DEXUS and leading pallet hire business Loscam have teamed up to develop the largest Loscam pallet repair centre in Australia, located at Laverton in Victoria. Loscam will pre-lease the DEXUS industrial for an initial term of 10 years. The … [Read more...] about Pallet Hire: DEXUS and Loscam Team Up for New Super Depot
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Loscam Pallets: Metro Moves to Standardise Returnable Packaging in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City was the venue for Metro's vendor workshop on step change, and it was open to all suppliers of the cash-and-carry operation who wanted to know more about process transformation. The Vietnamese firm outlined their plans for expansion, … [Read more...] about Loscam Pallets: Metro Moves to Standardise Returnable Packaging in Vietnam
Pallets and Food Safety: iGPS Responds to “Dishonest and Reckless” NWPCA Assertions
The pallet food safety public relations war rages onward. In response to the recent NWPCA press release related to butter contamination and iGPS pallets, iGPS has posted this response to its customers. December 09, 2010 Letter to Our … [Read more...] about Pallets and Food Safety: iGPS Responds to “Dishonest and Reckless” NWPCA Assertions
Loscam Renews Contract with Colgate-Palmolive
Loscam are pleased to announce that their customer Colgate-Palmolive has chosen to renew the contract for their distribution and warehouse management for a further three years. Loscam will partner the 200-year-old world leader of personal care and … [Read more...] about Loscam Renews Contract with Colgate-Palmolive
Pallets: CHEP Selects Omnitrol Networks’ Platform to Deliver Technology for the Development of a Track and Traceability Solution
The Omnitrol Networks' real-time distributed application network platform has been selected by pallet and container pooling giant CHEP for the development of real-time asset and material tracking solutions. The OMNITROL product delivers the … [Read more...] about Pallets: CHEP Selects Omnitrol Networks’ Platform to Deliver Technology for the Development of a Track and Traceability Solution
iGPS and Deca Contamination: A Butter Pill to Swallow?
We have an old saying in supply chain operations that what goes around comes around. After several sensationalized news releases in recent years making leaps of faith in implicating wood pallets with food safety risks, NWPCA has returned a dose of … [Read more...] about iGPS and Deca Contamination: A Butter Pill to Swallow?
PIMS – The New Pallet Industry Pallet Pool Initiative
PIMS, the new not-for-profit pallet pool organization formed by members of the U.S. pallet industry, has launched a website, www.pimspallet.com (now known as 9BLOC). The rationale behind the formation of this new pool is at least in part to … [Read more...] about PIMS – The New Pallet Industry Pallet Pool Initiative
Paper Pallets: We’re Not Out of the “Woods” Yet
"We're not out of the woods yet," comments Sterling Anthony dryly in his column on paper pallets, which is to say that wood pallets still constitute roughly 90% of the market. Presenting this update on paper pallets, Anthony itemizes some of the … [Read more...] about Paper Pallets: We’re Not Out of the “Woods” Yet
International Pallet Footprints: Reports from the Front Line
Here is my piece in the December 2010 Pallet Enterprise Magazine on international pallet sizes. When the line of supply stretched precariously across the Pacific during World War II, pallets, for the first time, came along for the ride and … [Read more...] about International Pallet Footprints: Reports from the Front Line
CHEP Commends Passage of FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010
CHEP has weighed in with its endorsement of the U.S. Senate for the passage of S. 510, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010 . The bill will now be sent to the U.S. House for review and approval, before being … [Read more...] about CHEP Commends Passage of FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010