We will be closing on the Thursday 22nd December and we shall return on the Tuesday 3rd January.

I would also like this opportunity to thank our loyal customers for yet again another succesful year.

We would also like to thank our superb supply network for there efforts this year also.

With the combination of the Elite Sales Team headed up by Nicholas Roche and Tim Tween with the loyal customers and suppliers we are celebrating our 141st Birthday and are very much looking forward to the success story year on year.

Happy Christmas and a Very Good New Year.

* Although data recorded a drop in UK retail sales of 0.4% in November, they posted a threemonth gain of 0.7%, the strongest such gain since August 2010. Across the day,GBP enjoyed a rally to a high of $1.5529 against the dollar belying the on-going weakness perceived in the British economy.

* While private consumption continues to stall, the BoE will surely see a growing case for expansion of its monetary policy and the minutes of the most recent policy meeting, due out next week, suggest a growing pessimism regarding the economy, expectation for further QE will surely increase.

* Christian Noyer, head of Bank of France, caused a stir by claiming that the UK should have its credit rating cut from the prestigious AAA before France given the relative deficits, debt,inflation and growth.

* GBP/EUR fell from highs of 1.1939 to 1.868 and back before consolidating between 1.1910 and 1.1920 where it seemed to settle throughout US and Asian Tarding

Elsewhere:

* Despite the ECB’S monthly report insisting the eurois still under considerable pressure, Spains treasury sold 6 bn Euro medium and long term bonds, surpassing a target of 3.5 bn Euro while 5 yr bonds were at an average yield of 4.02%, down sharply from 5.27% last month and 10 year bonds boasted a yield of 5.54% compared to 6.97% last month. Importantly, some consider the stark improvement an indication of ECB involvement in the secondary bond market and therefore somewhat artificial.

* SNB announced their decision to maintain a EUR/CHF floor at 1.2000 with ‘utmost determination’. The intention to maintain the peg which was established on September 6 saw the franc rise 1.2% against the Euro to CHF 1.2229 – a six week high.

* This was compounded by the SNB also deciding to keep its key refinancing rate close to zero while Swiss industrial productiondate recorded a greater than expected decline in the third quarter.

* Manufacturing activity across the EuroZone posted a suprise increase for December although the figure, 46.9, is the fourth consecutive month where the published figure has come in at less than 50, wchih shows growth or contraction.

* Consumer price inflation remianed unchanged at an annualised rate of 3%, in line with consensus.

* Further developments to the European crisis resolutions saw Russia commit EUR10B to the IMF but a dent to plans for longer-term refinancing operations came as bankers seem unlikely to buy more sovereign debt using the 3 year loans available from the ECB from next week.

* EFSF have been accused, in some circles, of irresponsibility as the draft prospectus for the lastest bailout instruments cites “Risks arising from a Reference Sovereign ceasing to use the Euro asits lawful currency…or the cessation of the Euro as a lawful currency” as part offour pages of potential risks.

*A short term correction in the major currencies saw the greenback cede gains,which reached as low as $1.2955 against the Euro, as part of a rally which willhingeon Fridays economic docket.

* Data could bolster the dollar with the headline reading for US inflation anticipated match the previous such release. Thursday’s Producer Price inflation datum in the US matched expectation at a 0.3% rise.Such stubborn price growth and a steady increase in economic activity might hinder expectation for theFOMC to undertake another large scale asset purchaae program.

* Thursday’s other date rerleases saw initial jobless claims fall to a three yearlow of 366k, according to the Department Labor, despite predictions of a climb to 390k.The New York and Philly Fed Indices of manufacturing conditionsclimbed to a 9.5, a seven moth high, and 10.3,double the expected figure, respectively.

Ahead of digging any deeper into nominating the perfect shelving sytems to your company lets clarify what storage systems really are.

Storage systems range from the basic shelves that you see in a book repository to heavy duty pallet racking units that support thousands of Kilos in weight.

Now that we have a better understanding about storage place systems it is time to choose the ideal one for your type of business. With some companies out there it will be hard to talk about each one of them independently, so I’ll give you a generic idea about certain storage sytems and you embrace the one that is most aligned with your enterprise.

Companies like brick and mortar stores, automotive shops and business warehouses will need heavy duty shelves, strengthened shelving and pallet racking units. These shelving units are normally made of galvanized metal to support heavyweight items.

