IFCO SYSTEMS US has announced a new partnership with the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) at the opening of the United Fresh 2012 Convention. The NTFB distributes donated, purchased and prepared foods through a network of 300 member agencies and 1,000 feeding and education programs in 13 North Texas counties. IFCO will support the NTFB through the … [Read more...]
2ic Cloud Saves Precious Time For UK Giant, Culina Logistics
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As the leading provider of high quality logistics services in the UK with over 50,000 CHEP, LPR and IPP Logipal pallet transactions to reconcile every month, Culina Logistics is committed to optimising new technology to improve business performance and ultimately reduce costs. Hearing about 2ic Cloud as a new way to operate 2ic Pallets, Culina … [Read more...]
Full Fleet Ahead for Scott Group
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Leading industrial supplies organisation, Scott Group, is delighted to unveil its new vehicle livery and celebrates by launching six brand new vehicles hitting the roads throughout the UK. The new fleet, which consists of six Scania HGVs will sport the Group's new branding, in addition to the existing fleet of 94 vehicles, including vans, trucks … [Read more...]
Scott Group Work with CEMEX
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The Scott Group's pallet division has been working with CEMEX, one of the world's foremost cement suppliers to help tackle packaging and transport damage to their products. CEMEX challenged employees to review critical issues within certain aspects of its supply chain management and develop a new strategy. The key objective was to stem funds … [Read more...]
More GM Plants to Go Landfill-Free
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Landfill-free means landfill-free. "If you put a bag of trash on the curb each week," General Motors spokeswoman Sharon Basel said, "you're putting more trash on the curb than our 99 (landfill-free) facilities combined." Got green guilt now? GM, long hounded by critics of its environmental track record, has worked to change that image. The … [Read more...]
Ford Recycling Aims to Reduce Waste Another Ten Percent
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When it comes to recycling, it's hard to beat auto plants. Many have zero-waste policies, outgrowths of Japanese-style lean manufacturing policies that dominate the industry these days. Trying to take the idea further, Ford plans to further reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfills by 10% per vehicle by the end of the year. It adds up. … [Read more...]
Rousseau Farming Sees Superior Pallet Quality and Greater Customer Value with CHEP Program
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Rousseau Farming Company, a leading grower and shipper of vegetables, onions and watermelons from Arizona, has announced the signing of a new multi-year contract with CHEP, an industry leader in pallet and container pooling solutions. Rousseau Farming transports its Rousseau(R) and Pacific(R) brand produce from its 10,000-acre farm in Phoenix, … [Read more...]
Brambles Reports Continued Sales Growth
May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Brambles Limited today reported sales revenue from Continuing operations of US$3,563.1 million for the nine months ended 31 March 2012, up 33% on the prior corresponding period. The main drivers of Brambles’ sales growth were: the inclusion of businesses acquired since the priorcorresponding period; expansion in emerging markets in the Pallets … [Read more...]
New Supply Chain Certification from CSCMP Supported by CHEP
April 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
CHEP, the industry leader in pallet and container pooling solutions, has joined with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and other industry members to develop and test a new qualification for managers. The SCPro™ is a three-level certification that offers global supply chain management professionals a way to demonstrate a … [Read more...]
Plastic Versus Wood Pallet Debate Surfaces in the UK
April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
While the debate over the relative merits of wood versus plastic pallets has been heated at times in the US, it recently surfaced in the UK. First Goplasticpallets.com posted a release cautioning pallet users to be mindful of pallet load rating. Fair enough. The release then went on to extoll the virtues of plastic pallets, which sparked a detailed … [Read more...]
