Johanna Foods Cites Long-Term Cost Stability and Supply Chain Efficiencies in...
Beverage and dairy food manufacturer achieves material handling stability and supply chain efficiencies with CHEP solutions. CHEP, a leading provider of managed pallet pooling solutions, has extended...
View ArticleLPR Expands Depot Network in Belgium to Cut Mileage and Costs
Pallet pooling specialist LPR is expanding its network in Belgium with two extra depots in Halle and Sint-Katelijne-Waver enabling LPR to offer a new service to its customers. Branded as its Ex-retail...
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APR Launches Container Rental Program to Augment Reusable Packaging Repair...
Necessity is the mother of invention. It’s also the mother (or father, in this case) of APR (Allen Plastics Repair). The story begins with 18-year-old Dan Allen. Working on the family onion farm in...
View ArticleReusable Packaging Repair or Rebuy? Questions with Answers from Allen Plastic...
How does your company handle storage and shipping? Depending on the task, one-time use containers might be an option, but it’s likely that reusable containers could offer a more sustainable and...
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Loadhog Pally Wheels into South African e-Commerce Supply Chain
When one of South Africa’s largest online stores wanted a faster, safer, more efficient and economical way to handle new category products while complementing its current products and methods of...
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UK Wood Pallet Group Takes Positive Approach in Difficult Market
Delegates at the TIMCON AGM held this month in London heard that, against a backdrop of depressed prices and low demand, the industry association for UK wood pallet and packaging businesses is working...
View ArticleiGPS Logistics LLC Agrees to Acquire iGPS
Press release ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–iGPS Company LLC, (“iGPS”) operator and owner of the largest global pallet rental pool of lightweight, 100% recyclable plastic platforms with embedded RFID...
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United Pallet Services Joins Reusable Packaging Assocation – Promotes pointGUARD
United Pallet Services, Inc. has joined the Reusable Packaging Association to leverage the association’s research and partnerships in support of market expansion. The company will exhibit in the RPA’s...
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Pallet Market Report Projects 3.5% Annual Increase Through 2017
The number of pallets in use in the US is forecast to grow 2.4 percent annually to 2.6 billion in 2017, according to a new report available from the Reportlinker.com catalogue. Annual demand for new...
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Reusable Packaging News – IFCO LCA Study Supports Benefits of RPCs, CPC...
This week in the Reusable Packaging News, IFCO Systems has announced a new peer reviewed RPC Life Cycle Analysis study showing the benefits of reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for the shipment of...
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Tri-Hex® Patent Approved for Corrugated Pallets
The US Patent office has issued Patent No 8,459,190 to Erdie Industries for the unique construction of the Tri-Hex® concept of using a polygonal shape within a triangular shape, which results in added...
View ArticleLJ Fairburn Replaces White Exchange Pallets with CHEP
CHEP, the world’s leading provider of pallet and container pooling solutions, is reporting that LJ Fairburn & Son Limited, one of the UK’s leading producers of eggs, poultry and feed, has signed an...
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Why Palletize?
While the use of pallets and palletization were once considered to be powerful components of materials handling strategy, today, industry takes the practice largely for granted. When the palletization...
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Free Pallets – Ten Places Where to Find Free or Low Cost Pallets
Wondering where to find free or low cost pallets? We often receive inquiries about where to find free pallets to start a home project, or more steady sources of used pallets to generate work as a...
View ArticlePaper Pallets for Export
Many companies are looking to paper or corrugated pallets for export. This report follows our look at export-friendly presswood pallets and plastic pallets. When the IKEA paper pallet shift was made,...
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Paper/Corrugated Pallet Buyers Guide – Suppliers List
Paper pallets, including corrugated pallets and honeycomb, are valued for a number of attributes, including ISPM-15 compliance, sanitation, their light weight and ease of recycling. Below find a list...
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Two or Four Way Pallets?
Author: John Shawyer is Director of Associated Pallets To the uninitiated eye, a pallet is simply a pallet. We’re aware of wooden pallets in use in DIY stores or see them supporting tinned goods in...
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Timber Packaging and Pallet Industry Awaits Impact of Severe UK Weather
The storms and floods affecting the UK are likely to compound the pressure on the forest-based industries, according to the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON). Increased demand for...
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Suitable for Metal Pallets: SMARTRAC Presents World’s Thinnest UHF Tag for...
RFID technology provider SMARTRAC is now offering an ON METAL TAG. Being just 600 mm thick, the company states this printable tag is currently the thinnest UHF tag for difficult surfaces on the...
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Two Unrelated Types of Pallet Headaches
Pallet headaches are something that supply chain professionals have been known to suffer, especially if pallet system design and execution aren’t in alignment with overarching supply chain goals....
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