If your market works with light weight goods like documents and registers you willneed totally different depository units – for example if you have a law office, a marketing agency or any other kind of office that generates paper work that can’t be thrashed, you will need archive and file storage systems to keep all that paper work organised for easy access as and when you will need it.

Libraries and book stores need shelves that are split into uniform pieces for a better organisation and to make it easier for clientel to find what they are searching for.

Restaurants are a completely contrasdting ball game. Such companies require depository units to keep food and sometimes these shelving sytems need to be installed in places like a walk in fridge (cold room), so choose shelves that are made of stainless or galvanised steel.

Supermarkets need various different types of storage systems ranging from wall units, cold room shelves, stockroom racking and even the small point of sale sytems that sit all around the shop enticing customers into special offers. With proven past experience Tegometall Shelving can provide all you needs for any products to promote and store. Please visit the home of Tegometall where you can view all of Tegometalls products.

Now that you associate a little more about storage systems and its different types and purposes all you require to do is be in touch with your shop fitting supplier and arrange your requirements for your market needs.

For more detailed information about storage systems and other shelving units please visit www.smartshopfittings.co.uk the home of all shopfittings.

Price shown for items but carriage willbe additional dependent on order quantity.

New Range includes:

*22 & 28 Litre Baskets available in many different colours.

*The New J Bag – New Addition to 2011. Fantastic design for Pharmaceutical use and many more.

*Genslide Roller Basket.

*Easy Shopper.

Please see link below for pricing structures.

Basket range flyer – Baskets2

8 drop magazine wall display:

Benefits of 8 drop magazine wall display:

* Ideal solution where there is a small to medium volume requirement.

* Space efficient – suitable for smaller base depths.

* Space on base plinth for stacking newspapers.

* Excellent product visibility.

* Maximise impulse sales

* Hotspots for promotional items are available

Baywidths:

650, 665, 800, 1200 and 1250 -

9 drop magazine wall display:

Benefits:

* This industry standard display offers the optimum balance between volume and range.

* Excellent product presentation at all times.

* Maximise Impulse Sales.

* Enhances the overall store appearance.

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Tegometall Assembling procedure:

We recommend you to sort out all the parcels and cartons in the following order before you begin to assemble the shelving:

1.) Uprights and Baselegs

2.) Back panels

3.) Shelf Brackets

4.) Shelves

5.) Supplements

6.) Accesories

The assembling will proceed in this order. Drawings and illustrations are without commitment. Modifications and slight deviations of colour are conditioned technically and made a proviso.

a) Upright

b) Baseleg

c) Back panel

d) Shelf

e) Shelf Bracket

f) Ticket Strip

g) Gondola Cover Strip

h) Top Cap for Uprights

Gondola, Mobile:

a) half-gondola stand, mobile

b) gondola stand, mobile

c) tie-bar

d) back panel

e) shelf

f) shelf bracket

g) ticket strip

h) gondola cover strip

i) top cap for upright

BaseLegs: 

Insert the baseleg into the upright pressing upwards. (Slightly tilt in the first instance for ease locating. Hit with a rubber hammer to get it wedge tight).

Wall Fixing Brackets

The wall fixing brackets are used for uprights 200 cm and higher. The purpose is to keep the uprights in vertical position when the shelves will be loaded. The adjustable wall fixing (fig.2) is used for a distance up to 25cm between upright and wall.

Tegometall Back Panel Assembly

1.) Begin with the lowest back panel, approximately 2 cm beneath the baseleg top level.

2.) Put a shelf onto the base legs.

3.) Adjust horizontally and vertically by means of the foot disksunderneath base legs (Take adjustment range in account)

4.) Proceed with the remaining back panels.

Re-inforcements for back panels within Tegometall Gondolas:

These re-inforcements are to be used for perforated backpanels (SL) or (RL) in Tegometall gondolas.

Tegometall Plinths:

Put the plinth (2) behind the perforated base leg front panels. Therefore you have to move the baseleg (1) slightly away.

Crash Bar:

Fit the crash bar (3) into the frontal holes of the base legs. Hit down with a hammer to locate the hooks in the base leg. The self locking edge is shown in detail in the drawing below. After that you put the Tegometall shelf (4) onto the baselegs.

