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LAST NEWS 
December
2007
2007-12-20 Growers, Grocers, Get Into Plastic Pallet Pool
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.
2007-12-19 Field Test Launched For Radio Frequency ID Tags On Reusable Containers
A pallet and container coalition has begun field tests to combine radio frequency identification technology (RFID) with returnable packaging.
2007-12-19 Saving Your Supply Chain
Loscam has grown to become, today, a leading logistics provider to the retail, grocery, food manufacturing, hardware, Transport & logistics industries.
2007-12-18 IFCO SYSTEMS announces extension of service agreement with SMA SPA in Italy
The parties have agreed to jointly develop and implement additional reusable packaging solutions for fresh food products.
2007-12-17 Gerolsteiner Unbottles ROI From Its RFID Deployment
Each day, up to 20,000 pallets move through Gerolsteiner's distribution center in the city of Gerolstein.
2007-12-17 IFCO SYSTEMS opens a new subsidiary in Poland
And announces expansion into Central Eastern Europe.
2007-12-17 Fire destroys pallet company outbuilding
A fire, perhaps set off by a wood stove, destroyed a shop building at B&D Pallet Co. on Western Avenue last night.
2007-12-17 Pallet growth report 'optimistic'
A growth of 25% in volumes for the pallet network sector in 2008 has been branded "optimistic" by some of the industry's main players.
2007-12-14 Authorities believe "hot nail" caused major Storm Lake fire
A hot nail was apparently the cause of a major fire in Storm Lake Tuesday.
2007-12-13 Storm Lake, IA Warehouse 'Total Loss' After Fire
A warehouse, in Storm Lake, Iowa, which housed more than a dozen businesses, is a total loss following a Tuesday morning fire.
2007-12-13 Blaze strikes Walker pallet company
It took firefighters from Walker and Grand Rapids three hours Saturday to put out a pallet fire at Bergsma Pallet Co.
2007-12-13 Busted Brambles tilt shows takeovers on the nose
Two pieces of news today underlined again how the markets have turned against takeovers in recent months.
2007-12-11 Plastic Spill Pallets
A spill pallet is a slight modification of a standard pallet that is designed to contain any liquids that slosh out of a drum so that rather then ending up all over the floor.
2007-12-11 Pallet Packaging
Efficient delivery of product to the customer is of enormous importance. Most products use a pallet to ship product economically and efficiently.
2007-12-10 Blaze strikes Walker pallet company
It took firefighters from Walker and Grand Rapids three hours Saturday to put out a pallet fire at Bergsma Pallet Co.
2007-12-10 UK pallet networks to continue exceptional growth
Yesterday Transport Intelligence launches its latest report, UK Pallet Networks 2008.
2007-12-10 SA-BE sees green in green pallets
Environmentally friendly products called more durable.
2007-12-10 J.C. Pallet Company Up and Running
A Bladen County plant is back in operation after a devastating fire earlier this week.
2007-12-10 Flexible pallet-handling device
Packaging machinery manufacturer A-B-C has created a pallet-handling device that can be used as either a pallet dispenser or pallet stacker.
2007-12-10 ICS Logistics to build warehouse at Imeson
ICS Logistics Inc. will start work next month on an industrial warehouse complex and transportation terminal in the Imeson International Industrial Park.
2007-12-05 Doherty starts work at Brambles
Former Tesco Liz Doherty has started her employment with Brambles Limited as chief financial officer.
2007-12-05 Fire destroys Bladenboro business
A pallet-making company's operation here was destroyed by fire late Monday.
2007-12-04 Lumber kiln helps control global spread of pests
The pine wood nematode, a microscopic worm carried by sawyer beetles, entered Japan in the early 1900s and has since killed large tracts of the country's pine trees.
2007-12-03 Winners, losers in dollar slide
The window shades and shutters that Comfortex Corp. makes at its plant here are getting more popular north of the border.
2007-12-03 EPAL: FORGED PALLETS TO BE DESTROYED
Cooperative pallet pools such as EPAL and the Canadian Pallet Council do not actually own pallets.
November
2007
2007-11-30 Berkeley woman sues after falling on pallet at Wal-Mart
A Berkeley County woman has filed a suit against the nation's largest retailer after she was injured when she fell on an empty pallet at the store.
