Hallgruppen: a Nordic giant enters the UK Temporary Buildings market

Our marketing strap-line is "Cover anything anywhere": we offer buildings and structures for a wide range of industries, applications and situations, always quickly and cost-effectively. We might install a simple standalone small storage structure really quickly for a company needing support during peak season, or a covered loading area to keep goods in/out dry, an assembly or workshop area suitable for R&D, right up to a turnkey project factory-integrated fully-fitted extension with energy-efficient insulation, compliance-satisfying sealing and insurance-pleasing fire resilience.

Our focus in the UK begins with the key industrial sectors: logistics/transport, warehousing, all aspects of manufacturing, of course the packaging industry, energy, aviation, mining, construction and waste/recycling.

We operate in two distinct markets, steel portal frame structures and aluminium-framed structures, which are often called Temporary Buildings (or semi-permanent, depending on who you ask) and already very popular here, but so far somewhat limited in specification. There are plenty of companies in each of those areas but few in both - and few with our size, breadth of offer and experience.

Last financial year, Hallgruppen turned over more than €120m (and still growing well) which means we operate at scale and is the main reason we offer market-shaking prices. In the UK we're gearing up to concentrate on the popular aluminium framed product first and are stocking our new warehouse to be able to offer standard sizes really, really quickly.

That's a product that’s often seen in the UK, but we bring a couple of key innovations - chiefly a frame design that doesn’t need internal supports (eave height wires or side support trusses) so the full internal space, including roof, is fully available and then there’s our ISO covers; thick fibre-filled PVC covers which are fitted as a single piece and offer a quicker, more energy and cost-effective solution with better insulation and sealing than the popular equivalent of an inflated PVC roof and sandwich panel walls (which we also offer, but would like the chance to show and explain our ISO covers too!)

Those aluminium-framed buildings may be temporary (and are fairly easily relocated) and as such many customers are interested in renting them... we offer outstanding and fair rental terms which when you compare with others new customers and those with experience of the product and market will love. And you needn’t have a PVC roof on your aluminium frame building, even if it is intended for temporary use - if you want a steel roof we can happily offer that too.

But for the occasions where an aluminium frame won’t work (e.g. very harsh weather, much larger size and/or height needed, permanent expectations...) then we offer steel framed structures designed by our in-house team of engineers according to your specific requirements, including bespoke shapes and sizes.

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