Tegometall Shelves – (On Base Legs):

Take a shelf with the higher edge in front and put it upon the baselegs. The shelf must snap into position, (fig. 1). Fig. 2 shows the base legs without a shelf. This is not allowed in wall units and double sided gondola units.

Upper Shelves & Glass Shelves:

After assembling the base proceed with the upper shelves. Fit a pair of shelf brackets for each shelf at the desired height into the uprights. Then put the shelves on, (fig 1.). In case of glass shelves you need the Tegometall wood/glass shelf brackets, (fig 2). Before you put the shelf on you have to fit the glass supports (plastic plugs/pvc studs) into the corresponding holes and mount the connection rod with the corresponding screws, (see details with drawing below).

Tegometall Internal Corners and External Corners:

You would have prepared the shelving stands (uprights with baselegs as mentioned before – assembly order). Fit the undermost back panel and put a shelf on the base legs. Internal 90 degree corners need three stands, (fig.2). The stand in the middle has to support the shelf. Adjust horizontally and vertically by means of the base leg foot disk. Proceed with the remaining back panels. Fit the three shelf brackets for each shelf at the desired height into the uprights. Then locate the shelves on the brackets.

Metal and Wooden Fascias:

Fit a fascia (canopy) bracket (a) into the upright, one per upright. Push the fascia (canopy) (b) sideways upon the fascia bracket. Put the soffit (c) on the fascia brackets.

Tegometall Fascia, Internal Corner Round:

Fit the left and the right fascia bracket into the uprights. For the upright in the middles remove the extractable front part. Mount the fascia pushing on both sides onto the brackets. Then put the two parts of the soffit on the fascia brackets.

Fascia Internal Corner 90 Degree:

Fit the left and the right fascia bracket into the Tegometall uprights and the supporting piece into the corner upright. Mount the fascia pushing on both sides onto the brackets and put the soffit on.

Tegometall Fascia – external corner 90 degree:

Fit the left and right fascia bracket into the uprights. Mount the fascia pushing on both sides onto the brackets and put the soffit on.

Tegometall Wallbars and Wall Fixing:

First of all mount only one wall upright. Hold the upright onto the wall and adjust it vertically by means of a level. Mark the holes, drill the holes (6mm), insert the wall plugs, and fix the wood screws (5mm).Take the second wall upright (wallbar), adjust it by means of a back panel, mark the holes, and so on.

Subdividing shelves (with plastic dividing strips):

Fit a border strip into the back groove of the shelf and another into the front groove(see detail below). Insert the number of divider strips required. Use either divider strips without toothin, or with toothing for subdivisions.

Subdividing shelves (with metal dividing grills):

Fit a wire risers into the back groove of shelf and another into the front groove, (see detail below). Insert the number of dividers as required.

Gondola and Shelving End Frame:

Single sided:

Join the connection rods and the uprights together to form a frame. Adjust this frame by means of the foot disks to the height of the stand upright and fasten with screws. Fit the backpanels onto the frame uprights, beginning at the bottom. Finally insert the top caps.

Double sided:

Join the connection rods and the uprights together to form a frame. Place the backpanels inside. Adjust this frame by means of the foot disks to the height of the stand upright. Drillthe holes as shown fig. 1 and fasten with the screws. Fixate the external backpanels.

 Happy Assembling Tegometall Shoppers

Any queries or for help with further assistance please call Nick Roche on 0121-772-5634.

The colour samples show only the tint, not the quality of the surface of the respective article!

Actual deliveries are subject to slight deviations in colour for technical reasons. Our previous colour chart is hereby superseded.

Think carefully about colour choices – Its amazing what effect complimenting colours with each other does for your products. Think about the colours you have for products and bring those colours in with the shelving. The results are fantastic.

More Ral colours for Tegometall Shelving can be seen here – http://www.smartshopfittings.co.uk/Tegometall_Ral_Colour_Chart.htm

Powder coatings have represented the state of the art in coating technology fro some years, and have proven outstandingly succesful in practical application.

With Tegodur, the company Tegometall has developed a new style of powder coating which invloves a special polyester epoxy resin applied to the individual parts by means of an electrostatic sparying method.

