MMH Pallet Survey Results: Wood Still Dominates at 84%

Modern Materials Handling has announced the results of their latest reader pallet survey.
Not surprisingly, wood continues to dominate at 84% of usage, with plastic pallet usage at 8% and metal pallets at 2%.
Looking back at an earlier MMH pallet survey in 2000, wood pallets accounted for 91% of pallets purchased, down from 97% [...]

When CHEP Sneezes…

Up north there is an old saying that when the U.S. sneezes, Canada catches a cold. The market for reusable transport packaging and pallets isn’t all that different. When new competitors or substitute goods (i.e., innovative products or systems) enter the marketplace, there is predictably a ripple effect.

For example, when CHEP U.S.A. rolled out in [...]

CHEP Eyes $12 Billion Reusables Pooling Opportunity in U.S.

Even as competition from iGPS has intensified over the last few years, CHEP is looking to expand its business in the U.S., within a reusables pooling market that it assesses at over $12 billion per year. With sales of $1.1 billion, it still sees itself with plenty of room to grow.
In its recent annual report [...]

Lyons Magnus Turns to Reusable Dunnage to Cut Costs

For years, Lyons Magnus, shipper of cased goods, has looked for better ways to protect freight, load trucks faster – and save money. And due to the heavy weight of the products, there is always the need to manage weight distribution to comply with bridge laws.
Recently, the firm has been using several 4” corrugated [...]

RPA Launches New Website to Provide Comprehensive Industry Resource on Reusable Transport Packaging Systems

The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has launched a new website and logo in support of its mission to promote the expansion and value of reusable transport packaging systems.
The new site, www.reusables.org, went live Aug. 23. The site provides a broad array of industry information and resources related to reusable packaging, including interactive tools like sustainability [...]

AIAG Pallet and Lid Survey Reveals Opportunity for Improvement

Why is it that the words “pallets” and “problems” are so often found in the same sentence? According to at least one comment from last November’s AIAG Call to Action, the analogy fits in the automotive supply chain as well, saying that the challenge of managing reusable pallets and lids is not just a “pain [...]

Pallet Pools Offer Public Warehouses New Service Opportunities (Historic Reprint)

from D & W, January 1945

www.packagingrevolution.net is pleased to present another key article from the formative years of palletization.
After the war, between one and three million surplus pallets may be disposed of by the government. Commercial shipments of palletized unit loads are expected to become common. Some pooling method for collecting pallets and [...]

Am I a Good Candidate to Sell My Used Cardboard Boxes for Reuse? Marty Metro of www.usedcardboardboxes.com Offers 7 Tips

Dale, one of our readers, recently sent me a note, wondering if there was an opportunity for reusing cardboard boxes rather than sending them for recycling.
We asked Marty Metro, founder and CEO of www.usedcardboardboxes.com, a company that buys and sells used cardboard boxes nationwide, to share his thoughts.
According to Marty, your company may well be [...]

The Pallet Stops There, The Cost Stops Here

“Why can’t we just all get along?” Jack Nicholson asked in his role of U.S. President in the movie Mars Attacks!  That was just before he got zapped. When it comes to reusable transport packaging, the good news is that we can. The challenge is to set the correct framework of asset accountability in place [...]

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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