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Featured Shelving Products

Global Industrial™ Boltless Shelving
Global Industrial™ Boltless Shelving

Easily assemble and reconfigure your materials with Global Industrial™ Boltless Shelving solutions. Ideal for commercial storage areas such as retail, convenience stores, and residential garages.

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Steel Shelving
Steel Shelving

Steel shelving is strong & durable with high weight capacities. Open shelving designs allow for maximum airflow and sprinkler penetration in the event of a fire.

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Commercial Wire Shelving

RETAIL

We recommend:

Chrome

Electro-plated nickel-chrome resulting in a brilliant high gloss finish.

Black Epoxy

Finish consists of a black epoxy powder coat

HEALTH CARE

We recommend:

Poly-Z-Brite®

'Clear powder-epoxy over zinc-chromate electro-plating' - NEXGard®, an anti-microbial agent that protects the epoxy coating from bacteria.

Stainless Steel

Handles all moisture and temperature extremes.

FOOD SERVICE

We recommend:

Poly-Green®

'Green epoxy' - includes NEXGard® protects the epoxy coating from bacteria, mold and mildew.

Nexelate®

Silver epoxy powder coat over a rust inhibiting undercoat.

INDUSTRIAL

We recommend:

Nexelon®

'Blue epoxy' - rust and corrosion resistant. NEXGard® anti-microbial agent protects from bacteria, mold and mildew.

Black Epoxy

Finish consists of a black epoxy powder coat

Chrome Black Epoxy Nexelate Poly-Green Poly-Z-Brite Stainless Steel Nexelon

Chrome

1-Year Limited Warranty against rust & corrosion.

Black Epoxy

7-Year Limited Warranty against rust & corrosion.

Nexelate®

7-Year Limited Warranty against rust & corrosion.

Poly-Green®

15-Year Limited Warranty against rust & corrosion.

Poly-Z-Brite®

15-Year Limited Warranty against rust & corrosion.

Stainless Steel

Limited Lifetime Warranty

Nexelon®

Limited Lifetime Warranty

Shelving Accessories

With a wide array of accessories available for your wire shelving, you can choose the right ones that maximize your available shelf space and improve storage organization. Accessories include additional or replacement shelves, add-ons for shelving units, and hardware.

Replacement Shelves
Replacement Shelves
Shelf Frames & Supports
Shelf Frames & Supports
Shelf Hardware
Shelf Hardware
Base Strips & Ledges
Base Strips & Ledges

Understanding Warehouse Shelving: Best Practices, Costs, and Materials.

What does shelving mean in warehouse?

  • Installing and using the proper shelving in a warehouse is an essential part of organized and efficient operations. Factors that should be considered when choosing shelving include: functionality, safety (worker, product, and building), and size.
  • Layout: - Are you leaving enough room for pallet jack trucks or forklifts? - Did you leave room for packing/shipping/receiving desks? - Are there dedicated lanes for pedestrian traffic?
  • Configuration: - Does the shelf configuration promote efficient use? - Can your equipment safely reach the top shelves?
  • Construction: - Do the shelves have the proper weight capacity to handle what you’re putting on them? - What kind of shelf do you need? Open wire or solid deck? - Is the material strong enough to withstand accidents?

    • Is it cheaper to make or buy shelves?

  • If you are outfitting an entire warehouse, purchasing shelving and racking is the best choice for several reasons.
  • - Manufactured shelving has been payload capacity and structurally tested, so they are safe and reliable. - Most manufactured shelving systems are extremely adjustable, reconfigurable, & reusable with parts that fit correctly and are interchangeable. - Often times, sourcing and purchasing similar raw materials that manufactured shelving uses with which to build your own shelving can be expensive. - Once you’ve sourced the materials, you then need to spend time and money to actually build the shelves. This will often be done in-situ, so moving or dismantling the shelving if you remodel or move will be equally time consuming. - If you build your own shelving, you are gambling whether it can handle the weight you are putting on the shelf and how safe it is for your people and equipment that will be relying on the shelf to work as needed.

    • What is the best material to use for shelving?

  • Heavy-gauge steel with painted or powder coat finishes is the preferred material for warehouse shelving. It is resilient, durable, and can handle heavy loads. The thickness of the steel will vary based on the height, weight capacity, and use, so make sure you properly research the shelving system you need to ensure it can withstand the loads and will work with the equipment you’ll be using.
  • While wood can be used, it isn’t generally recommended because it: - Is flammable - Adversely-affected by moisture (important when installing on concrete) - Generally, has a lower weight-capacity vs steel - Easily damaged if hit by pallet jack trucks or forklifts - Is prone to cracking & splintering under heavy pressure and stress loads

    • What are the different types of shelving?

  • Generally speaking, there are two primary types of warehouse shelving: Pallet and Cantilever.
  • - Pallet racks, as the name suggests, are designed to hold a lot of product stacked on pallets. They are exceptionally strong and durable, and can be adjusted as your business needs change. - Cantilever racks are made to handle long items like piping, steel stock, and long board wood. They are not made for boxes, pallets, or skids. They look a little different than standard pallet racks, but they offer the advantage of being easier to load and unload.

    • Shelving

    Shelving provides stand-alone storage solutions and adds versatility to a wide assortment of modular storage solutions. Gondola shelving is often seen in retail locations such as department stores and grocery stores while decorative shelving such as a bakers rack is most often seen in residential applications. Shelving primarily includes any system that provides a flat surface at varying heights for storing objects whether it's a free-standing shelving unit or a wall-mounted shelf.