Montel Inc., celebrating its 80th anniversary, is proud to announce the inaugural of its new distribution center located in the strategic geographical QuadCities area at the border of Illinois and Iowa. This noteworthy milestone will offer Montel an increase in efficiency and flexibility regarding the delivery within 48 hours of selected products to US domestic shipments.

“We are extremely pleased to offer this 48 hour logistic service to our customer base”, reports Montel’s Vice President Sales and Marketing, Jerome Doucet. “We are confident that our new distribution center will provide Montel with a key competitive advantage, enhance our distribution strategy, and improve our sales channel”.

As for selected products to be shipped guaranteed within 48 hours from the distribution center, we find Montel’s newly USPTO patented flexible and innovative hybrid 4-Post shelving system, the SmartShelf?(US PATENT NO.: 6 814 245).

Designed to be the most adaptable storage shelving system in the industry, the SmartShelf can be configured and reconfigured at any time to satisfy changing storage needs and space availability, enabling the possibility to anticipate potential storage needs. For storing objects of various heights, shelves are adjustable by 1” increments with hooks for lighter objects, or by 1 ½” increments with supports for heavier objects. In the same section, hooks and supports can be used together.

The SmartShelf offers an innovative feature that consists of the only storage system that can be configured as a full-depth or back-to-back system, or a combination of both. For storing large objects of various lengths, full-depth shelves can be used while back-to-back shelves can be used for smaller objects.

Developed to optimize space capacity, the SmartShelf exceeds the shelving system industry standards. Wanting to allow more storage capacity than any other system, the SmartShelf provides additional linear storage capacity of ¾” per shelf. Available in 39 3/8” wide sections, the SmartShelf stores perfectly three archive boxes without loosing space capacity.

The SmartShelf is a user-friendly easy to install storage product. No tools are required to assemble, remove, or reconfigure the shelves. In addition, the full-depth double-side shelves can be put in or taken out without moving or taking off the shelves above or below. For fixed units only, each post shall have an integrated leveler which allows for ¾” adjustment to accommodate for uneven floor surface.