Pallet Management
Driscoll Strawberry Associates Pursues Environmental Impact Benefits from CHEP Pallet Pool Program
Driscoll Strawberry Associates, the world’s leading producer of fresh berries, is further advancing its environmental initiatives through a unique partnership with CHEP, an industry leader in pallet and container pooling solutions. …read more
PECO Pallet Acquired by the Pritzker Group
PECO Pallet Inc. has been acquired by The Pritzker Group, a private investment firm owned and controlled by J.B. Pritzker and Tony Pritzker.
The acquisition provides PECO Pallet with substantial equity capital to fund the company’s continued expansion throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The Pritzker Group is a private investment firm representing Pritzker family interests. Led by Tony Pritzker and J.B. Pritzker, the firm has completed more than 50 transactions, focusing on high-quality, mature, and profitable businesses with value-added products and services, stable-to-high growth profiles, and strong market positions. For more information, please visit www.pritzkergroup.com.…read more
Millwood Incorporated joins RPA
RPA is pleased to welcome its newest member company, Millwood Inc, Vienna, OH. Greg Jarvis, Director of Supply Integration, Sustainability & Logistic Services will serve as the company’s representative to the RPA. …read more
On the Road with RPA
This month members from the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) will be speaking on topics about reusable packaging at a number of seminars, trade shows and other meetings. This is part of the RPA’s continuing effort to promote the value of reusable packaging in the marketplace.…read more
Chep Develops Simulator For Freight Unit Loads
The name of CHEP is familiar to anyone operating in an intermodal or freight depot as a world leader in pallet supplies with over 300 million in circulation. Now the company has opened a new material-handling simulator in Orlando which is the world’s first testing facility for pallets and customer unit-loads that can measure handling impacts throughout the entire distribution life cycle to ensure optimum durability in use. …read more
Motorola Releases White Paper on Managing Returnable Assets
Companies in a wide variety of industries invest substantial capital in their inventories of returnable transport items or RTIs, the durable and reusable cartons, bins, pallets, wheeled trolleys, cages and other containers used to pack and move goods from site to site. Properly managed, RTIs can be a powerful tool to support efficient and sustainable …read more
RPA Presents Fundamentals of Reusable Packaging Workshop at PACK EXPO
On Tuesday afternoon at PACKEXPO, the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) presented its Fundamentals of Reusable Packaging Workshop to a group of about 70 end users and members.…read more
RPA President Discusses Sustainability
RPA President speaking at PACK EXPO show in Chicago…read more
Grand Opening Of iGPS’ National Sales And Innovation Center Exhibits Latest In Pallet Technology To Supply Chain Professionals
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC), operator of the world’s first pallet rental service providing all-plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, hosted customers, supply chain professionals, members of the media and community leaders at the grand opening of its new National Sales and Innovation Center in Northwest Arkansas throughout last week. …read more
Automotive Groups Agree on RFID Guidelines for RTIs
The multinational Joint Automotive Industry Forum is about to release a set of requirements and recommendations for implementing RFID technology to track returnable transport items—the reusable containers used by that sector.…read more
