For the record

Leading record management and document archive company, Sala International, can store up to one million boxes and cartons at its recently opened facility in Sherburn, North Yorkshire. The 92,000ft2 facility benefits from pallet racking systems installed by Link 51, which are designed to optimise both long term storage and provide an innovative means of live file retrieval.

"Each of the aisles at the site provides up to 12 beam levels," explains Link 51's sales director, Keith Evans, "and, although based on a conventional back-to-back configuration, each run also features a central tunnel through its entire 126m length. This approach allows two-sided pedestrian access to the boxes stored at the lower levels - those most likely to be retrieved regularly - thereby enabling the maximum amount of storage space within the warehouse to be realised."