CHEP Opens New Pallet Service Centre in Peterhead

CHEP, the world’s leading provider of pallet and container pooling solutions, is pleased to announce the opening of a new pallet service centre facility at its existing Peterhead site in north-east Scotland. CHEP is expanding the site, from which it continues to operate its Fish Box business in support of the Scottish fishing industry, to [...]

Brambles and Paramount Pallet: What Can It Mean?

The Brambles acquisition of Canada’s Paramount Pallet is big news for pallet pooling in Canada. As a $13 million buy it is loose change to the pooling giant, but extremely significant here, and raises some interesting questions and possibilities surrounding the combined enterprise. Is there basis for an anti-trust argument?  As a Canadian Pallet Council [...]

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 [...]

Pallet industry David tries to slay Goliath

(Reuters) – Most of us only care what they hold, but for David Lee shipping pallets are the prize. “People refer to them as necessary evils and I think that’s sad,” said Lee, 62, the CEO of fast-growing Yonkers, New York-based Peco Pallet Inc, which rents wooden pallets used by consumer products makers to move [...]

Eagle Eye Produce Sees Lower Costs and Sustainability Benefits with Move to CHEP Pallet Pool Program

Eagle Eye Produce, a top grower and shipper of potatoes, onions, watermelons and vegetables from Nogales, AZ, announced that it has signed a new multi-year contract with CHEP, an industry leader in pallet and container pooling solutions. Eagle Eye Produce transports its Famous Idaho brand potatoes and repacked commodities from its facilities in Idaho, Utah, [...]

Kirschenman Enterprises Extends With CHEP

Kirschenman Enterprises Inc., a leading grower/packer/shipper in the San Joaquin Valley, has signed a contract extension with CHEP, the world’s leading pallet and container pooling company. Kirschenman Enterprises is now transporting potatoes, table grapes and watermelon under the brand names Wayne’s Flames, Rooster’s Pride, Ed’s Snow White and others from its farms in California to [...]

IPP Logipal Develops Innovative Solution for Produce World

Fast growing pallet rental specialist, IPP Logipal has developed a dedicated pallet solution for Produce World, one of the UK’s leading fresh produce suppliers to major supermarkets nationwide. Produce World offers customers a diverse range of vegetables, and is an expert in organic produce. It supplies potatoes, root vegetables, alliums, and brassicas through a portfolio [...]

iGPS Announces New Innovation and Customer Service Facilities

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC) is completing its new Sales and Innovation Center in Bentonville, AR, a facility that will showcase the company’s industry-leading solutions and serve as the center of its ongoing research and development initiatives. In addition, the plastic rental pallet provider announced that it has completed construction of its new [...]

iGPS Announces Agreement with Sunny Delight Beverages Co.

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC) has announced that Sunny Delight Beverages Co. will begin shipping its products throughout the U.S. on iGPS’ all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags, commencing immediately.  Sunny Delight produces and markets such brands as SunnyD®. “At Sunny Delight, we regard sustainability as a strategic imperative, and iGPS’ all-plastic pallets [...]

Inbound Logistics Selects CHEP As a Top 50 Green Supply Chain Partner

Leading industry publication Inbound Logistics has chosen CHEP, the world’s leading pallet and container pooling company, as one of the Top 50 Green Supply Chain Partners on its G50 list, honoring the company for the second consecutive year. CHEP and other companies selected, including several CHEP partners, are featured in the June 2010 issue of [...]

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