Taurus is GPC Industries' utility workbench range — a lighter, cleaner-finished bench for environments where a heavy steel engineering bench would be overkill. Typical homes for them are factories, laboratories, retail back-of-house and schools: places that need a solid, wipeable working surface with lockable storage, rather than a bench built to take a vice and a hammer.
What you get
The Taurus Utility Workbench with Two Single Drawers is built around a 20 mm high density laminate worktop with 3 mm PVC edging, on a powder-coated frame in Iridium Silver. The drawer sets come complete with central locking and are rated at 50 kg per drawer — enough for tooling, test kit, consumables or documentation, and secure enough to leave in a shared room overnight.
Laminate or timber — which surface?
The choice of worktop is the choice that matters most on a bench. High density laminate is smooth, easy to wipe down, resistant to most workshop fluids and pleasant to work on for long periods — which is exactly why it suits labs, schools and assembly work. What it will not do is take repeated impact or hot work; for that you want a beech, MPX or steel top from a heavier range. If your work is light assembly, inspection, testing, packing or teaching, Taurus is the right specification. If it is engineering, fabrication or anything involving a vice, look at a heavier bench.
Sizing and setting up
Two practical points when specifying. First, working height: a standing bench that is too low is the single most common cause of back complaints in a workshop, so check the bench height against the task and the operator, not against the room. Second, drawer allocation: with 50 kg per drawer and central locking, it is usually better to give each user a drawer than to share a bank — accountability keeps tooling where it should be.
Related ranges and guides
Taurus sits inside our wider workbenches and workshop storage ranges, alongside the heavier Bott Cubio, Verso and Perfo systems and the full GPC Industries catalogue. For specification help, read our workbench buying guide, our guide to getting the working height right and the tool cabinets and tool storage guide.
Taurus workbench FAQs
What is the Taurus range?
GPC Industries' utility workbench range, a lighter, cleaner-finished bench for factories, laboratories, retail back-of-house and schools.
What is the worktop made from?
20 mm high density laminate with 3 mm PVC edging.
What finish is the frame?
Powder-coated in Iridium Silver.
What are the drawers like?
The drawer sets come complete with central locking and have a load capacity of 50 kg per drawer.
Can drawers go on either side?
Each drawer set can be fitted on the left or right of the bench. Cupboard sets can only be fitted on the right-hand side.
How is it supplied?
Knock down, so it is assembled on site.
Is a Taurus bench suitable for heavy engineering work?
It is aimed at light assembly, inspection, testing, packing and teaching. For a vice, fabrication or impact work, look at a heavier bench with a beech, MPX or steel top.
Is laminate or timber the better worktop?
Laminate is smooth, easy to wipe down and resists most workshop fluids, but it will not take repeated impact or hot work.
Where can I read more?
See our workbench buying guide, our guide to getting the working height right and the full workbenches collection.
