Member Directory

Amatech/Polycel Inc

Amatech/Polycel manufactures custom-designed, reusable, collapsible corrugated plastic boxes, dunnage, and related shipping and storage products. Application engineers assist OEM’s, distributors, sales reps and consultant create economical and user-friendly designs.  Amatech/Polycel assists customers in every step of the process from, concept, design and prototyping, to finally manufacturing.  In business for over 20 years they have locations in Erie, PA and Columbus OH.

Arrows Up, Inc.

Arrows Up provides innovative, efficient and safer solutions for bulk storage and transportation.  Arrows Up Bulk Transportation System (BTS) was designed to transport a wide variety of products.  From seed corn to golf balls.  It was build to be easy and simple to operate.  TBST is an innovative system that is efficient in the use of materials and is light weight and safe to operate.  Our BTS can be used to shop products around the world.  The BTS was designed and build to be modular.  We can build your BTS to your specifications and needs.  We have different materials and configurations to satisfy the needs of many bulk material handling situations.  Arrows Up is continuing to develop additional product to meet the needs of the IBS market.  We will bring these products to market with the insight of our customers and suppliers.

Bielomatik Inc

Bielomatik Inc. designs and manufactures plastic welding systems for the production of reusable plastic pallets.

Bruel International

Brüel International specialize in the development, manufacture and installation of fully automatic washing and handling systems for reusable boxes, containers and pallets used in the food and box pool industries.

Buckhorn, Inc.

Buckhorn, a Myers Industries, Inc. company (NYSE: MYE), is one of North America’s leading providers of reusable plastic packaging systems, helping customers in the manufacturing, distribution and food industries improve supply chain performance and reduce material handling costs. Buckhorn products include a broad selection of bulk and hand-held containers, pallets and transport products, plus services ranging from interior dunnage to custom product design.

CABKA North America

For 30 years, CABKA has been synonymous for competence in recycling, development and production related to plastic material.  CABKA has 250 employees worldwide and produces light-weight one-way pallets, durable multi-use pallets, antistatic pallets and more: CABKA offers its CPP plastic pallets in many sizes and with various load capacities. Every day, numerous companies from a broad variety of industries place their confidence in us and use CPP plastic pallets for transportation and warehousing.  CABKA plastic pallets are found in more than 40 countries worldwide. Because of our international distribution and manufacturing bases, we are a reliable partner for the global transportation of our customers' goods.

California Resource Recovery Association

Founded in 1974, the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) is a non-profit 501(C)3 organization dedicated to promoting waste reduction, reuse, recycling, pollution prevention, and composting. The CRRA works to expand markets for recycled materials, promotes sustainable materials policies and is a clearinghouse for information, innovation, and industry and governmental initiatives. CRRA newsletters, workshops and conferences provide up-to-the-minute information on issues that shape the recycling and composting fields. CRRA is the premier organization for linking like-minded individuals from every facet of the industry. Non-profits, waste haulers, recyclers, state, federal and local government, recycled product manufacturers and many others come together under the CRRA umbrella.

CHEP

CHEP is the global leader in pallet and container pooling, combining superior technology and an asset base of 285 million units. Serving many of the world’s largest companies, CHEP delivers supply chain value, quality and proven environmental impact.

Composite Technologies Corporation

A CTC is a compression molder based in Dayton, OH.  Production includes plastic pallets in various sizes as well as contract molding.  CTC products are made from recycled materials.

Container and Pooling Solutions

Container and Pooling Solutions, Inc. is a privately held company that has been providing reusable container solutions since 1998. CAPS offers a comprehensive suite of Liquid Intermediate Bulk Container (315 gallon IBC) and Automotive Container Management Solutions including pay-per-use trip rentals, short/long term rentals, full service logistics management and individual container tracking.

Coroplast, Inc.

Coroplast is a manufacturer of profile extruded polypropylene sheet. While the majority of our products are sold through distribution to various industries, including graphic sheet, construction, and single use packaging, we are targeting growth in the reusable packaging sector. Our products get used today as dunnage in applications such as automotive part reshippers but we are also targeting several other industries, such as agriculture, for further penetration in this segment. An example of this would be a collapsible lightweight carton used in the harvesting and processing of crops.

Douglas Machines Corp

Douglas Machines Corp. offers a full line of automated washing and sanitizing equipment for all reusable containers commonly used in food processing and distribution industries.  Over 80 standard models exist to quickly and efficiently clean plans, trays, moulds, baskets, screens, pallets, lugs, totes, bins, vats, barrels and buckets.  Batch and continuous cleaning systems are available to clean several hundred to several thousand containers an hour.  Visit www.dougmac.com for a comprehensive overview.

