Weybridge, UK, December 27th, 2007 – CHEP, the equipment pooling provider, today reconfirmed its commitment to the delivery of supply chain savings to it customers. This follows the latest announcements from transport associations in Germany, Italy and the Benelux, who are planning to either withdraw from offering a White Pallet Exchange service and/or if they […]

The concept of pallet to pallet transfer has been around almost as long as pallets themselves.
The earliest models were usually referred to as load tippers or tipplers and were invariably put together in local workshops. 180 degree inverter attachments on forklift trucks were also developed early on, with Cascade’s Turnaload being among the first commercially […]

Dec. 19, 2007—Several fresh food providers are beginning to use plastic RFID-enabled pallets made by Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) rather than wooden pallets without RFID tags. (Read the complete story at RFID Journal:

http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleprint/3821/-1/1/

IFCO SYSTEMS has announced that SMA SPA, Milano, a company of the Auchan group and one of the leading retailers in Italy, has signed a long term agreement to extend the business relationship with IFCO SYSTEMS as their exclusive RPC service provider for fruits and vegetables. Furthermore, the parties have agreed to jointly develop and […]

IPP Logipal, the fast growing FMCG pallet rental provider, has announced it is distributing Polish food to the UK retail market for Polish Specialities Ltd after being awarded a new contract.
Distributors of traditional Polish food, Polish Specialities is supplying nearly 2,000 lines of high quality food to hundreds of convenience stores and major supermarkets across […]

Schoeller Arca Systems in Hardenberg proudly presents the production launch of the first Contraload quarter display pallets. Sylvain Naets and Jesse Sels from CONTRALOAD were invited to pick up the first pallets from the assembly line. Schoeller Arca Systems realised this project in less then 4 months and in time due the close cooperation of […]

Xterprise Incorporated, the leading global supplier of Solutions for the High Definition Enterprise (TM) and a Gold-Certified Microsoft (TM) ISV partner, has been awarded its third contract with Schoeller Arca Systems (SAS) (http://www.schoellerarcasystems.com) for its Automated RFID Module (XARM(TM)) 6000 high volume source tagging solution. The XARM(TM) 6000 solution will be used in-line with manufacturing […]

IFCO SYSTEMS has announced that it has further expanded its international network by opening a new office in Poland. Poland is the largest economy in Central Eastern Europe with a fast growing retail market and an annual fruit & vegetable production of more than 8 million tonnes.
 
The Polish market provides […]

LPR, Europe’s Number 2 pallet-pooling operator, has launched a new service that simplifies customer payment and book-keeping procedures by issuing electronic invoices. Starting with Spain, the service will soon be rolled out in the other eight countries covered by LPR.
LPR’s new electronic billing service for customers was developed by EDICOM, one of the leaders […]

Metal wire pallets were tested at the Hingham MA Naval Materials Handling Laboratory during World War 2, and saw some action in the field. This analysis, undertaken by the Bayonne NJ station, is dated 1947.
Metal Pallet 1947 A.pdf
Metal Pallet 1947 B.pdf