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Member Spotlight : John Allegretti, President & CEO, Arrows Up, Inc.
What do you use when you need to store and transport 16,000 pounds of wood pellets? Answer: The Jumbo BTS from Arrows Up…read more
Uni-Pak II debuts at SouthPack 2013
Shuert Technologies has combined its new lightweight twin-sheet pallets and lids with the durable plastic sleeves of CON-Pearl to bring the Uni-Pak II to SouthPack 2013. This durable and versatile sleeve pack provides more usable space than other returnables of similar size and footprint.…read more
Member Spotlight: D. Fraser League, President, Quick-Crate®
RPA member Quick-Crate is built on four generations of practical machining experience. It was the first manufacturer of clip-style crates in the United States, and has been building traditional shipping crates since 1917. Its success over the last 95 years is the result of superior customer service, competitive pricing, exceptional machining quality, and very short …read more
New Marketing Initiative by Amatech Encourages Companies to go Lean and Green with Custom Designed Reusable Packaging
Amatech, a leading provider of custom designed reusable packaging for a wide range of industries, today announced that it is launching a new marketing initiative to encourage manufacturing and logistic companies to replace corrugated paper boxes and packaging with a more durable returnable packaging that is cleaner, greener and lasts many times longer.…read more
RPA 2012 PACK EXPO Educational Conference Presentations Posted in Online Library
For the third consecutive year, the RPA sponsored an educational track at PACK EXPO, providing an opportunity to educate attendees about the benefits of reusables in general as well as promote reusable transport packaging services and products. The presentations are now posted in the RPA’s online content library…read more
CABKA and IPS Announce Merger
CABKA GmbH, Germany, and IPS – Innova Packaging Systems NV, Belgium, are to merge under the umbrella of the newly founded CABKA Group, as announced recently by the CEOs of both companies, Gat Ramon, Jacques Vanmoortel and Richard Metzler. Until a joint brand is announced, the CABKA and IPS labels will remain intact.…read more
LEWISBINS+ LAUNCHES VENTILATED STACK-N-NEST CONTAINERS
LEWISBINS+, a subsidiary of ORBIS Corporation, the leader in sustainable reusable packaging, has added new containers to the Stack-N-Nest product line. Ideal for parts washing applications, the new ventilated Stack-N-Nest containers offer a number of benefits…read more
Intelleflex Joins Reusable Packaging Association
Intelleflex®, a provider of on-demand data visibility solutions for tracking and managing returnable assets as well as for monitoring and managing the temperature and condition of the assets’ contents, has joined the Reusable Packaging Association.…read more
Rehrig Pacific Company and Intelleflex Partner to Offer Intelligent Cold Chain Management Solutions
Rehrig Pacific Company, a leading manufacturer of reusable transport packaging systems including plastic pallets, distribution and display crates, and carts and containers for grocery retail, pharma, material handling, food and beverage, agriculture, and recycling and waste industries, and Intelleflex, a leading provider of on-demand data visibility for cold chain asset management, today announced a strategic solution partnership to improve the quality and traceability of temperature-sensitive products in the cold supply chain.…read more
Make Reusable Assets Show Returnable Value
The October issue of Material Handling and Logistics magazine includes a cover story by RPA member Keith Schall. In the article, “Make Reusable Assets Show Returnable Value”, Schall lays out four steps for implementing an effective system to track and manage reusable assets…read more