The PalletPal Rotator Inverter from Southworth Products Corp., Portland, Maine, offers an easy way to invert a fully loaded pallet without the need for manual re-stacking.
CHEP, Livonia, Mich., introduced 40x24-inch pooled (shared and re-used), carbon-neutral half pallets, making them what is said to be the first and only CarbonNeutral-certified pooled platform in North America.
Since the recycling of wooden waste began, more than 2,000 tons of plant racks have been transported to recycling facilities.
April 12, 2018
Working closely with operation managers at Walmart's 400 Canadian stores, CHEP, Livonia, Mich., developed a reverse logistics and waste diversion solution to quickly and efficiently move all the excess racks to a recycling facility.
The recommendations are based on an extensive, year-long analysis predicated on dozens of interviews with industry experts conducted by CHEP for the TPA Joint Industry Unsaleables Leadership Team.
April 10, 2018
A new report provides the consumer goods sector with proven, tangible solutions to reduce the nearly $15 billion annual cost of unsaleable goods, or products that cannot be sold due to their condition.
Researchers from the Virginia Tech Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design used the center’s FasTrack life-cycle analysis to compare relative durability.
March 21, 2018
ORBIS Corp., Oconomowoc, Wis., learned its 40x48-inch RackoCell plastic pallet has approximately 18 times the life span of a 40x48-inch whitewood stringer pallet, according to a recent study.
Grimmway Farms, a carrot producer based in Bakersfield, Calif., tapped CHEP, Livonia, Mich., to improve its sustainable practices and increase operations efficiency.
FSC is said to maintain one of the largest distribution networks in India supported by technology-enabled, state-of-art distribution centers.
August 24, 2017
Future Supply Group's integrated logistics solutions company, Future Supply Chain (FSC), strengthened its temperature-controlled services with an inclusion of 144 reefer trucks and 7,423 pallets for fruits, vegetables, dairy products, etc.
Elkhart Plastics, Inc., Elkhart, Ind., unveiled durable and reusable plastic pallets made with the same rotomolding technique as its existing line of custom and off-the-shelf plastic products.