2007-11-30 Australian Institute of Packaging conducts product identification seminar
The Australian Institute of Packaging recently held a half day seminar on product identification at the Hilton Hotel in Brisbane.
2007-11-27 Reward offered to find fire culprits
THE OWNER of a Somercotes business that was targeted by arsonists is offering a £10,000 reward for information which leads to the arrest of the people involved
2007-11-27 Maves' Next Generation e-Z Ware Unveiled at 2nd Annual President's Council
Maves, a leading third party logistics software provider, proudly hosted their second successful President's Council on Monday, November 5th, 2007.
2007-11-27 Company says biomass power plant could add 120 jobs to Watertown
A company proposing to build a 30-megawatt biomass power plant near Route 8 estimates the project will create jobs for at least 120 workers
2007-11-27 Trucks perform double act at Schiedel Rite Vent
When Schiedel Rite Vent was planning a new finished goods and raw materials warehouse at its factory it specified double deep racking served by a new Atlet lift truck to maximise storage capacity.
2007-11-26 IPICO and CHEP commit to Dual Frequency RFID development in Australia and New Zealand
IPICO Inc. today announced that it has signed a letter of intent with CHEP Australia for the trial and development of IPICO's passive Dual Frequency RFID tags
2007-11-26 Biomass power plant proposed in Watertown
Tamarack Energy is proposing to build a 30-megawatt plant that will use scrap wood from forest-thinning projects, fallen tree limbs and wooden pallets
2007-11-26 Forget Foreign Oil : Use Pallet Power
While Poet-Broin still has me cranky for co-opting the name of a noble profession to euphemize a big industrial operation, the ethanol company is making a good move toward local energy self-sufficiency
2007-11-22 China International Pallet Conference Announced
We are back for 2007 China International Pallet Conference! And this year the conference time is intended to be set to the same as last year from Nov/29/2007 to Nov/30/2007
2007-11-22 Toro Pallets plan to enter Indian market with pallet pooling solutions
India's supply chain and its connection to the rapidly growing retail sector has attracted Aluminum & Hybrid Pallet manufacturer Toro Pallets LLC, to start operations in India.
2007-11-21 Worcester man killed in forklift accident
Adam Millichip, aged 27, from Tenbury, died after he became trapped between wooden pallets and a forklift truck in Hampshire.
2007-11-21 Macquarie: BXB - Buyback Speculation Lifts Shares
Brambles shares have rocketed ahead in morning trade (up 1.5%) as traders speculate that the share price will rally now that BXB has obtained share holder approval to buy back up to 10% of its stock, starting this week.
2007-11-21 Jobs boost as factory open
JOBS are to be created in the Peterborough area with the opening of a new manufacturing company.
2007-11-18 Robotic palletising of animal bedding
Stacking 20 kg bales of straw onto a pallet is a difficult job and loading them to a height of 3.2 metres is arduous to do manually, with significant risk of injury.
2007-11-17 Brambles on track for a strong year
BRAMBLES expects strong profit growth for fiscal 2008 on the back of solid sales growth from CHEP,
2007-11-16 Wood pallets to help power ethanol plant
Ethanol refineries typically run on natural gas, but the nation's top producer of the alternative fuel plans to use discarded wood pallets to help power one of its plants.
2007-11-16 Chancellor Ethanol Plant Converting To Wood Power
An alternative energy company will now itself use an alternative energy in it's production process.
2007-11-15 Heinz source…
LPR, the pallet pool company, has signed a new contract with food manufacturer, Heinz.
2007-11-15 Ash borer limits hit Middlesex
Middlesex County has been added to a long list of communities that have been hit with quarantine notices in the fight against the emerald ash borer.
2007-11-15 Aluminum Pallets available in Thailand under innovative leasing program
Canonball Business Products Co., Ltd has been appointed as Authorized Sales Agent for Toro Pallets LLC in Thailand.
2007-11-14 Asciano not planning to bid for Brambles
Asciano notes recent market speculation regarding its intentions in relation to Brambles,
2007-11-14 LEFCO and Worthington Form Joint Venture
Worthington Industries (NYSE:WOR) announced today that its subsidiary, Worthington Steelpac Systems, LLC, has acquired a 49 percent interest in LEFCO Industries
2007-11-14 Metro Group completes Europe's largest RFID rollout
The Metro Group has upped the ante in Europe's move toward using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology
2007-11-14 Forklift truck sales approach record levels
The UK fork lift truck market rose to 31,700 annual unit orders in the second quarter of 2007
2007-11-14 Update: Three Hurt following Warehouse Accident
Several ambulances were called to the scene of an industrial accident inside the Patterson Warehouse off Route 481 in the City of Fulton Friday morning.