Fabriform

Since 1943, The Fabri-Form Company has pioneered the fabricating of plastic sheets into creative solutions for its world-wide customer base. Product offering includes custom plastic parts for product components, thin-gauge packaging, heavy-gauge custom material handling packaging and a wide range of highly durable thermoformed pallets, totes and trays. A technology driven company, Fabri-form employs state-of-the-art engineering tools and has extensive capabilities in co-extrusion, tooling, lab testing, twin-sheet thermoforming, steel insertion, robotics, and assembly.

Federal Supply Services Int.

Federal Supply Services international (FSSI) is a Army retired veteran owned business currently providing supplies and services to the US Military and big businesses across Europe, the Middle East and Globally. Our mission and our products and services are geared toward the "green initiative." We offer Advanced Packing Solutions that are reusable, recyclable, durable and 100% environmentally friendly. Let us help you save money, time, and resources with a tailored solution to meet your business needs and expectations. Contact us now for more valuable information and how we can help you. We are home to the G-PAK product line.

Flo-Pallet

Flo-Pallet manufacturers composite pallets, light-weight 48X40 4-way stackable, rackable pallets.  Their pallets meet FDA standards and UL 94 standards without bromide based retardants.  The pallet has 4-way entry with rackable load bearing in excess of 2800 lbs. 

Formall, Inc.

Formall, Inc is a custom thermoforming manufacturer and metal fabricator specializing in returnable and expendable packaging, metal racks, containers, bulk bins and many other packaging solutions that can be formed or fabricated from plastic or metal.  Formall also has an OEM products unit as well.  In addition to production forming and fabricating Formall has an in-house mold prototyping and other R&D functions to support customers and their production orders.  To further support customers, Formall extrude their own sheet in-house and offer a lot of secondary functions as well; such as CNNC trimming, p0neumatic and hydraulic presses, assembly, knitting, labeling and hot stamping, etc. 

Georgia Pacific

Georgia-Pacific gives customers an opportunity to experience the benefits of choosing RPCs for produce, and other shipping and display needs. Georgia-Pacific provides a full complement of services to support the reusable plastic container business. Company resources range from a dedicated logistics team to a state-of-the-art washing facility and equipment leasing and service.

Girton Manufacturing Co., Inc

Girton Manufacturing Co., Inc. provides a full line of automatic washing systems for reusable containers. The primary industries served are food, pharmaceutical and general distribution facilities.  Girton Manufacturing Co., Inc. has manufactured industrial washing systems for 85 years.  Their lineup of equipment include batch and conveyorized continuous washing systems.  To learn more visit www.girton.com for more information.

IFCO Systems

IFCO is an international logistics service provider with more than 210 locations worldwide. IFCO operates a pool of over 102 million Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) globally, which are used primarily to transport fresh produce from growers to leading grocery retailers. In the United States, IFCO also provides a national network of pallet management services. IFCO is the market leader in this industry with almost 200 million pallets sorted, repaired and recycled annually.

iGPS

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company LLC) is revolutionizing the world's supply chain by providing manufacturers, suppliers and shippers of unitized loads with the world's first RFID-tagged all-plastic pallet pool. Manufactured to exacting standards, iGPS's pallets are edge rackable, lightweight, extremely durable, consistent in size, hygienic, and – thanks to embedded RFID tags – fully traceable.

IPL Products, Ltd.

IPL Inc. is a leading North American producer of injection - and extrusion - molded plastic products. The Company grows by bringing to market innovative, value-added products. The engine that drives this innovation is the sharing of knowledge and technologies across the Company’s six market sectors. Founded in 1939, it employs more than 1,000 people and manufactures and markets over 400 products.

JSP International

A global company, JSP serves the automotive industry, as well as packaging, sports and a variety of consumer goods markets. Using ARPRO, their proprietary brand of expanded polypropylene (epp), JSP molds custom and standard size returnable packaging at their Jackson, MI facility. Resilient and lightweight, JSP offers stackable, reusable, and recyclable ARPRO containers with molded-in dunnage in a variety of colors. Additionally, ARPRO epp is thermally stable, suitable for heavy-duty applications, and protects Class A surfaces from impact and transport damage. Visit www.jsppackaging.com for more information.

