Loscam Marks 70 Years in Business

Loscam turns 70 years old in 2012! Looking back over the decades, it has certainly been a dynamic and ever-changing business, having begun in Australia as a multi-family venture involving timber mills, logging, and trading war surplus materials such as forklifts, trucks, engines, army tents, and pallets. At the time, the business was registered as [...]

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 [...]

Pallet and Container Pooling Consolidation Continues with FHG Acquisition of PAKi Logistics

The trend towards consolidation in the pooling sector continues with FHG`s acquisition of PAKi Logistics. FHG is Europe`s largest pallet manufacturing company, and also the parent of IPP Logipal and PRS pallet pools. PAKi is a pool provider for euro and dusseldorf pallets, and box pallets. Last year it added plastic meat crates and plastic [...]

Outlook 2012: When Supplying Free Reusables is Actually Part of the Strategy

Happy New Year and welcome to another year in the world of reusables. Will 2012 finally be the breakout year for pallet and packaging reuse? Remember that sudden change doesn’t happen all of a sudden. It is the culmination of a wave of change reaching critical mass – like the lily pad colony that methodically [...]

Meet David Hitchener – National Pallet Manager – Toll NQX

Source: 2ic Software With over 13 years’ experience in pallet management with Toll, David Hitchener’s current role of National Pallet Manager within Toll NQX sees him responsible for improving the pallet control efficiency throughout the business and implementing processes that prevent pallet losses. With Toll NQX moving more than 2.8 million tonnes of freight per [...]

Managing Reusable Packaging: RFID Adds Dimension

By Pat Reynolds, Editor/VP In this report, Pat talks about some of the presentations from PACK EXPO, including the Alpha Baking case study. Reduce, reuse, recycle. These have been the three legs of the stool called sustainable packaging for about as long as I can remember. But these days it seems that only two of [...]

Interview with Robert Zachrich, President of Fabri-Form Company and Member of the RPA Board of Directors

Editor’s Note:  Fol­low­ing is an inter­view with Rob Zachrich, Pres­i­dent of the Fabri-Form Com­pany a man­u­fac­turer of ther­mo­formed plas­tic prod­ucts for logis­tics (cus­tom pack­ag­ing, pal­lets, sleeve packs), work-in-process (totes, trays and freezer spac­ers) and for end prod­ucts (cus­tom components). RPA Edi­tor: Describe the area of the sup­ply chain where your prod­ucts play a role. Zachrich: [...]

ISPM No. 15 Exemption to End, but When?

While we like to stress there is more to consider than ISPM No. 15 when buying export pallets, it will be important for many to keep an eye on the Canada/United States exemption. The ISPM No. 15 exemption for wood pallets and packaging  moving in either direction between United States and Canada will soon be [...]

Export Pallet Option – Inca Presswood Pallets from Litco International

When considering non-timber pallets for export, one popular solution is the Inca presswood pallet from Litco International (http://www.litco.com). That is the choice made by companies such as Lincoln Electric, a Cleveland-based manufacturer of arc welding machines and consumables. “In the past, our shipments to Europe were sometimes held up for inspection,” says Tom Soster, manufacturing [...]

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