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 … [Read more...]
Leading Greek Retailer AB VASSILOPOULOS Experiences 16% Year-On-Year Increase In Use Of CHEP Pallets
June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Suppliers to AB Vassilopoulos are progressively switching from white wood exchange pallets to CHEP pooled pallets because of the increase in efficiency they will gain as a result. Athens, Greece – Alfa-Beta Vassilopoulos, a leading food retailer in Greece and part of the Belgium-based Delhaize Group, has experienced a 16% year-on-year increase … [Read more...]
iGPS Funding Adds 200,000 Trees to U.S. National Forests
June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Plastic pallet rental provider Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC) has announced that it has funded the planting of 200,000 new trees in the Deschutes National Forest in central Oregon, an area in serious need of reforestation. iGPS' funding is one element of its unique partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) in … [Read more...]
ORBIS Donates to AngelsGrace
June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
ORBIS Corporation Gives Back to Community in Donation to AngelsGrace Hospice Oconomowoc, Wis.--A $1,000 donation from ORBIS Corporation to AngelsGrace Hospice was recently presented at the company’s corporate headquarters in Oconomowoc. The donation was part of the charitable contributions the company makes annually. “We are thrilled to … [Read more...]
Xterprise Named a Finalist for the 2010 Microsoft Partner Awards
June 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Xterprise (www.xterprise.com), a leader in item-level RFID solutions, has been selected as one of three finalists for the Microsoft Partner Awards in the SOA and Business Process Partner of the Year award category for the second year in a row. The 2010 Microsoft Partner Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered … [Read more...]
Euro Pool System E-Web Provides Customer Insight
June 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With more than 600 million rotations a year, Euro Pool System is Europe’s market leader in the area of returnable crates for fresh products. Euro Pool System’s activities are also oriented towards providing logistic services. The special E-Web application is a good example. All Euro Pool System’s customers get access to this user-friendly … [Read more...]
Automatic Nailer for Extra Long Pallets
June 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Skute, from Viking Engineering, was designed to meet the needs of one of its long time customers, Rod Scott Pallet & Box in Australia. They needed to automate nailing of a very specific long skid used for transporting extruded aluminum. With that as a starting point for the design of the Skute, the engineers at Viking set out to solve … [Read more...]
New Container Seal Is Quick to Apply, Fast to Open, Residue-Free Removal
June 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
Tampering and theft along the logistics chain and at retailers cost companies 114 billion dollars worldwide last year, as the Centre for Retail Research found in its most recent Global Retail Theft Barometer. Special security seals for packaging and transportation containers offer effective protection. Now, tesa has developed the tesa® StretchSeal … [Read more...]
Birds Eye Cuts Supply Chain Costs with CHEP Equipment Management
June 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Birds Eye, the frozen foods giant, has reduced its average trip costs by 10% during the past year through outsourcing its equipment management to CHEP. Servicing the Birds Eye business involves the CHEP Equipment Management (CEM) team organising over 550,000 CHEP pallet movements a year. Using the CEM service enables Birds Eye to outsource the … [Read more...]
Four Strong Winds: Reusable Transport Packaging Ready for Prime Time?
June 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sudden change, counter-intuitively, is anything but sudden. Just like the old analogy of the lily pads that establish a toehold on a large pond. They diligently yet subtly double every day until on the 28th day they cover one-quarter of the water. On the 29th day they blanket half of it. And on the 30th day they consume the pond. Sudden change … [Read more...]
