Groupe PGS, a leader in the manufacture and reconditioning of wooden pallets posted consolidated turnover of 139.2 million Euros for 2011, an increase of 26.7%, despite an unfavourable business context. The Group, which is wholly-owned by its co-founders, achieved consolidated turnover up by 26.7%, reaching 139.2 million Euros for the financial … [Read more...]
RESULTS FOR 2011: PGS Group Shows Strong Growth in Annual Turnover
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Brambles Delivers First Half 2012 Sales and Profit Growth
February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Report Highlights CHEP USA turnaround continues: improved efficiencies and sales growth Sales resilient in Europe; actions identified to address cost pressures Strong contribution and growth from IFCO businesses acquired in March 2011 RPCs, Containers and emerging markets Pallets operations drive sales increase Full-year Group … [Read more...]
Safelite to Begin Replacing 20,000 Wood Pallets with Steel Pallets
January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Press Release COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jan. 17, 2012 – Steel shipping pallets offer a more sustainable alternative for vehicle glass transportation than the commonly used wood or corrugated pallet, and over the next three years, Safelite AutoGlass®, the nation’s largest provider of vehicle glass repair and replacement services, will begin to … [Read more...]
Game Changer – Is No Wood Pallets Swedish for Common Sense?
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Every so often there are decisions in industry that have the potential to be game changers, and the question here is whether the pallet change decision by IKEA can be potentially classified as one of them. Decisions made about pallets and transport packaging by major players certainly can influence the market in a significant way. Most recently … [Read more...]
IKEA Phases Out Wood Pallets
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
IKEA is phasing out the use of wood pallets across its global operations. The leading international retailer is converting to the use of paper pallets and the Optiledge for a number of reasons, outlined later in this report. The conversion project, known internally as Handling Material No Wood (HM NOW) began in Germany and Japan operations … [Read more...]
Dr. Mark White and the MMH Pallet Survey
October 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There is a rich history between Modern Materials Handling Magazine and pallets, dating back to the Second World War with Modern's forerunner, The Palletizer. And Modern has been involved in pallet usage surveys for awhile. I have one on my shelf dating from 1996, and I'm guessing that it wasn't the first. The new Modern Materials Handling … [Read more...]
Pallet industry David tries to slay Goliath
September 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
(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 and store goods. "Without them … [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...]
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...]
