As the pioneers of magnetic drive seal-less pumps, HMD Kontro supplies standard and customer-engineered products, to demanding customers in the oil and gas, petrochemical, fine chemical, pharmaceutical and defence sectors. Quality control is among the highest priorities for this respected and accredited supplier, and its commitment to quality recently led to the complete re-organisation of its inspection and quality management area. This required the construction of four new offices within HMD Kontro’s Eastbourne factory: a dye pen room, a leading hands office, an inspection room, and a quality clinic office. Each of the new offices required extensive storage facilities for test equipment, tools, samples and documentation. To design and supply the equipment needed for these storage facilities, the team at HMD Kontro chose System Store Solutions. “It wasn’t really a difficult choice to make,” said Scott Ryder, Quality Manager at HMD Kontro. “System Store Solutions has provided racking and storage systems throughout our facility for many years, and we’ve always been very happy with the quality and durability of the company’s products. In addition, we get regular visits from our local System Store Solutions engineer, who is always helpful in devising cost-effective solutions to meet our requirements.” HMD Kontro was gratified by the service provided by System Store Solutions at every stage of the quality area re-organisation project. Very little time was needed for the HMD Kontro team to explain its requirements, and System Store Solutions produced detailed high quality drawings that gave a very clear overview of the project before construction started. “As with most projects, we had a few problems that only came to light during the construction phase,” said Scott Ryder. “For example, the floor was not level so packing had to be made to support the installation at one end. What really impressed us, however, was how quickly and efficiently System Store Solutions dealt with these problems, with a minimum of inconvenience to us.”

Scott also commented favourably on the benefits delivered by the project. “As Quality Manager, one of my objectives was to clear a large workspace among the machinery in the workshop, and to have an inspection and quality control installation located centrally to our production facility.” “It was very rewarding for me to sell the idea of this project to my peers within our company,” he continued, “and, with the aid of System Store Solutions, see it come to fruition in such a smooth and straightforward way.” The success of this most recent project has further enhanced the reputation of System Store Solutions within HMD Kontro, and the company is looking forward to working again with System Store Solutions to meet its future storage requirements.