Millwood Incorporated

Millwood Incorporated and its’ subsidiaries are industry leaders in the supply of consumable packaging to items such as wooden packaging, plastic bags, stretch-film, shrink film, fiber-board separator sheets, slip sheet, corner boards and lumber. Millwood offers retrieval/recycling programs in these product lines to both, independent-small business facilities and Fortune 500 companies. Our professional trained sales team can provide cost effective “unit load” designed solutions. Millwood’s Liberty Technologies division can provide turn-key integrated turn-key packaging systems which include a variety of options such as: stretch-wrap, shrink-wrap, palletization, strapping/banding, various conveyances and bundling. Systems can be designed specific to customers needs through our in-house engineering staff. Additionally, Millwood can provide full dock clearing programs for manufacturers and distribution facilities which include removal of scrap pallets, corrugate, plastics, office paper and other recyclables.

Monoflo International, Inc.

Monoflo leverages leading technology to provide plastic reusable systems that offer unique solutions to the many industries we serve. We understand that today’s markets place increased pressure on reducing costs, limiting risk exposure, and improving supply chain performance. Whether the need is collapsible hand held containers like those we pioneered or plastic pallet and bulk containers that are the markets performance leaders, Monoflo has the right reusable solution.

ORBIS Corporation

Plastic reusable containers, pallets, and bulk containers move product faster, safer and more cost-effectively throughout the supply chain. ORBIS uses expertise and innovation to help companies implement and maximize their reusable packaging systems to improve supply chain efficiency and drive system-wide sustainability. In addition to a comprehensive product line, services include asset management and implementation services.

Oryx Automation

Oryx Automation has developed a reliable and cost effective range of reusable plastic crate (RPC) handling equipment, designing and manufacturing single RPC erectors through palletizers and sorting equipment

OTTO

Otto Environmental Systems North America, Inc. is a member of the worldwide Otto Group. The Otto group of companies is the largest manufacturer of plastic waste containers in the world with over 70 years of production experience. Otto has expanded its capabilities into waste services through Otto Container Management – (OCM) and contract manufacturing through International Contract Molding (ICM).

PECO Pallet Inc

PECO Pallet is a national leader in pallet pooling services. Over 95% of grocery, warehouse, club and discount retailers throughout the United States currently utilize PECO’s signature red wooden pallets. PECO Pallet’s sustained growth over the last decade reflects the company’s overall commitment to exceptional quality and customer service. PECO is headquartered in New York and maintains 57 PECO Pallet depots and storage locations, 12 pallet manufacturing locations, and 358 recovery locations strategically located throughout North America.

For more information about PECO Pallet, visit www.pecopallet.com.

Polymer Logistics

Polymer Logistics, a leader and pioneer in ‘One-Touch/Retail Ready Packaging’, provides merchandising units to clients worldwide. Display Ready from factory to retail means significant reductions in replenishment & transportation costs while increasing in-store availability. For accurate production and inventory control at wholesale and retail, Polymer Logistics also provides full IT access for client-controlled maintenance and management.

Polymer Solutions International Inc.

Polymer Solutions International is global manufacturer of a wide variety of reusable plastic material handling products including pallets and shipping containers for the beverage, food, industrial and medical industries.

Quick-Crate

Quick-Crate® represents a new generation of collapsible, stackable shipping crate systems, with features not found in other wooden crate systems. Quick Crates are engineered from plywood for phenomenal strength and product protection. Choose from our selection of standard crates or request a quote for custom crates manufactured to meet your exact specifications.

Ready Pac

Ready Pac is a processor of value added fruits and vegetables to the foodservice and retail industries shipping products to major retailers and foodservice providers around the country.

Rehrig Pacific

Rehrig Pacific is a manufacturer of reusable plastic pallets and crates for handling and transporting commercial products, manufactured goods, produce, food and beverage products, and more. Rehrig-Pacific helps businesses move their products more efficiently through the supply chain.

reLogistics Services, LLC

reLogistics provides reverse logistics and handling services for reusable, returnable and recyclable packaging.

RPP Containers

RPP Containers, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, was founded in 1998 and is a leader in the reusable plastic bulk container industry.   RPP's focus is on providing a high level of knowledge and service to the growing number of industries that rely on reusable plastic bulk containers to reduce costs, to provide better product protection, and to have a cleaner, safer work area. RPP manufacturers DuraGreen collapsible bulk containers made from premium recycled plastic.

Sanitube AS

Since 2007 patented Sanitube washers, dryers, conveying and handling equipment for crates, trays, plates and pallets has been installed with leading international food processors and crate pooling services.

Sanitube has been focusing on reducing the number of components and the amount of design and manufacturing processes - and working hours - involved when making industrial container washers.

