Wada Farms, one of Idaho’s leading potato, onion and sweet potato grower/shippers, will expand its relationship with CHEP for pallet pooling services. The company transports Dole and Wada Farms brand potatoes and onions on CHEP pallets from the company’s facilities to supermarkets, mass market retailers and club stores across the USA. Wada … [Read more...]
Excel Completes Turnkey Pallet Handling System for CHEP
January 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
CHEP, the global leader in pallet pooling, sub-contracts a number of its UK pallet conditioning facilities to partners such as Unit Pallets Ltd (UPL). Working together CHEP and UPL have recently completed the build of a brand new 1500m2 facility in Grangemouth, Scotland. The Grangemouth plant, which opened in June 2009, is the first CHEP plant in … [Read more...]
Reusables Deliver $20 Million Annual Saving to Netto
January 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
One of the decisions that users of reusable packaging must address is whether to rent, lease or purchase. The case for reusable container ownership is put forth below by Elvinco Technologies, reusable crate supplier to Netto, one of Scandinavia’s largest supermarket chains. With over 1,000 stores across Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Britain and … [Read more...]
CAPS Named to Top 100 for Second Consecutive Year
January 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Container and Pooling Solutions (CAPS) (www.usecaps.com), was recently named to Food Logistics’ Top 100 Technology Suppliers list for the second consecutive year. The 2009 list featured CAPS among those companies highlighted for leading the way in managing change during hard economic times through the use of technology. Each year, the … [Read more...]
Alien Technology® Provides RFID Solution for Reusable Fish Crates
January 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Alien Technology an industry leader in UHF Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) products and services, and Scandinavian integrator partner, ProSign, have announced a RFID traceability implementation solution for the Danish fish crate tracking consortium, Pack and Sea A/S. Representing thousands of commercial fishing enterprises, Pack and Sea … [Read more...]
Universal Package Systems Expands Custom, Cut and Welded Bulk Containers
January 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Universal Package Systems has expanded its bulk container and tote cut and weld capabilities, and is now producing a wide variety of custom containers based entirely on customer demands. One of the more recent containers designed and produced in close collaboration with a Universal Package Systems' customer includes a 108 inch long x 48 inch wide x … [Read more...]
Craig Kavanaugh Joins Fluensee as Director of Sales
January 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
RFID and technology solutions veteran Craig Kavanaugh has joined Fluensee, a leading provider of RFID-enabled asset tracking and supply chain management solutions, as director of sales. Kavanaugh will lead Fluensee’s direct and channel sales efforts and strategies to expand Fluensee’s reach in key markets and drive top-line growth. Prior to … [Read more...]
Former Vice President of Texas Company Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crime
January 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Michael Sayklay, the former vice president of Economy Cash & Carry Inc., a Texas-based grocery wholesaler, pleaded guilty today in federal court in El Paso, Texas, to a criminal violation of the Plant Protection Act, the Justice Department and the Department of Agriculture announced. Sayklay pleaded guilty to one felony charge for falsifying … [Read more...]
Wood Pallet Fungicide: X-Mold Assures Users It Does Not Use Implicated Chemical
January 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In light of recent events that caused the recall of arthritis pain caplet bottles due to mold growth on wood pallets which caused a musty odor, XM Industries has clarified that none of the company’s X-Mold formulations contain the fungicide 2,4,6-tribromoanisole. The presence of this fungicide was blamed for the odor. "We have set the bar very … [Read more...]
Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) Announces New Leadership Team for 2010
January 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has elected its 2010 Executive Committee and Board members. The new Board members represent a broad and deep range of experience in the reusable packaging industry. Formed in 1998, the RPA is the leading trade association dedicated to promoting the expansion and value of reusable packaging systems for … [Read more...]
