The display team has enjoyed a busy spring, simultaneously working on stores in Northern and Southern Europe, as well as North Africa, for Nike.

March and April have seen the team work on three stores in:  Heraklion, Crete; Roppenheim, France; and Oran, Algeria. The three projects have involved completely different shipping and process protocols – stretching the team’s logistical skills and presenting a number of unique challenges.

Crete was a time critical despatch to tie-in with ferry sailings to the island, and the Algeria store has relied on Triplar’s internal expertise in preparing packing lists and invoices in accordance with the local legislation in Algeria.

The metalwork elements of the three stores were manufactured by Triplar’s European factories, while wood, plastic, mirrors and other elements were sourced and manufactured in several other territories throughout Europe.

Triplar project manager James Freeman said: “Manufacture lead times had to be carefully managed to ensure the goods were prepared according the schedule and all materials were combined in our central despatch hub in advance of the loadings.

“In total, the three stores represented 18 container loads, spread across a combination of road haulage and sea freight containers. Quality packing has been critical to ensuring the risk of damage is minimised, especially when the goods are transported in freight containers and offloaded and reloaded on several occasions as the journey shifts between road and sea transport.

“Our install teams were present for both Crete and Roppenheim, with the installation of the Algeria store being completed by a local team. Our Install Quality Manager will visit Oran to ensure the work has been completed in accordance with our guidelines before we hand the store to Nike.”

As always when completing long distance projects, Triplar’s display team has ensured that accurate packing lists, high-quality packing protocols and timely despatch are all in place to ensure that goods arrive to site on time, and in exactly the same condition as when they leave the factory.