In all simplicity Sanitube washers are large diameter prefabricated composite tubes horizontally disposed with wash tunnel above AND tanks for recycling heated detergent wash water below in the SAME solid wall tube - and combined lengths varying from 10 and up to more than 100 feet for capacities up to 10.000 crates per hour.

Advantages are price reductions, heat loss reductions, noise reductions and cleaning friendly (food safe) design.

De-/palletizing, de-/stacking, crate erecting and centrifugal drying is part of Sanitube turnkey solutions too.

Satellite Logistics Group

Satellite Logistics Group develops and orchestrates supply chain solutions tailored to the beverage industry, servicing North America and Europe. One of SLG’s trademark solutions, Kegspediter™ radically changed and improved the speed and efficiencies of the empty keg return process to breweries. Kegspediter® can easily adapt to any reusable asset (pallets for example). EcoBev is another solution developed with the beverage industry in mind. It provides for the collection, shipping, depackaging, EPA-compliant disposal and documentation of unsalable beverage products.

Schaefer Systems International, Inc.

A combination of pioneering spirit and responsive market orientation has been the essential driving force behind the SCHAEFER group of companies for over 70 years.  Years of experience, direct involvement in the world’s marketplace, and intense cooperation with customers are the foundation for our expertise and success. Today, with 16 production plants and a worldwide distribution network, Schaefer is a global player.  Our products cross many markets, from industrial, trade and service sectors to consumers, research centers and local governments.  Over 8,000 employees in the United States and abroad bring the Schaefer name to life.  Our motivation, uncompromising customer service and precise application of the latest technologies enable us to provide highly efficient service close to the pulse of the market.

Schoeller Arca

Schoeller Arca helps companies reduce overall logistics costs and enhance their brand, with plastic packaging. Their systems are used in a wide variety of industries, including beverage, automotive, agricultural and retail.

Smarte Automation, LLC

Smarte Automation is a single source supplier of automation to clean and handle reusable transport packaging. They provide solutions for companies that want to clean reusables and utilize automation such as RPC erectors and palletizing for end users such as growers and packers.

Stopwaste.org

StopWaste.Org is a public agency in Alameda County, CA with a mission of reducing landfill-bound waste by 75% by 2010. StopWaste has helped hundreds of Alameda County companies implement new or improved recycling and composting programs, identified process improvements that conserve materials and energy, and alter purchasing practices to include environmentally preferable products.

Tanimura & Antle

Formed by the Tanimura & Antle families in 1982, T&A has become one of the nation’s largest grower/shipper of high quality row crop vegetables. Today, Tanimura & Antle farms over 30,000 acres of rich, fertile farmland and ships a full line of premium fresh produce throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

The Kennedy Group

The Kennedy Group offers a diverse line of material handling identification and RFID tracking solutions that deliver measurable bottom line benefits to leading companies across an array of industries. Our material handling identification solutions not only create a neat and organized facility, but also increase productivity by virtually eliminating the time spent searching through mislabeled containers, racks, pallets and shelving. Our end-to-end RFID solutions provide visibility into the location of assets across even the most complex supply chains. Established in 1974, The Kennedy Group has demonstrated longevity and will continue to offer innovative products and superior service to its customers for the long-term. The company has over 110 employees with facilities in Cleveland and Orlando.  

The Kroger Company

The Kroger Company is a supermarket chain with over 2400 stores. Kroger is currently in the process o converting inbound fresh produce items into RPCs.

Tosca, Ltd.

Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Tosca owns, rents, and manages industry-specific, dedicated pools of returnable containers for closed-loop systems, complete with custom suites of services necessary to support pool optimization, assure quality and manage risk. Utilizing expert operations and logistics teams armed with precise knowledge of the industry served, Tosca manages the delivery of the right container, in the right condition, in the right quantity, to the right location, at the right moment - each and every time - for its customers.

Trienda

Trienda is a division of Wilbert Plastics, is an industry leader in the material handling and packaging industry. Technologically designed and engineered, Trienda’s heavy-gauge, single- and twin-sheet thermoformed reusable plastic products offer a wide variety of material handling solutions to many industries.

Wave Reaction

Wave Reaction provides returnable container management software and RFID tracking hardware.

Worldwide Foam Ltd.

Worldwide Foam is a supplier of crosslinked polyethylene foam block to the returnable packaging industry based in Elkhart, IN.

Yotta Mark, Inc

Yotta Mark produces traceability solutions for case, RPC and item level PTI compliant solutions.