Pallet Racks in Conway, AR

Paper and consumer-product plants may hold both mixed finished goods and larger batches. Selective pallet rack provides individual access without moving another pallet first. Drive-in rack trades that access for storage depth and requires compatible pallets and a disciplined lane assignment. A fabrication operation may instead need parts and assemblies separated by size or weight. The right comparison starts with pallets per product, not the number of square feet available.

Guy Murphy Industrial Park at Whitten Road and Guy Murphy Boulevard is less than a mile from I-40 and about 0.7 miles from the Union Pacific line, near US-65. For a warehouse there, consider the route from the receiving position into reserve storage and onward to dispatch. Mixed receiving batches should not consume the turning room at the end of a deep lane. Draw the forklift path through each proposed configuration before selecting the denser arrangement.

Conway's building stock includes older single-tenant warehouses with 22–23 foot clear heights and 50 by 50 foot bays, plus smaller flex units with 24 foot clearance. A forklift's stated maximum lift does not by itself establish a usable storage level. The loaded pallet must be placed and retrieved with working clearance, and the frame and beam configuration must carry the intended loads. Measure the highest load and the lowest overhead obstruction before asking how many levels fit.

The city also has a 641,698 square foot distribution building built in 2000. Its area should not be taken as a substitute for its dimensions. Long rack runs, column spacing and receiving routes need a drawing of the actual facility. We compare the position count with the number of product lines and replenishment movements, particularly where paper, consumer products or fabricated-metal inventory moves between production and shipping.

A $1.5 million federal EDA grant awarded in 2024 supports infrastructure for manufacturing growth at Conway Industrial Park. The Meadows Office & Technology Park serves light industrial users. These settings can involve different storage needs, from full-pallet reserve inventory to smaller parts picked by hand. Industrial shelving systems belong near the work they support; forklift-served rows need their own circulation. Do not assign the same aisle width to both simply to make a drawing appear regular.

Conway is about 30 miles northwest of Little Rock along I-40. For installation, define the unload point, staging footprint and rows that production can release in sequence. Summer heat in non-air-conditioned buildings makes crew access and material staging worth planning early. When relocating into a 22–24 foot clear building, confirm the new level arrangement before moving inventory so tall loads are not assigned positions they cannot occupy.