IPP Logipal unveils its new PalletBanking service

European pallet pooling specialist IPP Logipal has unveiled a new product to complement its existing pallet rental solution. The service, called PalletBanking, is aimed at users that need to ship products on White Euro pallets. White pallet banking PalletBanking supplies pallets wherever they are needed and takes them back when no longer required. It is [...]

Pandering to the Customer!

Dallas, TX, February 04, 2010 –(PR.com)– Chick Companies, Inc., a leading global provider of packaging and manufacturing logistics solutions, has produced custom-built transport containers for FedEx Express to transport two giant pandas from the United States to China. Working in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and Zoo Atlanta, FedEx Express will [...]

New Corrugated Box Design Turns Reusability Inside Out

Plainfield, IL (PRWEB) February 10, 2010 — Salazar Packaging, Inc. has announced the availability of its new patent pending product, the Globe Guard® Reusable Box – an RSC style box that can easily be turned inside-out to create a like-new shipping container. The innovative design makes reuse of corrugated containers a practical option for the [...]

Fresh King Bolsters Customer Service with CHEP

Homestead, FL February 11, 2010 – Fresh King, a leading grower and shipper of tropical and exotic fruits and vegetables, today announced plans to expand shipments on CHEP pallets in the near future. Fresh King continues to experience customer service improvements from the use of the CHEP pallet pooling system. The grower now uses CHEP [...]

Euro Pool System Processed 600 Million Rotations in 2009

2009 was a historic year for Euro Pool System. The European market leader registered a record number of more than 600 million rotations, an ample 7% increase with regard to 2008. At the Fruit Logistica fair in Berlin, Mr Clavel – Spanish supplier Iberiana’s CEO – symbolically handed the 600-millionth crate over to Mr Kai [...]

Termination of Solid Wood Packaging Bilateral Agreement Between Canada and the U.S.

The USA and Canada have finally agreed upon a phase-in period to terminate the bi-lateral agreement between these two large trading countries. Today, all wood packaging is allowed to move freely without any treatment, unless being shipped from a quarantined region of either country. In March 2010, the first phase-in period will commence to have [...]

Dr. Mark White Sued by National Wooden Pallet & Container Association

Answering a question posed by an attendee at the WPA Annual Meeting this January, NWPCA president Bruce Scholnick confirmed that NWPCA filed a lawsuit on December 29 against Dr. Mark White, claiming that his BestLoad® software is an unlawful competitor to the NWPCA’s Pallet Design System (PDS). The lawsuit alleges copyright infringement, violation of Virginia’s [...]

PECO Pallet’s Statement on the Tylenol Recall and the Safety of PECO Pallets

January 29, 2010 (NEW YORK) … PECO Pallet, Inc., issues the following statement regarding the recent Tylenol recall and the safety of PECO’s pallets. As you are aware, the recall by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, of Tylenol and other products was initiated voluntarily in November 2009 and extended during the [...]

Tylenol Leads to Wood Pallet Migraine

A large recall of Tylenol caused a PR headache for the wood pallet industry in January after drug maker McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnston & Johnston, implicated wood pallets as responsible with a bad odor inside Tylenol bottles. The problematic chemical is called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole” or TBA. It results from a breakdown of another [...]

Euro Pool System Draws Attention to Haiti Relief

During the Fruit Logistica fair that took take place from 3rd to 5th February, 2010 in Berlin, Euro Pool System hosted a donation campaign for Haiti. For each rotation of a Euro Pool rental container registered during the Fruit Logistica fair, the logistic service provider donated 0.25 Eurocent to the stricken area. With three days [...]

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