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Locus Systems

Bespoke shadow boards, UK made

Every tool in its place.

Bespoke shadow boards, cleaning stations and visual management boards for UK manufacturers. Drawn to your tools, proofed before we make them, dispatched within 5–7 working days of sign-off.

Design your own board
How it works
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2 working hours
LEAD TIME
Despatched within 5–7 working days of proof approval
DESIGNED BY LOCUS
Made in Ipswich, UK
Aston Martin cleaning station with four black cleaning tools in clearly defined positions

Formerly Klipspringer Shadow Boards. Same team, same boards, new name.

What's changing →

Locus makes the boards that hold a 5S programme together after the launch event is over. We work with continuous improvement, operations and EHS teams at UK manufacturers who need a standard that lasts.

Industries

Built for your sector

Different sites, different failure modes. Choose your sector to see what we make for it.

All industries

What we make

Three board types, endless configurations

01

Tool shadow boards

A shadow board designed and labelled to your exact tool set, so a missing item is obvious at a glance and every tool has a fixed home.

  • 5S Sort and Set in Order: one fixed home for every active tool
  • Multi-shift and multilingual teams — the silhouette reads without words
  • Line-side tooling for repetitive assembly tasks
About tool boards

02

Cleaning stations

A fixed home for brushes, squeegees, mops and consumables, colour-coded to zone so cross-contamination and lost equipment stop being a daily problem.

  • End-of-shift clean-down stations
  • Zone-specific hygiene control
  • Spill response points
About cleaning stations

03

Visual management boards

Custom-printed whiteboards laid out for your tiered meetings, KPI tracking, 5S audits and shift handovers, so the routine runs the same way every day.

  • Tier 1, 2 and 3 daily management
  • SQDCP and KPI boards
  • 5S audit boards
About visual management
Standard rangeStandard stations, personalised with your logoFixed-size cleaning stations with or without equipment. Build a quote list online.See the standard range

Recent work

From the workshop

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Trusted on sites across UK manufacturing

  • Dyson logo
  • Amazon Robotics logo
  • Caterpillar logo
  • Rolls-Royce logo
  • Tata Steel logo
  • Zimmer Biomet logo
  • Aston Martin logo
  • Bombardier logo
  • Wabtec logo
  • First Bus logo
  • Siemens Healthineers logo
  • Anglian Water logo
  • SUEZ logo

Why Locus

Five reasons sites choose us

  1. 01

    Bespoke by default

    Drawn from your tool list, photos or a site survey. Need it fast? Our standard range is still personalised with your logo and heading.

  2. 02

    Proof before manufacture

    You sign off a scaled design proof. We do not cut anything until the people who will use the board have seen it.

  3. 03

    Built for the shop floor

    Rigid panels, solvent-resistant print and industrial fixings. Boards that last years, not months.

  4. 04

    UK design and manufacture

    Designed by Locus and made in-house in Ipswich, with survey and installation support for multi-site programmes.

  5. 05

    Over a decade of boards for UK sites

    Formerly Klipspringer Shadow Boards, with the same team, manufacturing experience and standards behind every project.

See the quality before you commit.

A scaled-down shadow board with direct print, a UV-cured coating and hooks. No laminate. Dispatched within 2 working days.

Request a sample pack
Face-on Tata Steel tool shadow board with five specification markers12345

Anatomy

What goes into a shadow board

Five decisions we make with you on every board.

01
Background colourHigh-contrast silhouette so a missing item is obvious from across the cell. Can carry your brand imagery.
02
Label or tool IDTool name, asset number and check frequency, printed not stuck on.
03
RetentionHooks, clips, magnets or bespoke holders, chosen per tool for weight and access.
04
Header barThe specific location or equipment use instructions, including your company logo
05
FixingsMagnetic fixings are supplied when selected. Direct-to-wall and other wall fixings are not supplied because each site requires different hardware.

Enquire

Tell us what's driving you mad. We'll start there.

Tell us what you need and where it will go. We reply within 2 working hours (Mon–Fri, 7am–4pm).

Prefer to talk?

+44 (0)1473 974400team@locus-systems.com
  • — Photos of the area help us quote faster
  • — No obligation, no sales calls unless you ask
  • — Design proof before anything is made
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What do you need, where will it go, and roughly when?

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