The pool of CC Containers – the European standard pot plant trolleys – has now been effectively closed to illegal intruders with the implementation of electronic labelling, RFID. This means that the pool operator, Container Centralen (CC), is now ready to invest in further development and quality improvement to the benefit of all users. At the … [Read more...]
Positive Feedback on Plastic Shelves for Reusable Plant Trolleys
September 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Container Centralen Wins Case Against Belgian Fraudster Once Again
May 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
A Belgian producer has once again been convicted of illegal trademark and copyright infringement in connection with the CC Container, the European standard for pot plant transportation, supplied by the Dutch / Danish company Container Centralen A/S. Last month, the high court in Belgium confirmed the verdict from the 2009 appeal case in a local … [Read more...]
Reusable Transit Item (RTI) Pool RFID e-Seal: Confidex Wins Multi-Million Dollar Deal
January 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Confidex UHF Gen2 RFID tags are now being used in Container Centralen's full scale RFID roll-out called "Operation Chip It!". Confidex developed and delivered tags to IBM Denmark and this tag will be used as an electronic seal by Container Centralen A/S on its fleet of 3.5 million CC Containers. The new tag brings unprecedented transparency in the … [Read more...]
Dutch Flower Group Welcomes RFID
December 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When the CC Containers are RFID tagged from January 2011, many companies have already now decided that they will scan every container that they receive. The scanning is to ensure that only CC Containers with the genuine RFID tag are accepted and to reap the benefits of RFID. The Dutch Flower Group (DFG) is one of the organisations that will scan … [Read more...]
Design of CC Container RFID Tag Release
December 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
During the past months, there have been numerous reports about the new ID tag with built-in RFID (‘electronic labelling’) for the CC Containers. Now the design of the tag has been released by Container Centralen (CC). All CC Containers must have this new tag and the CC metal plate to be accepted in the CC Pool System from January 10, … [Read more...]
Reusables That Don’t Squeak in the Night: CC Low Noise
November 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Noise regulation has become an issue. Distributing goods to shops in urban areas is becoming increasingly difficult. One key reason for restrictions imposed in most European cities, especially in residential areas, is to accommodate noise-regulating recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO) as well as local requirements. To ensure … [Read more...]
Are Illegals Infiltrating Your Reusable Packaging Pool? RFID May Be the Answer
June 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Editor's note: Usually pool operators are concerned with pallets being lost or stolen from the pool. In some pools such as Container Centralen, whose comments are featured below, and EPAL, however, the concern can be with counterfeits entering into the pool. These illegals can have implications for asset performance, worker safety and product … [Read more...]
Nordic ID and Container Centralen Sign a European Cooperation Agreement
April 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Salo, Finland +++ Nordic ID and Container Centralen have signed a cooperation agreement to market and to sell software in the Nordic ID handheld readers to bring the benefits of RFID to the European horticultural industry. This is a part of Container Centralen’s “Operation Chip It”, which is the tagging operation that takes place in the … [Read more...]
