Pallets

Vertical storage optimization might not be top of mind, but it can yield substantial efficiencies.

Following positive responses from its inaugural event in 2013, the forum plans to expand.

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, 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.

Plastics manufacturer PTM developed plastic crates and a plastic pallet for the Latin American soft drink and beer markets. Next stop, North America?

Food, pharmaceutical manufacturers devise a closed-loop plastic pallet system with a twist to ensure product safety.

Acquisition to enhance capabilities in complete end-of-line OEM integration.

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