The Flightcase Warehouse and Q-Flightcases of Lisburn have formed a partnership to distribute their standard range of flightcases in Ireland. The new company will be called Flightcase Warehouse Ireland and will be based in Lisburn. Flightcase Warehouse managing director Steve Austin comments: "We know that the potential in Ireland is massive, but due to logistics and shipping costs, we are limited to what we can sell direct from the UK. According to our website statistics, we receive on average of 5000 hits per month from Ireland, indicating a need for an outlet in this region. Q-Flightcases are the perfect solution to this problem, and are well situated to cover the whole of Ireland."Q-Flightcases co-director Joan Beggs adds: "At present those companies that take advantage of our local facilities, have mostly been interested in our specialized cases. Generally, for large- scale requirements, companies have tended to buy from the UK manufacturers, who are set up for such production work, but with a financial and time penalty incurred due to shipping (4-6 weeks). This delay is difficult for companies to absorb, when working with today’s tight schedules. We hope to provide the best of both worlds, continuing with our ‘one-off’ specials, but with the bonus of supplying large-scale requirements, immediately from stock."
(Ruth Rossington)
