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Mayor Emanuel attends PECO Pallet Chicago depot grand opening
December 3, 2014
New depot to serve more than 50 consumer goods manufacturers.
Pack Expo: United Pallet Services to partner with Virginia Tech for pallet session
October 2, 2014
With the goal of educating supply chain attendees on enhancing the strength of wooden pallets to make them more reusable, the session will be part of the Reusable Packaging Association’s (RPA) Learning Center.
Shipping Pallets: White & Co. announces Best Pallet and Best Load Version 2.1.
October 1, 2014
New version of pallet and unit load design software now includes block pallet design and analysis
Pallet Survey: How pallet trends stack up
October 1, 2014
Modern’s annual reader survey gives insight on pooling, customer compliance, used wood pallets and other trends, though price still rules as the top driver.
Pack Expo: Product Preview
October 1, 2014
Pack Expo International is scheduled to be held Nov. 2-5 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. PMMI, the owner and producer of the show, expects the events to draw a combined 2,000 exhibitors and 50,000 attendees to the more than 1.1 million net square feet of exhibits.
PECO Pallet names former Procter & Gamble executive as advisor to board
September 30, 2014
R. Keith Harrison, former global supply chain executive, to provide CPG expertise.
Orbis Corporation receives approval on new fire-retardant pallet material
September 10, 2014
Halogen- and bromine-free material an industry first.
Newnan, Georgia-based company acquires OptiLedge brand from IKEA
September 3, 2014
The lean, one-way system makes use of a lightweight, L-shaped unit load transport device—The OptiLedge. These pallet alternatives not only result in unit loads that are integral to the packaged product during its storage and distribution, but they also improve efficiency and are recyclable.
Report: Block pallets drive U.S. market by 2018
August 4, 2014
According to a new report recently released by Sandler Research, an online market research store for research reports on multiple industries, large retailers are shifting to block pallets over stringer pallets, consequently manufacturers are expected to focus on manufacturing block pallets.
NWPCA enhances advocacy efforts; Atagi joins staff
August 2, 2014
Atagi joins NWPCA from NorthStar Policy Navigation, where he most recently served as managing partner of the firm. He starts with NWPCA on August 4, 2014.
Other Voices: There’s gold in that there rack!
June 27, 2014
Vertical storage optimization might not be top of mind, but it can yield substantial efficiencies.
Record number of exhibitors fill RPA’s expanded Reusable Packaging Pavilion
May 20, 2014
Following positive responses from its inaugural event in 2013, the forum plans to expand.
PECO Pallets now shipping into Walmart Canada stores
May 1, 2014
PECO Pallet recently announced that the company has been approved as a pallet participant of Walmart Canada, giving vendors the option to use PECO's high-quality wood block pallets when shipping into Walmart Canada locations.
CHEP USA joins The Sustainability Consortium
April 30, 2014
CHEP USA, the leading provider of managed pallet pooling solutions, has joined The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) in the Packaging Sector Working Group as well as the transportation committee of the organization.
Necessity is the mother of (pallet) invention
April 29, 2014
Plastics manufacturer PTM developed plastic crates and a plastic pallet for the Latin American soft drink and beer markets. Next stop, North America?