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Complete news and information on the use of pallets in materials handling and warehousing from the industry experts.


Five Pallet Design and Usage Trends
The latest pallet trends are focused on enhancing strength, durability and sustainability.

60 Seconds with Brent McClendon, National Wooden Pallet & Container Association
Modern spends 60 seconds talking with NWPCA CEO Brent McClendon about the current state of the wooden pallet industry.

Other Voices: Steps to becoming a preferred warehouse shipper
Open communication with your warehouse and its needs will build relationships and efficiency while bringing you closer to becoming a preferred shipper.

Litco’s molded wood pallets and core plugs achieve cradle-to-cradle recertification
Litco's Exporter and Retailer pallet and core plug line is the first of its kind to be inducted into the program.

Report: Pallet market to reach 4 billion units by 2023
Report says the market will exhibit a CAGR of 4.7% during 2018-2023.

CHEP launches first-ever CarbonNeutral pooled platform in North America
CHEP, a Brambles company, announced today that its 40x24 inch pooled (shared and reused) half pallets have achieved carbon neutral status.

Corrugated pallets cut cost, waste
Industrial strength pallets handle up to 1,700 pounds, are fully recyclable and ship flat.

Produce distributor turns pallets into a competitive edge
Manufacturer uses display-ready, shared half pallets to eliminate product damage and customer complaints.

Reusable pallet education, new bulk container at ORBIS
In Booth B3735, ORBIS Corp. is helping show attendees refine their pallets by educating them on plastic pallet benefits. It is showcasing a few of its plastic pallets—as well as sharing the results of a recent pallet analysis—to demonstrate the main differences between plastic and wood pallets.

CHEP features carbon neutral half pallet, case studies, unsaleables reduction report
At its booth, CHEP (Booth B2355) is featuring its award-winning carbon neutral half pallet; case studies, such as a reverse logistics success story with Walmart Canada; the CHEP-TPA unsaleables reduction report, including a toolkit and resources to help trading partners review their supply chains and identify and implement effective unsaleables reduction strategies; and information on CHEP’s state-of-the-art Innovation Center.

Trinchero Family Estates: Powered storage
Trinchero Family Estates’ state-of-the-art distribution is powered by an automated storage system capable of handling as many as 4.2 million cases at any given time.

Trinchero Family Estates: Pallet handling in the vineyard
The second-largest family-owned wine company in the world turns to automated pallet handling and storage for its winemaking and distribution operations.

New pallets please user, customer and consumer
Manufacturer uses display-ready, shared half pallets to eliminate product damage and customer complaints.

October imports turn in strong performance, reports Panjiva
October shipments rose 3.2% annually to 1,016,892, ahead of September’s 976,605, the eighth consecutive month of growth.

State-of-the-art stretchwrap machines help DB Schenker
The machines allow the logistics company to secure its standard mix pallets and hand-wrap its larger pallets.

2017 Pallet Market Evaluation Study - Free 43 Page Report
Our annual reader survey shows just how critical the pallet continues to be in the smooth running of warehouses and DCs nationwide.

2017 Pallet Market Evaluation Study - Free 43 Page Report
Our annual reader survey shows just how critical the pallet continues to be in the smooth running of warehouses and DCs nationwide.

The Pallet Report: Pallets help optimize operations, protect products and organize space
Modern’s annual reader survey shows just how critical the pallet continues to be in the smooth running of warehouses and DCs nationwide.

Equipment Report: The Modern Pallet
Pallets, one of the oldest links in the supply chain, are poised to deliver far more than product as they evolve into a connected world.

E-commerce and the New Pallet Paradigm
Driven by emerging streams of supply chain data, shifting customer demands, and an industry obsession with eliminating every sliver of waste, pallet usage continues to evolve. During this webcast we'll examine how Modern's readers are adapting to current challenges while positioning themselves to meet those that lie ahead.


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