Join us at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Sept. 29–Oct. 1, for the Reusable Packaging Learning Center, featuring two days of expert-led education on innovation, efficiency, and sustainability in transport packaging.
Learn more -Jerry Welcome, President of the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA), announced today that Fitzmark, Inc., has become the association’s first-ever freight and logistics company.
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.
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.
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.
When evaluating a pallet program against your operational criteria— including environmental concerns— the best result comes from looking at the issue in two parts: the pallet itself, and the pallet program.
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…
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) provided a wide-range of in-depth resources for Pack Expo attendees interested in reusable transport packaging.
Brambles Limited, the parent company of CHEP, announced the planned acquisition of IFCO SYSTEMS, NV, a leading provider of reusable plastic containers (RPCs) in 23 countries, and pallet management services in the USA. The transaction will enhance Brambles’ position as a global leader in pooling solutions, creating an entity with sales revenue of approximately US$5 billion.
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.
TAMPA, FL–(Marketwire – October 22, 2010) – IFCO SYSTEMS, the worldwide leader in reusable plastic container (RPC) management services, reports survey results showing that, of over 1,000 produce department managers surveyed: