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onal bracing. Few manufacturers offer the style due
to production costs and precision requirements, but
the approach allows for greater strength per pound of
steel and higher resistance to fork truck impact dam-
age than conventional open shape sections – ulti-
mately yielding increased rack safety, longer rack life
and lower rack maintenance.
From his decade-plus post as a Speedrack Vice Presi-
dent, Tim Bastic leads sales efforts and management
for the parent company’s Integrated Systems Group
(ISG) division – which is also housed at the compa-
ny’s Sparta headquarters. ISG designs, engineers and
builds material handling systems, including conveyors,
storage, warehouse management systems and ware-
house control systems.
Another division – Speedrack Midwest – also bases its
operation out of Sparta.
Bastic said customers approach ISG with one of three
“typical scenarios” – a first one that involves designing
a new distribution center (“Greenfield”) after ISG goes
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Integrated Systems Group
WHAT:
Designer and integrator of solutions for
manufacturing, warehousing and distribution envi-
ronments
WHERE:
Corporate headquarters in Sparta, Mich.
WEBSITE
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