This article from Food Logistics includes interviews with Derek Hannum of CHEP, Mike Hachtman of IFCO Systems, Steve Harrison of Rehrig Pacific, Chaille Brindley of Pallet Enterprise, Bruce Scholnick of NWPCA, Abby Verbeten of Orbis, and Bob Moore, until recently the CEO of iGPS. It touches on the importance of providers and customers … [Read more...]
ConAgra Jumps from iGPS and Returns to CHEP, Dole Announcement One More Challenge for White Wood
May 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
What a difference a year makes! ConAgra is now back in the CHEP fold. It was just last June that ConAgra announced it would be transitioning its pallet rental requirements to iGPS in a move said to be worth $40 million a year. Brambles downplayed the significance of the pallet rental business loss, saying that the lost revenue was less than 1% … [Read more...]
Steve Marton Named as Interim CEO at iGPS
March 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Following ongoing rumors that Bob Moore would be or had been replaced as CEO of iGPS, the Pegasus Capital Advisors website is now reporting that Steve Marton of Pegasus is currently serving as interim Chief Executive Officer of iGPS, as reported last week in the Pallet Profile Weekly. Moore is still listed as Chairman of the Board. According to … [Read more...]
Is Another Pallet Pool in the Offing?
January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Bob Trebilcock of Modern Materials Handling has posted an introduction to the PIMS pallet pool. PIMS (http://www.pimspallet.com) would establish an independent, free market pallet pool to compete with leading rental providers CHEP, iGPS and PECO. Read more. … [Read more...]
Pallet Rental: iGPS Announces Agreement with Ken’s Foods, Inc.
December 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC) announced today that Ken's Foods will begin shipping its retail products throughout the U.S. on iGPS' all-plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, commencing in early 2011. Ken's Foods produces and packages over 400 varieties of dressings and sauces, including … [Read more...]
Pallet Rhetoric Waxes Thin: Time to Move Forward
December 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
I don't know about you, but I've just about had enough of butter analogies to clog an artery in the wake of the press release about butter contamination issued by NWCPA following a University of Texas (UT) School of Public Health study, and the lawsuit against NWPCA subsequently launched by iGPS. It was interesting to see the tone of press … [Read more...]
Pallets and Food Safety: iGPS Responds to “Dishonest and Reckless” NWPCA Assertions
December 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The pallet food safety public relations war rages onward. In response to the recent NWPCA press release related to butter contamination and iGPS pallets, iGPS has posted this response to its customers. December 09, 2010 Letter to Our Customers: You may have read a press release issued by the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association … [Read more...]
Bob Moore of iGPS Wins Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010
November 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bob Moore, Chairman, CEO, iGPS, has been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 national winner in the Emerging category. Now in its 24th year, Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award encourages entrepreneurial activity and recognizes leaders … [Read more...]
iGPS Claims Its Customers Saved Nearly $68 Million by Switching From Wood Pallets
October 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC), has announced that its customers have saved nearly $68 million by switching from wood to iGPS plastic pallets. These imputed savings are displayed in a running ticker presented on the iGPS home page. "We not only provide our customers with the world's most advanced pallet, delivered … [Read more...]
CAPS, CHEP, PECO and iGPS Featured in Modern Materials Handling
October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It seems like only yesterday I was asked to help write pallet rental company PECO's first business plan, but 14 years have already flown by. PECO operates today somewhat differently than we originally envisioned, but one key point has held true from the beginning. One way that PECO differentiates itself from CHEP is by offering an uncomplicated … [Read more...]
