Slatwall Panels

Shelving Megastore are delighted to offer top quality slatwall panels. Our slatwall panels are top quality and sourced in the UK so you can be sure they will last. Our range of finishes is second to none and can be supplied with or without slatwall inserts.

Slatwall panels are an extremely popular method of retail display.  It consists of mdf panels with slots spaced 100mm apart.  The slatwall panels are 2400mm x 1200mm and can be supplied as portrait or landscape orientation.  To reduce transport costs slatwall boards are often cut down the centre slot to create half boards.  The cut is completely hidden when the panel is attached to the wall and inserts are used.  Not all slatwall is the same in terms of quality, there are  panels available on the UK market that have a poor quality finish applied and these should be avoided if the life of the panel is important.

Slatwall inserts are normally fitted into the slatwall panel slots, these increase the strength and weight loading as well as improve the overall appearance of the slatwall display.  Slatwall inserts are made of either plastic or for higher strength Aluminium.

Below are some images of slatwall panels with and without inserts.

All our standard slatwall accessories can be used with our slatwall panels to create retail displays for almost any product imagineable. Additionally the large range of slatwall board finishes and insert colours available means you can achieve an almost unlimited number of themes and styles.

Our UK sourced slatwall panels are 18mm melamine faced MDF (medium density fibreboard). The high quality melamine finish is highly resistant to scratches and dirt, unlike most inferior Far Eastern sourced boards.

Shop Shelving Shelves

There is not much to shelves in general, they just sit there and quietly do their job holding stuff, probably not even noticed most of the time.  Shop shelving shelves in particular are rarely noticed by the customer popping in for a loaf of bread and a jar of coffee.  That’s the way its meant to be, the products on the shop shelving shelves should be the focus.  For this reason most shop shelves are a neutral RAL9001 cream colour.

However dig a bit deeper and there is a bit more to the average shop shelf than meets the eye.  First of all lets see how shop shelving is manufactured. The video below shows the process of making metal shop shelves starting with a flat sheet of steel.  Firstly the front and back edges and grooves are formed on an automated roller.  Then the side edges are formed and finally stiffening bars are welded underneath (more about these later). After this the shelves are surface treated and powder coated before packing.

So you may ask why are the shop shelving shelves not just flat pieces of steel, what are all these grooves, lips and bars for?  In most shops the price of the products are displayed on the shelf by using a plastic epos strip or ticket strip.  The front lip of the shelf is formed at an angle specifically to hold the epos strip which in turn holds the price label.  But what about the shelf grooves I hear you say, well sometimes retailers want to tilt the shop  shelving shelves forward to display the products better.  They need to stop everything sliding off the shelf so they use shelf risers along the front of the shelf to achieve this.  Shelving risers can be made of many materials but the most common are plastic, acrylic or wire.  In most shop shelving systems the risers just sit in a groove at the front of the shelf which holds them securely in place.  Sometimes risers are used when the shelf is in the normal flat position too, to prevent product spillage.

The next step is to actually divide the shelf surface up into smaller sections, called binning. A very common example of this is with chocolate and confectionery where the different items are separated in neat rows.  To achieve this shelf dividers are used and this is where the other shelf groove comes into play.  Some types of divider have a prong that will locate in the rear groove and then the front of the divider will clip over the front shelf riser.  Another common riser and divider system uses risers that are “toothed”, small grooves in them.  If these plastic toothed risers are slotted in the front and rear shelf grooves then plastic shelf dividers can be slotted between the teeth to divide the shelf.  See the pictures below of the two most common types of shop shelving risers and dividers.

Lets move onto the shelf strengtheners, these are self explanatory they stiffen the shelf and provide the load capacity.  Normally the number of shelf strengtheners increases with the depth of the shelf.  Shallow shop shelving shelves may have only 1 strengthener, whilst a deep shelf may have 3 or 4.  The quantity of stiffeners used is often the first thing to be reduced when trying to make shop shelves cheaper. At Shelving Megastore we do not do this, but some lighter duty shop shelving systems do so beware.

Slatwall Accessories

Shelving Megastore are proud to offer an extensive range of slatwall fittings at low trade prices.  In order to offer such low prices we only sell in bulk packs with free mainland UK delivery.  The extensive range of slatwall accessories include:

• Single prong and double slatwall hooks
• Slatwall shelf brackets for glass and wood shelves
• Waterfall arms
• D Bars and garment rails
• Notched bars and arms
• Slatwall straight arms
• Slatwall wire mesh shelves
• Slatwall wire baskets
• Slatwall ball holders and millinery arms
• Slatwall specialised arms for ties, jewellery or pictures

Slatwall is a very popular and economical system for retail displays.  The wide range of fittings available make it possible to display almost any product from clothing and shoes to gifts, electronics and toys.  We currently dont sell Slatwall boards but plan to do so shortly.  However we sell an extensive range of slatwall gondolas.  Additionally we offer shop shelving with metal slat wall back panels.  If you are buying Slatwall boards we recommend that you buy the half boards (4′ x 4′). They are much easier to handle than the full size boards.  As the join between the boards is made in a slatted part it is normally covered by a slatwall insert making the join impossibel to see.  The half size boards are also alot cheaper delivery saving you money.  We also plan to sell slatwall inserts soon, these will include plastic inserts in a range of colours and hard wearing aluminium inserts.

If you require a large quantity of Slatwall fittings please contact us for even larger discounts.  Otherwise please browse through our slatwall accessories section, if you cant find the fitting you require we will be able to source it for you.