Round Corner Corrugated Containers Provide Lasting Solution to Rugged, Low-Cost Bulk Parts Storage
Heavy corrugated steel sides and deck make Steel King's Round Corner Corrugated Containers a rugged, low-cost, all-purpose solution to bulk parts storage that's built to withstand the most abusive industrial environments-from automotive to foundries to construction-for decades. "Round Corner Corrugated Containers are built to take a beating and will stand up to being knocked around by fork trucks and other equipment in the toughest environments," says Garry Grzesiak, Director of Container Design and Sales at Steel King. "For automotive, foundries, construction, oil drilling, farm implement manufacturing, or any industry that stores and handles heavy, bulky parts, this container provides lasting, low-cost ...
Steel Innovative: Reusable Steel Pallets and Shipping Racks Adapt to Emerging Supply Chain Needs
Steel pallets,shipping racks and other transport packaging systems have served industries for decades of tireless service. Whether you are involved in automotive, industrial, fresh meat, dairy and egg, post and parcel, or any number of other applications, you will likely be acquainted with steel reusable packaging systems that just keep on performing year after year, decade after decade. Steel transport packaging is prized for such attributes as: superior load bearing strength high resistance to damage easy to sanitize, non-absorptive easily repairable and recyclable can be customized to meet any legacy pallet size and style performs well in automated material handling systems can be coated or painted no fire ...
Reusable Wraps and Strap Systems Help Eliminate Need for Stretch Wrap
Several options in the reusable packaging arena can help reduce or eliminate the need for plastic stretch wrap. Solutions such as reusable pallet wrappers, rubber bands, lid or cap and strap systems, as well as bulk containers can all help get the job done while achieving packaging reduction. Lid and Strap Systems Lid and strap systems have achieved high levels of penetration in industries such as manufacturing, especially automotive, where they are often used in combination with reusable container systems. The lid and strap system can also be effectively used with mixed size containers - either reusable or single use. "(The Lid) ...
Shipping Pallets and Food Safety – What’s Next on the Menu?
The food safety/pallet issue re-emerged as headline news last week with the NBCLA story entitled Can Shipping Pallets Contaminate Your Food? Reporters went to a produce market and sampled water from a mud puddle where a pallet was resting, not surprisingly finding it to be contaminated. [caption id="attachment_582" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Wood pallets under the microscope"][/caption] This investigation was spurred by new sampling results from plastic pallet rental company iGPS, which found that "...one in every six wood pallets that transport food in Los Angeles, CA tested positive for one of three types of pathogens that spread easily and endanger the nation's food ...
Reusable Packaging Profitable for Eroski
Since 1998, the Spanish supermarket chain Eroski has worked with logistic service provider Euro Pool System. The partnership began with the packaging of meat in reusable crates. Now Eroski also uses the green packaging for bakery products, vegetables, fruit and fish. Container trip volume grew from 250,000 to 55,000,000 per year between 1998 and 2009. All the suppliers of the fresh products mentioned, such as the French company Pom2Sevres (see below), supply their products in the green, reusable packaging. In addition to growth in the number of packaged products, Euro Pool System provides more and more logistic services. Bartolomé Saro, director of ...
Reusables 101: The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Reusable Transport Packaging (Part 2)
This is the second article in a three-part series by Jerry Welcome, president of the Reusable Packaging Association. This first article defined reusable transport packaging and its role in the supply chain. This second article discusses the economic and environmental benefits of reusable transport packaging; and the third article will supply some parameters and tools to help readers determine whether it is beneficial to change all or some of a company’s one-time or limited-use transport packaging to a reusable transport packaging system. [caption id="attachment_478" align="alignleft" width="66" caption="Jerry Welcome"][/caption] Reusables 101: The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Reusable Transport Packaging By Jerry ...
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