When a Rockford operation runs out of room, the answer usually isn't more building - it's smarter storage. Associated designs and installs pallet racking and automated storage systems that help Winnebago County warehouses, manufacturers, and cargo operations fit more product into the space they already have, while keeping it safe, organized, and fast to pick. From a few bays of selective rack to a full AS/RS, we engineer the system around your product, throughput, and building.
Storage Systems We Design and Install
- Selective pallet racking - the versatile, cost-effective standard
- Drive-in and drive-through rack for high-density storage
- Push-back and pallet-flow rack for dense, FIFO/LIFO throughput
- Cantilever rack for long or bulky loads
- Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), Radioshuttle, and VLMs
- Mezzanines, pick modules, shelving, and bin storage
Engineered for Your Product and Your Building
The right racking depends on what you store, how fast it moves, and how your trucks work the aisles - get it wrong and you lose capacity, speed, or both. Associated's specialists design layouts that balance pallet positions against selectivity and throughput, factor in your forklifts' aisle and reach requirements, and handle permitting, installation, and safety from start to finish. As a single source for racking, forklifts, and dock equipment, we make sure the whole system works together.
Local Expertise
Rockford's air-cargo and distribution operations near the airport move fast-turning freight that rewards selective and pick-module layouts built for speed, while its aerospace and machine-tool manufacturers need organized, high-density storage for components, fasteners, and finished goods. For operations along the I-39 and I-90 corridors, we design layouts that pack pallets deep while keeping picking quick - and we match the racking to the reach trucks running your aisles.
Why Associated?
A single source for racking, forklifts, and dock equipment, with in-house design and project management and the full range from selective rack to AS/RS - serving northern Illinois operations since 1960.
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Service Area
Serving Rockford and the surrounding Winnebago County area, including Loves Park, Machesney Park, Cherry Valley, and the I-39/I-90 corridor.