Tegodur coating guarantees resistance to chemicals in accordance with DIN 53168 at room temperature, as well as outstanding longtern resistance to a large number of chemicals such as diluted acids, household detergents, machine oil, petrol and agents in foodstuffs.

Other advantages of Tegodur powder coating:

- Tegodur powder coatings are physiologically harmless.

- Tegodur powder coatings contain no lead pigments or other heavy metals.

- Tegodur powder coatings are neutral in odour and taste.

Tegodur is a copyrighted product as is Tegometall. Please be aware and stay away from counterfeit products.

According to the test certificate of the Baden-Wuttemberg Institute of Research and Materials testing dates 12th July 1991 – Tegodur coatings are approved without restriction for use in the shopfitting systems in accordance with the German Food and Consumer Goods Act (LMBG).

Ral colours standard and non-standard can be seen -

Nick Roche

Tegometall Shelving Key Features Include:

* Strength, stability and quality of finish.

* 50mm Pitch.

* Standard Range of Colours: Jura White (Ral 9001) & Silver (Ral 9006).

* Colours are available on request with a lead time of six weeks alternatively F and G Smart can powder coat over the Jura Colour.

* One piece shelf design – I am amazed to still see shelf plank systems are available – Health aspects spring to mind.

* Full range of Shelving Components and Accessories.

* Upright heights ranging from 100cm at 10 cm intervals all the way up to 300cm uprights.

* Bay widths available – 45cm, 66.5cm, 80cm, 100cm, 125cm and 133cm. These are the prceise axial distances.

* Shelf Depths available – 20cm, 25cm, 30cm, 37cm, 47cm, 57cm, 67cm and 77cm. Nominal dimensions.

* Nationwide UK Stockist Network.

Tegometall shop fittings and shelving units are so versatile that they can be used in a variety of retail trades including:

* Supermarkets

* Pharmacies

* Clothing and Footwear

* Newsagents

* Pet Shops

* Garden Centres and Florists

* DIY/Builders Merchants

* Electrical Stores

Nick Roche

I suppose I could have started this one of as; Is Tegometall the number one shop fittings Manufacturer? but have posed it as Why? instead as I already know it is the best and now I about to tell you what benefits you would have if you purchased Tegometall Shelving.

When a business leads its market place for over 40 years it is only right to say it is the best. Funny thing to say really - “it is only right to say it is the best” – its not just because we say it is the best or for being around over 40 years but for the fact newly developed items are put out onto the market place. As quick as the industry moves forward so do Tegometall. Over these past 40 years Tegometall has been producing shop fittings with unparallelled quality and excellence using the latest technology, production techniques and highest quality raw materials.

Since its early days, back when the companies founder Rudolph Bohnacker started designing,producing and distributing shelving systems that through their design needed no ‘Mechanical’ assembly. This working philosophy was pretty straight forward: Good personnel management, working together with his employees to ensure the highest and comstant quality products with short lead times, and manufacturing well priced products by using state of the art technology and production techniques. Going back to Blog – http://www.fgsmart-tegometall-service-center.co.uk/tegometall/improving-sales-attracting-more-custom/ - We talked about a “silly mistake” investing into state of art equipment – Manufacturers innovate all the time and bring the best solutions out on the market place – You do not need to fork out costs un-neccesarily when you can achieve what you need to achieve with standard products on the market. Its manufacturers job to bring the newly designed products out for the shop owners so they can achieve the look they need without going into massive costs bespoke making shopfitting displays/products.

Mr Bohnacker was way ahead, a visionary to say the least. Even before Tegometall was officially founded the core of his business was founded on energy efficient transportation of materials (where possbible using railroad to transport the raw materials), environmentally conscious useof energy, packaging and raw materials and little or no use of hazardous chemicals, colours or substances in the factories.

Only a company with such a visionary founder could have turned out to be one of the most successful in its trade like Tegometall did. In a time when the only concern was to produce as much as possible without worrying about the environment, Rudolf Bohnacker introduced principles that only in recent years have been adopted by companies around the globe.

Needless to say that all this made Tegometall what it is today and will continue to give its product the edge of the competition since only now shop fittings and shelving manufacturers are catching up with it. Trying to catch up anyway. Thought I would put the operative word “Trying”.

Tegometall Shelving Systems have an extensive range of components and accessories that make up one of the most versatile metal modular retail shelving systems available on the market today.

Nick Roche