New generation fitout
flexes safety muscles!
Case Study: Seeka
“Safety Always” approach guides the company.
Seeka Oakside,
Bay of Plenty
The vast Seeka Oakside located in Te Puke in
the Bay of Plenty, is Seeka’s largest post-harvest
kiwifruit packhouse and cool store facility. New
Zealand’s premier produce company, Seeka has
a “Safety Always” approach to protecting its
workforce of several thousand.
They asked long-time advisors Vanguard when
they needed a solution on-site. The result was the
early-adopters becoming the first in New Zealand
to deploy d-flexx, a new generation flexible barrier
for pack houses, warehouses and work sites.
Revolutionary d-flexx absorbs contact impact,
protecting people, vehicles and the barriers
themselves in a way no other material can.
Shock-absorbent, high impact protection.
Paul Crone Post-Harvest Manager for the Central
Region for Seeka Ltd. takes up the story. “We
identified a few areas of risk that we needed to
address, particularly around traffic management
around the site. We had areas where we needed
barriers put in place, to control the flow of people
to make sure that we kept them in safe zones.”
“As we are a big site, we have a lot going on, a lot of
forklifts moving around so it was important to keep
people restricted and basically to keep them apart
from where those moving forklifts are.”
He had complete confidence in the ability of
Vanguard and their products to step up.
Watch full case study here:
https://vanguardgroup.co.nz/d-flexx-flexible-safety-barriers/
Paul Crone
Post-Harvest Manager
Because d-flexx absorbs the impact of any contact, neither
the people, nor the vehicles nor the vehicles come to any harm.
Steel is less forgiving, with any impact not only damaging the
barrier but often requiring it to be replaced.
Vanguard scoped Seeka’s problem
areas, came up with a solution,
and delivered a visual mock-up.
Implementing the Vanguard
Solution has allowed Seeka to
move people around the site
safely, out of the line of forklifts,
and forklift drivers.
Staff are much more comfortable
moving around the site because
they know there is a demarcation
between where they operate, and
where people walk.
The d-flexx lasts longer, is a lot
stronger and safer to use, meaning
Seeka will not have the repair
bills they usually would with a
steel system.
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0800 500 187
sales@vanguardgroup.co.nz
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Vanguard’s commitment to
“Standing between you and harm”
is reflected in its exclusive d-flexx
solution which supports, reinforces,
and builds on Seeka’s “Safety Always”
approach.