When Was the Pallet Invented – Who Invented the Pallet?

Who Invented the Pallet? Bob Trebilcock of Modern Materials Handling Magazine says it was George Raymond, along with Bill House. Bob did a wonderful pallet lore interview recently with Steve Raymond, grandson of George, the originator of the namesake company that manufactures all of those red colored lift trucks and pallet jacks. The interview touches [...]

Rehrig Pacific Logistics Diversifies to Serve Packaging Niches

By Chaille Brindley Date Posted: 2/1/2012 Increasingly companies in the pallet and packaging industries are talking about diversification as a core strategy to deal with the changing business landscape. Rehrig Pacific Logistics (www.rehriglogistics.com) is one of the rare companies that has successfully morphed from its focus on pallets and containers to handling a wide variety [...]

Canada-U.S. Trade Will Be Affected by Serious Cost of Implementing ISPM-15 by 2014 Says CWPCA

(openPR) – The US government has agreed to delay trade measures that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to exporters and importers. An international protocol requires all wood pallets and containers to be treated in a process that eliminates dangerous pests from moving between countries as ‘hitchhikers’ on the wood. Canada and the United [...]

Reusables – Pacific Capital Group, Under the Leadership of Gary Winnick, Becomes a Shareholder in Palogix LLC

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2012  — As a further illustration of the expanding merchant banking and investment portfolio of Pacific Capital Group, PCG has become a shareholder in Palogix LLC. Palogix is a solutions-oriented rental and logistics supplier of returnable and reusable containers and packaging. Palogix CEO Robert Liebesman said, “As a young business in [...]

CHEP USA Named as Finalist in 2012 Stevie(R) Awards for Sales & Customer Service

CHEP USA, an industry leader in pallet and container pooling solutions, was named a finalist today in two categories of the sixth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and was also nominated for the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service. As a finalist, CHEP will receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze [...]

Paylode® Cargo Protection Systems Announces New Hire

Paylode® Cargo Protection Systems, a manufacturer of 100-percent recycled, reusable dunnage for truck, rail and intermodal cargo, announces the addition of Brad Sir as business development manager. In this role, Sir’s primary responsibility is expanding the Paylode business portfolio in the U.S. mountain and western regions by introducing potential customers to Paylode’s sustainable damage protection [...]

Goplasticpallets.com Gets Bigger and Better

Goplasticpallets.com’s rapid growth over the last few years has resulted in the company expanding its warehouse facility in Eastbourne, East Sussex, which now stocks an even greater range of plastic pallets and containers. The warehouse expansion has made it possible for Goplasticpallets.com to double the volume of products it holds in stock, allowing the company [...]

Intelligent Thermal Solutions Announces Its New Chaperon™ Product Line

Intelligent Thermal Solutions, the leader in reusable, intelligent thermal shipping containers, announces the launch of its Chaperon™ product line for tracking and tracing products shipped in its IntelliTherm™ reusable shipping containers. “Our customers have been asking for track and trace for some time, and we now have the product that will satisfy this requirement,” Rich [...]

Action in the Netherlands Reveals Fake CC Padlocks

After having rolled out its Operation “Chip-It” last year, one European pool continues to manage with the issue of counterfeits. Only one month ago, a CC Container raid in Belgium revealed fraud with illegally copied metal plates and ID tags (“padlocks”) for the CC Containers. A similar action at several locations in Wijk en Aalburg [...]

Ralph Rupert Discusses Systems-Based Approach to Unit Load Design at MODEX

Join Millwood’s Ralph Rupert, former director of the Center for Unit Load Design at Virginia Tech, at their 2012 MODEX Press Conference. As featured speaker, Rupert will discuss how a systems-based approach to unit load design reduces overall packaging costs and complements corporate sustainability initiatives. Where Millwood Inc. Booth #2305 When Tuesday, February 7, 2012 [...]

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