An aerospace part is worth more than the pallet it sits on, and it is worth nothing at all without its paperwork. Most of what comes into our racking is crated: wooden cases and cartons stencilled with a part number, stacked on pallets, next to reels, coils and lengths that were never going to fit a pallet at all. The job is to keep the number and the box together, from the quay to the dispatch note.
Nothing here moves on a description. A case is received, put away, picked and released against its part number, and that reference has to survive a year on the rack. We store to a fixed location, record what is on the label, and hand the same number back on every document.
Plenty of it palletises neatly and racks several levels high. The rest, ducting, sections, tubing and rolls, arrives on timber bearers and stays on the floor. Both live in the same building, so a shipment does not get split between two providers because half of it is an awkward shape.
Parts arriving from outside the EU can sit in our bonded warehouse in Zeebrugge or Liège with duty and VAT suspended, then clear line by line when an MRO or a production line calls them off. On a spares pool that turns slowly, that is working capital left in the bank instead of paid to customs on arrival.
Aerospace flies more than most sectors, and when a part is AOG the distance between the rack and the ramp is the whole story. Our 14,000 m² in Liège sits on the road, rail and air crossroads of the region, which shortens the leg that usually costs the most time.



