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 … [Read more...]
CHEP to Expand into Seven More Countries in Central and Eastern Europe
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Greystone Logistics Announces Preliminary Results for First Quarter
October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Okray Family Farms Stays with CHEP Pallet Pool Program
October 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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, … [Read more...]
Company Picks Up Empty Pallets from Construction Sites
July 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Avalanche Online Takes the Lead in European Returnable Packaging Management
July 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Blackthorne Acquires Pallet Recycler, Plans for Growth as Pallet USA
July 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Pallet Mold Prevention: How X-Mold Got Started
July 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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, … [Read more...]
Pack Less Plastic Pallet Offers Lighter Weight, Improved Cube Efficiency
June 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 the … [Read more...]
CHEP Expert To Address Customer Loyalty Conference
June 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 to … [Read more...]
