Pallets

At Modex on Monday, United Pallet Services (Booth 4334), maker of pointGUARD, unveiled the latest addition to its line of plastic protectors for wood pallets.

The company will exhibit at the RPA’s Reusable Packaging Pavilion at PACK EXPO in Chicago.

A new study from The Freedonia Group forecasts the global sales of pallets to increase 5% annually through 2017 to 5.1 billion units.

The recently released proposal to develop a checkoff program for the U.S. hardwood sector has both its supporters and opponents. The current proposal raises a number of questions for the industry to consider before voting on the idea.

Headed by Ralph Rupert, former director of the Center for Unit Load Design at Virginia Tech, the lab includes equipment to conduct ISTA, ASTM and ISO compression, vibration and shock tests, materials handling equipment and pallet and packaging design software applications.

This is the The Reusable Packaging Association's (RPA) largest board ever and includes members from two end-user companies, The Kroger Company and Herman Miller.

Acquisition to create one-stop shopping for pallets, repairs, shipping crates and related services.

USDA and FDA-approved pallets offer theft deterrence; benefit breast cancer awareness

Cargo protection products reduce damaged loads, worker injuries and environmental waste.

ORBIS RPM collaborates with Today IT to customize and deploy software that offers visibility of packaging throughout the global supply chain.

Agreement will help products navigate regulatory compliance in Europe, Russia and Israel.

The change from Container and Pooling Solutions (CAPS) will not impact operations or customers.

Fruit distributor switches to single-operator automated solution.

Both companies will exhibit in Reusable Packaging Association's Reusable Packaging Pavilion at PACK EXPO.

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