Cabka Takes over Pack’nlog Business

Cabka, a provider of one-way and multiway plastic pallets, headquartered in Weira (Thuringia), has now taken over the business of the Austrian company Pack’nlog GmbH. “With the well-established foldable boxes from Pack’nlog, we are significantly expanding our range of products for materials handling,” says Cabka CEO Gat Ramon. “This means that our customers will also [...]

New Recycling Containers from MOD

Offered as potentially the most versatile reusable container ever offered to packaging, recycling and material handling engineers, the rugged P-291 and P-333 series containers maximize shipping, handling and storage efficiencies. As the cornerstone of the Ship Shape family of MOD containers, they cube out tractor trailers stacking 2-3 high and 2 across and safely accommodate [...]

New EPA Pesticide Container Rule will Impact Reuse

Sometimes reusable packaging can fall prey to pallet and container theft and owners don’t get to enjoy the anticipated stream of benefits over the projected asset lifetime. Sometimes, however, reusable packaging is a victim of its own longevity. Case in point is the success of mini-bulk pesticide containers used in the U.S. agricultural industry. With [...]

ALSCO and Coroplast Join Reusable Packaging Association

Anwood Logis­tics Sys­tems Com­pany Ltd (ALSCO) and Coro­plast, Inc. recently joined the Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion (RPA).  ALSCO, based in China, is the association’s fourth inter­na­tional mem­ber. ALSCO is a lead­ing pack­ag­ing man­u­fac­turer and provider of solu­tions and logis­tics ser­vices in the Asia-Pacific region. The com­pany has been pro­vid­ing qual­ity prod­ucts and return­able pack­ag­ing solu­tions for [...]

Grayling to Unveil Two New IBCs at PACK EXPO

Grayling Industries, a leading manufacturer and distributor of intermediate bulk containers and liners will be presenting two new IBC containers at the PACK EXPO event. Featured at the exhibition will be a disposable, recyclable IBC as well as a collapsible, reusable tote. According to Grayling, the PaperIBC™ container is an environmentally friendly alternative to steel [...]

Dolav U.K. Markets Direct to Customers

Customers of Dolav U.K., the U.K.-based sales division of Isreal-based Dolav, can now purchase the company’s products from Dolav Direct as well as from the company’s distributors. Dolav, a supplier of plastic pallet box bins and pallets designed to hold recyclables and other commodities, says its customers in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Benelux, France, Germany [...]

Moving from Opportunistic to Planned Reuse

Is opportunistic reuse of transport packaging a good thing or not, one reader asked me last week. To take a step back, opportunistic reuse of packaging is simply the taking advantage of on-hand accumulated empty packaging for reuse. Whether dunnage, pallets or containers, on-hand packaging can sometimes fit the bill for reuse. Furthermore, the opportunistic [...]

Zetes Enhances Visidot, Its ImageID solution for Automatic, Multiple-Asset Tracking

Brussels, 29 July 2010 – Zetes (Euronext Brussels: ZTS), the European leader in automatic identification solutions and services for goods and people, has enhanced its ImageID traceability solution, Visidot. Using ImageID technology, Visidot identifies hundreds of barcodes instantaneously and performs shipment verification and other business applications. The solution now also integrates IP cameras (Gigabit Ethernet) [...]

DB Schenker Logistics Offers Reusable Cardboard Container Solution for Garments on Hangers

DB SCHENKERskybridge has developed a new reusable box for the transport of clothing suspended from garment hangers. After delivery and unloading, the new boxes can be folded for return transport to Asia in ocean freight containers and reused several times. Clothing and textiles must be delivered to the point of sale ready to wear and [...]

CAPS Launches Southern California Reusable Shipping Container Service Center to Manage Growth

Container and Pooling Solutions (CAPS) (www.usecaps.com), has launched its newest reusable shipping container service center. In order to support a steady increase in West Coast customers requiring bulk liquid storage containers, CAPS has recently moved its California operations to a larger facility located in Norco, CA. Since 1998, CAPS has served the automotive, general manufacturing, [...]