The Somerlap Service

The comprehensive Somerlap pallet service can play a vital part in ensuring that your goods are moved
safely, economically and on time. Conformity with quoted material sizes and method of construction is
absolutely guaranteed and the agreed specification is strictly adhered to, providing a pallet of reliable and
consistent quality.

For special applications, over 30 years' manufacturing experience enables us to advise on the best and most
cost-effective design for the purpose. Computerised production equipment enables any customer requirement
to be fulfilled and a free design service and knowledgable staff are available to suggest the best manufacturing
methods and materials.

Six fully-automated, pallet lines enable a fast response and accurate production of large orders whilst other
equipment is available for non-standard pallets or small quantity orders which represent some 25% of our pallet
production. No minimum order level is required and we regularly supply specialised pallets in quantities of one
or two for the transportation of specific products – an example being a one-off, 5 metre long base for exporting
a photographic machine.

A full and flexible "delivery-on-demand" service is available to optimise customers' resources and a large
stock-holding on behalf of customers - at any one time consisting of some 20,000 new and reconditioned pallets -
ensures that compliance to agreed schedules is guaranteed. Extensive under-cover storage and fully-enclosed
"Curtainsider" vehicles allow pallets intended for transporting sensitive products to be kept dry.

Damaged pallets can be repaired with new timber and brought back to their original condition whilst, to meet
the increasing cost of disposal and the resistance on the part of Local Councils to dispose of scrap timber to
landfill, pallets damaged beyond repair can be collected from customers for recycling. An average of 5,000
pallets are reconditioned in our workshops every week in this way and offer a cost-effective alternative to new.
If a pallet is beyond repair it is recycled in our chipping machine and a small charge is made to cover the cost of
collection. If repairable, the value is credited to the customer.

Delivery by our own vehicle fleet is normally within 3-5 days, but our flexibility and large stockholding allows a
24-hour delivery service in case of an urgent need.

With our on-site kiln providing a full heat treatment facility and a chipping machine capable of recycling two
tonne/hour, we are able to provide a unique service – the manufacture and delivery of any sized pallet, to any
specification, plus the ability to repair or recycle pallets in an environmentally sensitive manner. Not many of
our competitors can match that!