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The corona time was a difficult period for everyone. When we were finally able to put those behind us, fortunately it was again possible to show our face at the many trade shows that the various self-storage organizations were again able to organize. Join us for a quick review of some highlights of the busy trade show season.

Britons have now stored enough stuff to fill Buckingham Palace more than sixty times over. Lack of suitable and affordable housing, the continuing urge to buy and the difficulty of parting with unused belongings have meant that the self-storage business is likely to turn over £1 billion pounds a year this year….

That our Z-Box is a unique, multi-purpose storage container you probably already knew, but we are always proud when we can illustrate it again with a practical example. Indeed, Eric Whittie, head of youth training at Go Ahead Eagles, had two wishes.

My name is Seth Palsgraaf and employed at Universal Storage Containers for a little over a year. Since last summer, I have been involved a lot in trade show preparations. Now I had the opportunity to go along to the SSA UK in Birmingham. In this article my experiences and the of course the fair itself.

Recently, our engineer Danny and Maarten were in Sweden. Danny accompanied the second shipment to a self-storage park from Kontain in Vallentuna, and then visited the annual self-storage fair in Stockholm with Maarten.

We continue to actively seek opportunities to optimize the appearance and operation of our storage facilities. For example, we are constantly looking at new ways to heat containers and improve the overall indoor environment.

We recently provided another 1BOX location with our storage containers. This time it involved the Breda branch. But before the actual placement could begin, of course, a lot of preparation had gone into it.

Of course, USC was once again prominent at the annual ISS World Expo in Las Vegas. No impressions from Jan-Hein or Maarten this time. No, this year we let our American colleagues Courtney and Katey talk about their trade show experiences.

We recently interviewed Jan P. Bikker of the successful self-storage company 1Box. He talks about his entrance into the self-storage world, the different strategies the company employs to continue to grow and why 1Box chose USC’s Z-Box containers.

Recent deliveriesThese are busy times for USC. Here we briefly update you on the latest developments in storage.1Box, Utrecht Having already been at the location of 1Box in Hellevoetsluis storage containers, we recently realized a modest park for the same client in...

An elderly center in Breda last year was looking for a temporary and safe parking spot for bicycles. We devised a solution for them by cleverly using the capabilities of our multi-purpose storage container. We recently asked Antal Smits, project manager for real estate at Woonzorg Nederland, about the experiences of users.

On March 15 and 16, the 15th edition of the AESS, the Spanish self-storage conference was scheduled. This year, the seaside town of Sitges, about 30 kilometers southwest of Barcelona, was the setting for the show.

We keep your storage park up-to-dateWhen we have built or expanded a container yard with additional storage containers, of course we do not go home until everything looks picobello. With dozens or even hundreds of tenants per storage facility, something unexpected can...

From Feb. 5 to 9, FEDESSA’s annual Winter Workshop was back on the program. Fellow vendor Bill Brennan of Storage Future, lead sponsor of the event, had persuaded me to come along and sponsor the workshop on behalf of USC. So on Feb. 4, I traveled by train toward St. Louis. St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria.

More and more of our self storage containers are finding their way to storage parks all over Europe. But of course they don’t get there by themselves. The Deventer transport company de Roos takes care of that. An introduction to a multi-generation family business, through an interview with director Pieter de Roos.From ship to truckDriving for USEnvironmentally friendly transportFrom LNG….Delivery throughout Europe