Board Options at Flightcase Warehouse

HEXA Board

The Technical:
Made from birch plywood faced with phenolic resin coated paper.  
Paper is impregnated with phenolic resin before being bonded to the plywood. 
The wet phenolic sheet is laid onto the plywood and the resin allowed to soak into the fibres of the plywood, thus creating the bond. 
It is cured in a heated press.

The Features:
Hardwearing, water and heat resistant.
Is our standard offering & most popular board
We keep around 1000 sheets in stock at any time

Fun Fact
We started using Hexa 20 years ago and we were the first in the UK to offer our flightcases in Hexa Board

HPL Board
HPL is a high-pressure decorative laminate, in other words a panel consisting of layers of cellulose fibres that are impregnated with thermosetting resins and subjected to a high-pressure process application of heat and pressure. This causes the fluidization and polycondensation of the resins, resulting in a consistent, non-porous material with the required surface finish.

The Technical
60% of HPL consists of paper, while the remaining 40% consists of thermosetting resins
Made from High pressure laminate, which is laminated to plywood.
Several layers of paper are impregnated with phenolic and melamine resins.  
This sheet is pressed under temperature to create a single HPL sheet & bonded to plywood using an adhesive.

The Features
HPL faced plywood is hardwearing, water and heat resistant.
Can offer a full branding service as we can RAL colour match to any corporate & business colours
Available in different sizes, thicknesses (which ranges from 0.6 to 30mm) and surface finishes, making it the ideal material for Screen/UV printing which makes adding logos & other branding options easier
Has been a popular choice of flightcase manufactures for decades and we’ve been offering a full service for around 12 months

Fun Fact
FCW is just about to upgrade our own press & laminating line to be able to produce a larger volume and hold more colours in stock.

RIGID Board

The Technical
Rigid PCV faced plywood: is made from Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride sheet, which is laminated to plywood.  
A rigidised plastic sheet in extruded on a continuous roll using patterned, embossing rollers to give a decorative finish.   This sheet is bonded to plywood using an adhesive .

The Features
Rigid PVC faced plywood is hardwearing, water resistant and flexible
We can offer a full branding service including CNC engraving, Screen Print &  UV Print
We’ve been using Rigid for longer than 5 years and due to its colour options it is popular with our customers

Fun Fact 
We stock 12 colours bonded to either a 6.5mm birch plywood or 9mm birch plywood



For more information please call us on 0800 612 7097 or email us on sales@flightcasewarehouse.co.uk

Supporting the Events Industry for #lightitinred

Our business has been supported by the events industry since the very beginning, so it was only right that we showed our support on the 30th September when the Stand as One campaign went ahead around the world.

The campaign is part of We Make Events, founded by Plasa who are the lead international membership body for those who supply technologies and services to the event and entertainment industries.

It's unfathomable that we could live in a world without events and live music, yet if the industry isn't offered support they could lose up to 1 million jobs in the UK alone (plasa.org).

The event on 30th September was the third in a line of #lightitinred events, the 1st taking place on 06/07 and the second on 11/08.

We stepped out alongside Robe UK, Clearsound Productions & Backstage Theatre Jobs at Silverstone, (where our hot desk is), on a very wet and rainy day to show support. We created some special Road Trunks in red and branded them with #wemakeevents & #lightitinred.

The events industry is calling for
1. Grants - not loans - made available to businesses in the events supply chain.
2. Furlough Scheme extended until the industry is back to work
3. Extension of the Self-employed Income Support Scheme.

Peter Heath, MD of PLASA, comments: "The live events industry supply chain, essential to every single event in the UK, is set to completely collapse without financial support from the government, due to social distancing prohibiting mass events. Large scale events are not expected to reopen until Spring 2021 at the earliest, and the reality is that the sector can't wait that long. While the Government's commitment to provide £1.57bn to our crown jewels is welcomed, this does not not help the companies and freelancers who work in the live events supply chain. We've issued a ‘Red Alert' after using #WeMakeEvents because the sector is on its last legs, and now the whole industry is coming together to ask the government to ‘throw us a line." (lightitinred.co.uk)

How We're Supporting the Motorsport Industry

With motorsport reopening a couple of months ago we knew it wouldn't be long until Formula 1 was back up and running after having to postpone a few of its races earlier this year due to the Covid19 Pandemic.

We saw Formula 1 return to Silverstone this weekend and then again, this coming weekend for the 70th Grand Prix Anniversary.

This would've been the first race at Silverstone without fans in the stands, being able to attend the live race but that didn't stop them putting on quite the show. You can get more info HERE

We love having a presence at Silverstone Park, with our hot desk being there since 2019. This has made it much easier to reach out to and visit our clients that are based there and being able to support them during these changeable times.

As the motorsport industry is gearing up for more events across the summer it has kept us in-undated with orders.

20 Way Radio Headset Charger Flightcase

We have built a number of these in the past but never created a standard product till now. We have built a number of these for race teams in F1, F2 and F3 and this one actually went to Mahindra in the Formula E sector. We have also been really busy supporting Hi-Tech and Dragon racing, so it was really good to see Hi-Tech winning one of the races last week.

Features

• CNC wooden battern's designed and manufactured for x20 MRTC head sets
• CNC foam inserts designed and fitted in high dense foam to hold the radios + chargers
• x2 8u rack mount spaces fitted to house the radio antenna and radio repeater
• Removeable front & heavy duty fittings

These cases have also been manufactured for the motorsport industry and have been shipped out this week.

One of our favourite things to do at Flightcase Warehouse is meet our customers and attend events, something that we have missed so far this year, with all the ones we were booked to attend closed. So we are super excited to be attending MotorSport Days Live at Silverstone, November 20-21:

"Europe's only on-track trade event, MotorsportDays LIVE offers race competitors, track day users, performance car buyers and industry professionals a fresh opportunity to come together and source from an array of diverse exhibitors as well as network with race teams, championships and manufacturers whilst actually sampling cars and products ‘LIVE' on Silverstone's International Circuit."