RTP Adds Value to UK Grocery Supply Chain

Over the past two decades, returnable transit packaging (RTP) has become a familiar feature in supermarkets across the UK. With more than 18 million Maxinest® trays sold in the past two and half years, it now comes in 20 different varieties and represents a core part of produce merchandising for all the major supermarket chains. Its [...]

Brand Leaders Collaborate at Inaugural 2ic User Group Workshop

2ic users from Coca-Cola, Sanitarium, Cadbury, Linfox, Visyboard, Visy Beverages, Cardinal Logistics, AF Logistics, Fresh Direct and potential new customer, Freshmax, converged upon the Sanitarium boardroom for the first 2ic Pallets User Group Workshop in New Zealand last month. Working in consultation with existing customers prior to the event enabled 2ic to set a meaningful [...]

Reusable Container Case Study for Building Products Distribution: B&Q/Ceva Logistics

B&Q and CEVA Logistics have previously worked together on a reusable packaging format for kitchen countertops – Carrierpacs. The two companies collaboratively developed, pilot tested and rolled out reusable packaging for home delivery of kitchen worktops. Following on this successful venture, the partners developed a new reusable packaging for long kitchen components such as plinths, [...]

Reusables Get Royal Treatment: Duke of Edinburgh Opens New Loadhog Factory, Presents Queen’s Award for Sustainability

I don’t know if anyone else is old enough to remember those crazy Imperial margarine commercials. Whenever someone ate any, all of a sudden there would be a four note fanfare and a crown would appear on the head of the person consuming it. (There are still some on Youtube, no doubt). And it goes [...]

Loadhog Revolutionises Bulk Transport

The Pally & Lid System, created and patented by the Sheffield U.K.-based returnable packaging innovator, Loadhog, offers a complete and common-sense alternative to returnable roll cages, pallets and stretch wrap. Even though the system occupies the same usable footprint as a roll cage, Loadhog states that the lid eliminates the need for metal sides and [...]

Unwrapping the Packaging Gold Mine

The potential savings from a good packaging program have been described as a gold mine, according to description for an upcoming automotive packaging event. This workshop, taking place October 5 at the Automotive Logistics Conference in Dearborn, Michigan, examines those opportunities. The moderator is Camille Chism, Packaging Engineer, Chrysler, while Tim Nickell, Global Manager-Packaging Engineering, Visteon Corporation, [...]

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 [...]

LeBlanc Returns to CMHDS Board

www.packagingrevolution.net and Reusable Packaging News are pleased to announce that editor Rick LeBlanc is returning for a second term as Director at Large at the Canadian Material Handling & Distribution Society (CMHDS). “Reusable packaging and pallet selection and management are critical to the success of many materials handling applications, and I look forward to ensuring [...]

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, [...]

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