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RM2 and Sonoco ThermoSafe join Reusable Packaging Association
Custom pallet manufacturer and global provider of temperature assurance packaging join association.

Other Voices: Getting the most from your pallet design
Small changes in pallet design can yield longer life and less product damage, according to Virginia Tech's Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design.

RPA issues guidelines to strengthen safety of returnable containers in food supply chains
Extensive input from suppliers and end-users results in best practices for retailers, growers, and providers of RPCs.

United Pallet Services to partner with Virginia Tech for ProMat 2015 pallet education session
Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design (CPULD) at Virginia Tech University to discuss advantages and disadvantages of all types of pallets.

Orbis Corporation announces grand opening of Mexico plant
New plant to become company's first facility to offer injection and structural foam molding and dunnage fabrication under one roof.

Pallet manufacturer CABKA-IPS to take over the business of the Belgian ERYPLAST
Integrating ERYPLAST will expand CABKA-IPS' product portfolio, particularly in the field of multi-use logistics pallets.

How to ensure consistent product quality with robotic palletizing
Lorillard Tobacco prides itself on delivering consistent, high-quality product to its customers. To ensure nonconforming product does not leave its factory, the company employs extensive quality assurance measures throughout its manufacturing process. Although its legacy palletizing system met all requirements for throughput, reliability and safety, all 36 packaging lines fed the same two palletizers, which made tracing defective product back to the packaging line of origin a long, arduous process.


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