A global, independently owned, family-run packaging business has significantly increased its onsite storage capacity, improving its manufacturing operations after investing in a temporary building solution from Spaciotempo.
The Wilkins Group, with its head office in Colwick, Nottingham, specialises in supplying retail packaging worldwide to a wide range of markets such as food (chilled and frozen), textiles, confectionery, toiletries and household products.
With a modern state of the art facility that covers over 120,000 square feet in Colwick, the firm employs over 400 people with two further hubs in the Nottingham and bases in Romania, Sri Lanka, China, Bangladesh and India. The business turns over in excess of £30m per year.
The folded carton manufacturer approached Spaciotempo with a brief to provide a cost effective solution as the firm considers permanent building expansion plans at its head office and manufacturing and logistics site in Colwick.
Creating more space so manufacturing operations can run smoother
The Wilkins Group has seen orders rise by around 20 per cent over recent years, and in order to cater for the increase in orders and ensure operations are managed effectively, more space was required to hold finished and partfinished stock.
André Wilkins, managing director at The Wilkins Group explains: “Since installing the new onsite storage facility we have been able to process orders more efficiently and provide our factory staff with more space. When you are dealing with thousands of packaging items every day, storage is a fundamental part of the business and it’s important to ensure goods are stored safely and securely, limiting damage and maintaining high standards of quality.”
The temporary solution installed by Spaciotempo is a 15 x 35 metre, free-standing storage facility with a height of 8.57 metres which has a link back to the main building. It provides optimal storage and includes economical LED lighting. Installed in just four days, the temporary building has an aluminium frame, incorporating a thermo roof and gable and UPVc wall panels, making it a highly durable solution. It also has two personnel access doors and an electrically operated roller shutter door, completely accessible by forklift truck, so goods are instantly accessible.
Temporary buildings mean expansion can be managed in a planned and sustainable way
André Wilkins explains why the company is such an advocate of temporary structures: “Our customers are major blue-chip retailers and require very responsive manufacturing and logistics solutions. Operating across a number of sectors means we understand the way supply and demand fluctuations can impact our customers and we need storage facilities to cope.
“Expanding and investing is key and whilst a permanent building is our ultimate goal, installing a temporary structure means we can manage our expansion in stages, committing funds in a planned and coordinated way. A temporary solution gives us a cost effective option to immediately extend storage until such time a permanent building can be completed.”
The temporary building from Spaciotempo has been installed and is being hired by The Wilkins Group over a 25-month contract and will run until October 2018, providing The Wilkins Group with a medium term solution for increasing storage demands.
Quick and professional installation means temporary buildings prove a viable expansion solution
As the day-to-day operations of The Wilkins Group needed to carry on, finding a quick and easy storage solution that could be utilised within a short space of time was key and Spaciotempo’s installation team lived up to the promise of installing the temporary structure in days.
Spaciotempo’s Area Sales Manager, Daniel Parker, explains: “We were delighted to work with The Wilkins Group and have come to understand the way their business operates, ensuring the installation proceeded efficiently and on schedule. The firm was also having ground works completed at the same time as we installed our temporary building so it was important our team worked closely with the groundwork team to ensure safety on site was maintained at all times and disruption kept to a minimum.”
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