Container and Pooling Solutions Named a Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2009 Green Supply Chain Award Recipient

Container and Pooling Solutions (CAPS) (www.usecaps.com), was recently named one of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2009 Green Supply Chain award recipients. CAPS is highlighted among the elite list of recipients recognized for their efforts to provide green solutions for customers in a variety of industries.
Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Green Supply [...]

Environmental Credentials Help CHEP Win £1.25 Million Contract

The LPC Group plc – a leading European  manufacturer of household paper and hygiene products  – has awarded CHEP a further two year contract worth £1.25 million.This is one of several contracts in various UK business sectors totaling some
£30 million which have recently been retained by CHEP, the global leader in pallet and container [...]

Zetes Acquires ImageID

Zetes (Euronext Brussels: ZTS), the leading pan-European provider of solutions and services for the automatic identification of goods and people, has acquired the business of ImageID, including the company’s assets, patents and intellectual property.
Based on vision technology, ImageID’s flagship solution Visidot is capable of identifying hundreds of barcodes in only a few seconds, with 100% [...]

China Looks To Standardize Pallet Sizes

As countries industrialize, the issue of pallet standardization eventually becomes a barrier to logistics efficiency. In the earlier stages, decisions about pallet selection often are made by specific shippers who gravitate around what size works best for their particular product. Foreign companies may also arrive with preconceived ideas about the appropriate pallet size to use. [...]

Greystone Announces Purchase of Plastic Pallet Molds

Greystone Logistics, Inc. (OTCBB: GLGI) has announced the purchase of the complete line of plastic pallet molds of Montreal based SolPlast. The pallet product line includes the sizes 48×40, 48×42, 36×36, 37×37, 48×45, 24×40 display pallet, 48×45 drum pallet, and a 1200×1000 metric nestable pallet.
Senior Vice President of Sales Bob Noland stated, “We are already experiencing orders [...]

New Research Focuses on the Sea Container Pallet Usage Decision

When it comes to the use of pallets for the shipment of fast moving consumer goods in sea containers, the common thinking has been that given the high price of international shipment, floor loading is the most cost-effective option.  While this indeed may be, there are a number of factors to weigh in determining [...]

www.GotMilkCrates.com Launched to Help Curb Crate Theft

With the collaborative effort in Maryland between dairy, bakery, beverage and other reusable pallet and container users to curb theft in the Baltimore area now in the public domain, the dairy industry has been quick to respond.
“We’re pleased to see that our collaborative efforts paid off so quickly and effectively,” said Clay Detlefsen, IDFA vice [...]

Visteon: $1 Million Saving Through Redeployment of Reusables

Visteon Starts By Cleaning Up and Taking Stock of Excess and Obsolete Reusable Packaging
Like many automotive industry suppliers, Visteon Corporation is faced with the challenge of effectively managing its reusable packaging assets. Speaking at the AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) Returnable Packaging Call to Action and Best Practices Summit, held this October, Timothy Nickel of [...]

Sharp’s Brewery to Implement InteliTap visibiliTy 4.0 to Manage Reusable Cask Fleet

InteliTap’s visibiliTy 4.0 asset tracking and management solution is set to provide an award-winning U.K. brewer with accurate asset fleet calculations, evaluate container losses, and calculate cycle times, driving business critical decisions, according to a release from InteiTap.
Visibility of Returnable Assets Critical
“Sharp’s is a fast growing regional brewer, meaning that we are continually expanding our [...]

US Slowdown Dampens Brambles Performance

Brambles, the world’s largest pallet pooler, experienced a 3 per cent drop in group sales revenue to $US1.4 billion, according to its report for the four months to October 31 (See release.) Its CHEP pallet business in the Americas, which reported a 5 per cent fall in revenue to $US513 million for the period, was [...]

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