OAKLAND, Calif. — By switching from wood to plastic pallets, Gatorade’s Oakland bottling plant has eliminated waste from damaged products, cut down on labor, made the facility safer and reduced trucking emissions with lighter loads. But it all originated from an economic decision.
“The key driver was customers refusing finished product because of inconsistencies in the […]

ImageID, a provider of patented image-based supply chain traceability solutions, has announced the introduction of DUAL (Detection of Unlabeled Asset’s Location), the only currently available technology capable of detecting and indicating the location of untagged assets on a pallet.

AAR has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force for the maintenance and overhaul of air cargo pallets, valued at up to $311 million over the next five years. Two delivery orders with a combined value of approximately $36 million have already been received. Work is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of […]

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company in San Leandro, Calif., is the longest continually operating chocolate manufacturer in the United States, and they value tradition. But when it comes to smart operational decisions, the company is not afraid to chart new territory. In 2005, Ghirardelli replaced disposable cardboard boxes with reusable plastic totes to transport their premium chocolate […]

OAKLAND — Giving new meaning to the phrase “thinking outside the box,” local companies are using renewable packaging to transport goods ranging from chocolate bars to newspapers, said participants in a “Choose Renewables” conference here Thursday.
One of the biggest ways a company can save money and spare the environment is by using reusable containers such […]

Rick LeBlanc speaking at the Michigan State University School of Packaging Seminar: Current Issues in Reusable Packaging for Supply Chains

Pregis Corp.’s recently opened its new Innovation Center (IC) in north suburban Chicago.

Aurora, IL, September 04, 2008 –(PR.com)– Surface Guard will promote their line of adhesive coated protective films designed to protect critical surfaces from scratching, marring and abrasions. On display will be the new & unique SUR-Guard™ multi-surface protective film. SUR- Guard™ (Stick, Unstick and Restick) is a multiple use, multiple purpose masking film that can […]

Swiss retailer Manor is deploying RFID systems to track cases at stores and distribution centers in a project it plans to expand to all 82 of its retail locations. Manor is currently using RFID systems at eight stores and two distribution centers to verify that outbound shipments contain the right cases, automatically record cases when […]

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company LLC), operator of the world’s first RFID-tagged all-plastic pallet pool, has signed a new long-term preferred supplier agreement with Netherlands-based Schoeller Arca Systems, the global leader in plastic packaging systems for materials handling, to manufacture 30 million pallets for the company over the next five years.