Shelving Systems

Yes. Forster supplies singular and small shelving systems as well as full-scale solutions for archives and stores – from a first order to extensions of existing systems.

Yes. We accompany our customers from analysing their requirements to planning, shipment and assembly. Together we develop shelving systems that are optimally suited to the available space and required utilisation.

Yes. Modern systems such as the modular FOREG shelving system are planned individually and can be customised to almost any size and situation.

Yes. From initial consulting through individual planning of your shelving system and its expert assembly – Forster provides a full one-stop service.

It depends on the intended use: when storage space needs to be maximised, then mobile shelving is usually your option of choice. But when user frequencies are expected to be high (e.g. in the open-access section of a library), when many users want access simultaneously, then stationary shelving is usually the better option. Other factors, such as the ground load-bearing capacity of a building, may also play a role in choosing the system.

Mobile shelving systems make the most efficient use of the available space, since a single aisle covers several bays at once. This greatly increases storage capacity without the need for additional space. In other words: valuable space, frequently expensive, can be saved or used for other purposes. Mobile shelving systems are especially suitable for archives, libraries, museums, offices and stores with large storage needs.

FOREG systems are modular and highly compatible. As a result, rack-type shelves, wide-span shelves and cantilever racks can use the same rail and mobile base system. In the same way, frames to hang paintings and flat storage (drawing cabinets) can be easily integrated. In other words: from a butterfly to an antique piece of furniture to a painting – there is a place for everything in our systems.

Forster offers all kinds of drives for mobile shelves, to be chosen as required. From simple manual drives for small systems to software-controlled, electrically driven two-tier FOREG TwinSpace systems – we deliver to meet your requirements.

For the rails we have several options: from laying them at the time of construction (subsurface in the screed) to using a decorative intermediate floor placed on a finished floor surface, and suitable for later removal to another location – we are ready for all contingencies.

As a family firm geared to sustainability, Forster warrants long-term availability of its components, including those for older systems. To give but one example: the Austrian National Library’s basement depots at the Vienna Hofburg, which marked the start of the FOREG shelving systems in the late 1980s, are still supplied and enlarged with the necessary components.