Pallet Rental: Aguas Glaciar Switches to CHEP in Portugal

Águas Glaciar, a leading Portuguese bottled water company, has switched its annual 118,000 pallet movements to CHEP.
Águas Glaciar had previously been using another pallet pooling provider but chose to switch to CHEP due to the cost and efficiency benefits available, the comprehensive international coverage CHEP provides and the quality of CHEP’s pallets.
Águas Glaciar CEO Miguel [...]

Reusable Jobs at www.packagingrevolution.net

This week, two jobs are featured, starting with a position with ORBIS.
Logistics Operations Manager, ORBIS Corporation
A leading manufacturer of returnable packaging and related services, ORBIS Corporation is seeking a dynamic leader to serve as a site-based Operations Manager in Chattanooga, TN. This individual is responsible for:
• Planning and leading an on-site warehouse that will perform [...]

RPA Presents Educational Session on Fundamentals of Reusable Packaging at

The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) is hosting a workshop at PACK EXPO that will give attendees a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of developing an effective reusable packaging strategy for their companies’ supply chains.
The educational session, “RPA’s Fundamentals of Reusable Packaging Workshop”, will be held Tuesday, Nov. 2, from 2 to 5 p.m. in McCormick [...]

Scottish Company Opens New Grimsby Site – Presenting Opportunity To Address Demand For Washing Plastic Crates

PPS recently completed the acquisition of TFA Box Company in Grimsby and has made a £500k further investment in the business. The investment has been for new premises and wash equipment for plastic crates within the food industry, and also upgrading existing facilities. As part of the re-structuring of the group and to maintain the [...]

CryoPort Enters Into Agreement With DHL for Shipping Discounts

LAKE FOREST, Calif., Sep 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) —
CryoPort, Inc. (OTCBB: CYRX | PowerRating) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with DHL, one of the world’s leading logistics companies, to provide DHL’s life science customers direct access to CryoPort’s web-based order entry and tracking portal to order the CryoPort Express(R) Shipper and [...]

Unwrapping the Packaging Gold Mine

The potential savings from a good packaging program have been described as a gold mine, according to description for an upcoming automotive packaging event. This workshop, taking place October 5 at the Automotive Logistics Conference in Dearborn, Michigan, examines those opportunities. The moderator is Camille Chism, Packaging Engineer, Chrysler, while Tim Nickell, Global Manager-Packaging Engineering, Visteon Corporation, [...]

IPP Logipal Develops Innovative Solution for Produce World

Fast growing pallet rental specialist, IPP Logipal has developed a dedicated pallet solution for Produce World, one of the UK’s leading fresh produce suppliers to major supermarkets nationwide.
Produce World offers customers a diverse range of vegetables, and is an expert in organic produce. It supplies potatoes, root vegetables, alliums, and brassicas through a portfolio of [...]

Reusable Plastic Crates: Driving Sustainability in the Dairy Supply Chain

The issue or reusable packaging selection and management is the topic of a key session on September 14 at the International Dairy Show in Dallas, Texas.
What are the specific environmental benefits of reusable packaging? By design, reusable case and pallet systems offer dairies a sustainable, cost-effective method to ship, handle and store materials across the [...]

Beverage Industry Hosts Returnable Container Management Session at InterBev

The loss of assets is an important topic for every beverage business, and is a session focus for the InterBev 2010 conference, held September 22-24, in Orlando, Florida.
In this session, attendees will hear case studies on lowering the loss of returnable assets in the food and beverage industry, and learn about industry initiatives that are [...]

ABA Hosts Best Practices in Returnable Asset Management Seminar

Reusable packaging management is a featured session at the upcoming International Baking Industry Exposition, held September 26-29 in Las Vegas NV. By attending this reusables management session,event organizers say, you could save your company thousands of dollars each year!
Plastic container theft and misuse have been recurring industry issues for years. Recently, the losses [...]

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