CHEP to Expand into Seven More Countries in Central and Eastern Europe

CHEP, the global leader in pallet and container pooling services, has announced plans to expand its operations in Central & Eastern Europe. CHEP will extend its existing pallets business – currently in 23 European countries – to cover seven additional countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia in the Balkans and the three Baltic countries of [...]

Greystone Logistics Announces Preliminary Results for First Quarter

Reusable plastic pallet manufacturer Greystone Logistics announced preliminary financial results for the quarter ending August 31, 2011. First quarter sales for the plastic pallet maker were $5,784,000 with quarterly operating profits of $727,000, depreciation of $277,000 and net income of $458,000. Net income available to common stockholders was $463,000 or $0.02 per share. Company CFO [...]

Okray Family Farms Stays with CHEP Pallet Pool Program

Okray Family Farms, Inc., a grower/shipper of potatoes, corn, snap beans, peas, cranberries and soy, today announced it has renewed its contract with CHEP, an industry leader in pallet and container pooling solutions. Okray Family Farms uses CHEP pallets to ship its OK brand and store-label produce from farms in central Wisconsin to supermarkets, wholesalers [...]

Company Picks Up Empty Pallets from Construction Sites

Wooden pallets are often the first items to arrive on a construction site — and the last ones to leave. They’re frequently found among the debris that leaves a construction site, unwanted, unloved and sometimes in such bad shape they’re simply unusable. Philip Varley, president of Mississauga-based Toronto Pallets and Pallet Pick-up Canada employs four [...]

Avalanche Online Takes the Lead in European Returnable Packaging Management

As a market leader in supply chain tracking and equipment management software for returnable transit packaging, TODAY IT, the developers of Avalanche and Avalanche Online, announce enhanced functionality, improved mobility solutions and a “Free” online version of their software with a 5,000 transaction limit. Already used by leading manufacturers, 3PL providers, retailers and equipment rental [...]

Blackthorne Acquires Pallet Recycler, Plans for Growth as Pallet USA

Milwaukee, WI – July 12, 2011 – Blackthorne Partners Ltd., a Milwaukee-based private equity firm, has acquired the assets of a leading southeastern Wisconsin pallet recycler and is making numerous investments aimed at accelerating growth. JPRS New Way, based in Lannon, WI, sold its assets to an investor group led by Blackthorne, which has begun [...]

Pallet Mold Prevention: How X-Mold Got Started

by DeWayne Mayo Vice President X-M Industries In 2005, X-Mold was formed as a part of X-M Industries, which has been in business since 1997. Originally, X-Mold was founded to serve the new home construction market, which had a need for mold prevention. The company initially used treatments & products already available in the marketplace, [...]

Pack Less Plastic Pallet Offers Lighter Weight, Improved Cube Efficiency

A new lightweight plastic pallet has touched down in the North American market by way of Brazil. “Pack Less is not only recyclable,” Eduardo Contreiras of Pack Less (www.packless.com.br) explained recently to Reusable Packaging News,  “but the fact that it is less bulky and weighs about 10 times less than the wood pallets it reduces [...]

CHEP Expert To Address Customer Loyalty Conference

Carey Sealy, Director, Customer Loyalty Programs at CHEP will be speaking at the London Net Promoter Conference to be held at the Park Plaza River Bank London June 17, 2011. Sealy is joining Dr. Laura Brooks, Co-Author, Answering the Ultimate Question, and Vice President, Innovation and Strategy at Satmetrix, to present a session titled “How [...]

Interstate Products Adds to Line of Spill Containment Pallets

Interstate Products, Inc. (IPI) has expanded its line of secondary spill containment and storage pallets. As a manufacturer, service company and major US and international distributor, IPI states that it now offers the most flexible and comprehensive spill protection, containment, portable spill berms and storage products on the market today. In addition to its current [...]

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