What We Do
Now celebrating over 70 years, clients have trusted Thornel for their material handling needs since September 1955. At Thornel, we work with clients from concept through installation. Our focus is on designing and delivering systems that improve safety, productivity, and space utilization. Every job begins with a conversation about your facility needs and ends with a completed system, ready to support your operation.
Integrated Solutions
What Thornel does best is Custom System Design.
Industrial Fabrication Services
For systems that require non-standard parts, legacy components, or custom geometry, we offer in-house industrial fabrication services. This includes wire forms, tubular structures, stainless steel components, plastic panels, and custom assemblies.
These industrial fabrication services are particularly useful for businesses dealing with irregular facility layouts, older infrastructure, or specialty equipment that requires a physical fit not available from standard suppliers. Our fabrication capability reduces lead time and increases flexibility, allowing us to keep projects on track.
Warehouse Material Handling
We provide layout recommendations, safety evaluations, and installation services that help improve how materials are moved, stored, and accessed. These services can include facility walkthroughs, design updates, system maintenance, and replacement of damaged components.
Our warehouse material handling expertise helps reduce handling time, improve ergonomics, and support better inventory visibility. We work closely with each client to match material flow to operational goals, helping ensure better efficiency and use of space.
Product Lines
Why Choose Thornel
Thornel Associates brings experience and flexibility to material handling projects across a range of industries. As a system integrator, our team includes professionals with decades of experience in system layout, mechanical integration, and project execution.
Our approach combines planning, product selection, industrial fabrication services, and installation under a single service model. We eliminate the gaps that often occur between multiple vendors, which helps reduce costs and speed up project timelines.
We support national installation projects, including those requiring seismic compliance or union coordination. For clients with multiple facilities, we offer Master Purchasing Agreements to streamline procurement and standardize equipment across locations.
We also respond quickly to change. Whether you’re replacing damaged industrial racking systems, adding conveyor sections, or upgrading a storage area, we provide both the equipment and installation support needed to complete the work without unnecessary delays.
Custom System Design and Fabrication
From racks to conveyors, we integrate custom solutions for manual and automated operations.
Project Management
Process
With each step of the process, trust our team to systematically manage the project from start to finish.
Expert Sales
Staff
With an avg. 26.5 years of experience, our trained sales staff will recommend the optimal system for the project.
Industries Served
Thornel solutions are used in a wide range of commercial and industrial settings. While our systems are engineered for reliability and performance across all sectors, we are especially active in:
- 3PL
Industries Served
3PL
Our equipment is suitable for 3rd party logistics purposes, such as warehousing, conveying, storage, and shipping.
Learn More - Food & Beverage Distribution
Industries Served
Food & Beverage Distribution
We support high-volume facilities with pallet racks, gravity flow systems, and secure storage that meet sanitary and operational standards.
Learn More - Medical & Pharmaceutical Facilities
Industries Served
Medical & Pharmaceutical Facilities
These environments require organized storage, precise handling, and secure access. We help these facilities maintain order while supporting compliance.
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Start Your Next Project
Whether you’re building a new facility or making improvements to an existing one, Thornel Associates provides the systems, services, and support to get the job done right.
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