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 [...]

Leading Greek Retailer AB VASSILOPOULOS Experiences 16% Year-On-Year Increase In Use Of CHEP Pallets

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 in the number of [...]

iGPS Funding Adds 200,000 Trees to U.S. National Forests

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 which the [...]

ORBIS Donates to AngelsGrace

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 accept a donation from ORBIS Corporation on behalf of our [...]

Xterprise Named a Finalist for the 2010 Microsoft Partner Awards

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 exceptional Microsoft-based [...]

Euro Pool System E-Web Provides Customer Insight

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 application on [...]

Automatic Nailer for Extra Long Pallets

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 [...]

New Container Seal Is Quick to Apply, Fast to Open, Residue-Free Removal

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 64017, an innovative seal [...]

Birds Eye Cuts Supply Chain Costs with CHEP Equipment Management

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 management [...]

Four Strong Winds: Reusable Transport Packaging Ready for Prime Time?

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 [...]

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