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Craemer C5C Non-Stop Pallet has seven year track record in print Specifically designed for the requirements of the Heidelberger printing presses.
Logistics efficiency plays an important role in most industries including the print and packaging sector. The C5C Non-Stop pallet from leading international specialist plastic pallet manufacturer Craemer was specifically designed for the requirements of the […]

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CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Carroll Edwards built a fortune and a philanthropic legacy constructing simple wooden pallets in his hometown of Marshville in eastern Union County.
After working as a truck driver, he started his business in 1969 in a renovated chicken house. He grew Edwards Wood Products into one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of wooden pallets.
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LINPAC Packaging, a division of leading UK-based packaging and supply chain specialist LINPAC Group Limited, has opened its first factory in China. The new facility complements the three existing LINPAC Viscount factories in the People’s Republic.
LINPAC has invested substantially in a modern production plant at Changzhou in Jiangsu province, about 150km from Shanghai, where it […]

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Timcon, the Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation, has defended the green credentials of timber pallets after SCA Packaging launched two new products in its STAX range of heavy duty corrugated board pallets.
SCA’s UK industrial packaging division said the STAX Mini and Solo were entirely recyclable, while earlier while earlier corrugated pallets had a paper core […]

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Over the last year, Intellident and GS1 have worked in collaboration to promote the true potential of RFID technology by developing the EPCglobal RFID Test Centre. The success of the Centre has so far resulted in unexpectedly high visitor numbers and, as a result, an increased interest in EPCglobal standards.
To ensure the Test Centre remains […]

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A GPS tracker like the one shown here is helping USPS find missing pallets.
It’s no secret that customers have been using postal pallets for purposes other than transporting mail — adding millions of dollars to our costs each year.
To help solve this problem, USPS Engineers Peter Grau and Ed Mascali in Merrifield, VA, embedded GPS […]

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August 21, 2008 - Brambles, the world’s top supplier of pallets, indicated Wednesday a delay in its talks with Wal-Mart Stores, the U.S. retailing giant, on a revised pallet management arrangement, sending its shares down 10 percent.
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The National Onion Association (NOA) is partnering with CHEP, the global leader in pallet and container pooling solutions, to bolster funds for retail, consumer and foodservice promotional and educational activities. In return, the NOA will promote the benefits of CHEP pallet pooling with its many members.
“Our partnership with CHEP will benefit both of our […]

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Pallet rental and pooling company IPP Logipal has expanded its UK operation by opening two additional pallet depots in East Kilbride in Scotland and Royston in Hertfordshire, increasing its total locations to seven.
Both facilities will initially carry stock of up to 20,000 pallets, with each designed to handle a throughput of up to one million […]

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Leading RFID-enabled asset management solution provider Fluensee today announced the acquisition of TrenStar Tracking Solutions and its North American operations, assets, customers and intellectual property.
The combination of Fluensee and TrenStar Tracking Solutions brings together two of the industry’s leading RFID-enabled asset tracking solutions. The move extends Fluensee’s capabilities in the beverage, brewery and synthetic rubber […]

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