected FlowTube as a versatile system to use in their European Global Production Training Centre, E-GPC. Having used our products before, FlowTube was chosen as the most suitable solution to support the construction of bespoke custom designs for the dedicated production-training centre.

FlowTube is already extensively used in the main manufacturing and assembly plant, as it complies with the Continuous Improvement Technique, otherwise known as Kaizen.

To read more about our Toyota appointment click here
 
DuraFlow: October 2006 saw the launch of Flowstore’s latest product DuraFlow.

DuraFlow is a pre-assembled modular wheel system designed to simply and quickly convert most pallet rack structures into dynamic, versatile carton flow storage.  Strong multi-wheel roller track sections are supplied in standard widths of 305 or 405mm with universal beam hooks enabling easy positioning onto existing pallet rack cross beams.

It only takes a few minutes to fit a whole shelf level, saving up to 90% of the usual installation time for live storage systems.

To read more about Duraflow click here