August 2012
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Upcoming Reusable Packaging Seminar in San Francisco Bay Area
Making smart decisions about transport packaging materials–such as pallets and boxes–can save costs, reduce product damage and lower your company’s environmental footprint. Evaluate what reusable transport packaging could do for your business at this FREE 3 hour educational workshop!…read more
Member Spotlight: Shaun Carvey, Product Market Manager – RPCs, IPL Plastics
Shaun Carvey is Product Market Manager of RPCs for IPL. He is the newest member of the RPA’s Board of Directors. …read more
Reusable Packaging Pavilion Returns to PACK EXPO With Largest Number of Exhibitors to Date
The popular Reusable Packaging Pavilion is returning to PACK EXPO in Chicago with its largest number of exhibitors to date. Twenty-seven companies will exhibit in the sold out Reusable Packaging Pavilion located in the Lakeside Center of McCormick Place. The exhibitors include manufacturers, material suppliers, providers of washing and other specialty equipment, and poolers and service providers of reusable packaging systems and solutions.…read more
RPA Announces Independent Panel of Judges for First Annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award
The RPA announced today that a panel of independent judges with a combined total of more than 80 years in packaging and sustainability will judge submissions for the Reusable Packaging Association’s first annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award. …read more
iGPS Announces Appointment of Phil Prain, Jr. as Chief Technology Officer
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC), provider of the world’s first pallet rental solution featuring lightweight, 100% recyclable plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, announced today that Phil Prain, Jr. has been appointed Chief Technology Officer of the company.…read more
Food Safety Is Key Focus for IFCO‘s Newest RPC Service Center
Operating from 210 locations worldwide and providing a pool of over 170 million RPCs (reusable plastic containers), IFCO recently opened its fifth U.S. service center for RPCs in the U.S. This move supports the continued expansion of RPC use by leading grocery retailers throughout the U.S. and Canada, including Walmart, Kroger, HEB, Loblaws and Safeway. IFCO’s other service centers as of the summer of 2012 are located in San Antonio, Texas; Rancho Cucamonga, California; Atlanta, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois.…read more
Tosca Limited Acquires Georgia-Pacific RPC, LLC
Tosca Limited, a U.S. based provider of reusable container pooling and logistics services to the food supply chain, announced today that the company has acquired the reusable plastic container division of Georgia-Pacific, LLC (GP RPC). The acquisition expands the company’s portfolio of products and services offered to customers in the produce, dairy, beverage and protein industries.…read more
Remcon Plastics, a Leading Customer Plastic Manufacturer, Joins RPA
Remcon Plastics, Inc. is the newest company to join the Reusable Packaging Association and exhibit at its Reusable Packaging Pavilion at the upcoming PACK EXPO show.…read more
ORBIS CORPORATION TO HOST BEST PRACTICES WEBINAR
Cleanliness and hygiene are critical to today’s food plants. That’s why ORBIS, the leader in sustainable reusable packaging, is hosting a webinar that focuses on easy to adopt best practices in implementing usage of hygienic plastic pallets programs in food plants. …read more