2007-11-14 Software solutions for pallet tracking
Even though today there is a business case for using the RFID technology in pallets for the purpose of asset tracking (for expensive equipments), the technology sill hasn`t found its way to the cheaper products and sectors like food industry.
2007-11-14 Worthington forms joint venture with Cleveland pallet maker
A Worthington Industries Inc. subsidiary has struck up a joint venture with a Cleveland crate and pallet manufacturer.
2007-11-09 IFCO SYSTEMS reports significant profitability and cash flow improvements in Q3 2007
Q3 2007 revenues 9.3% above prior year levels as a result of volume growth in both business segments.
2007-11-09 After Being Overhyped, RFID Starts to Deliver
Despite its initial promise to revolutionize the supply chain, radio-frequency identification technology never took off in line with the wild projections made by many analysts and venture capitalists.
2007-11-09 Lm10.5 million invested in brewery project
The Lm10.5 million investment, included the construction of a new Packaging Centre for Soft-drinks and a new Logistics Centre.
2007-11-09 No thought of bid for Brambles: Asciano
Transport infrastructure firm Asciano Group said that it has no current intention of making a takeover offer for global pallets and containers company Brambles
2007-11-08 LORRIES AND THOUSANDS OF PALLETS DESTROYED IN BLAZE
Four lorries and 60,000 wooden pallets were destroyed in a ferocious fire.
2007-11-08 A fire forced shoppers to be evacuated from the K-Mart store in Urbandale Sunday afternoon.
The Urbandale Fire Department responded to a report of a fire behind the building.
2007-11-08 Metro Sees Progress With Its Frozen-Foods Pilot
The retailer is using RFID-enabled forklifts at a distribution center in Hamm, Germany, to track tagged pallets of frozen food and the locations where they are stored.
2007-11-08 Scott Group earnings buoyed by acquisition of Crofton Pallets
Scott Group, the acquisitive pallet specialist, achieved a big increase in profits in 2006 after completing what had been its biggest purchase to date during the year
2007-11-07 Pallets & RFID Technology : is RFID ready to jump into the pool ?
With its unmatched track-and-trace capabilities, RFID would seem a natural for use in pallet pools. So why is it taking so long to catch on?
2007-11-07 Haisan strengthens presence in China
Haisan Resources Bhd has further strengthened its market leader position as an integrated cold chain logistics provider in China
2007-11-07 iGPS Co. signs pact with Imperial Sugar
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Co. LLC) has announced it has signed an exclusive agreement with Imperial Sugar to provide plastic pallets to the company.
October
2007
2007-10-30 Pallet Trucks Pose Problems On Mid-State Roadways
Across the nation and in Middle Tennessee, pallet trucks are posing dangers to drivers.
2007-10-26 Wal-Mart places fuel cell order for pallet trucks
US retail giant Wal-Mart has placed an order with Cellex Power Products for GenDrive fuel cell power units to be used in the firm's lift trucks.
2007-10-26 Plastic2go releases new model hybrid pallet
Plastic2go has released a new model hybrid pallet made to the ISO Standard of pallets which can be used to export product to Europe, New Zealand and many other countries.
2007-10-26 Imperial Sugar Implements RFID-Enabled Plastic Pallets
Imperial Sugar (NASDAQ:IPSU) announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Intelligent Global Pooling Systems ("iGPS") to become the first sugar company to begin using RFID-enabled plastic pallets to deliver its products to its customers
2007-10-26 Swindon firm shops in Tesco
The Swindon-based HiLo-PSS Group's £8m investment in its world class manufacturing facility in Romania is paying dividends.
2007-10-25 Has pallet fatigue finally set in?
While the suspension of operations at Alliance Freight Network
2007-10-24 Wood Pallets Vs. Plastic Pallets
Also referred to as skids, pallets are platforms youll see commonly used in manufacturing companies; they help workers transfer high volume of goods that are of considerable weight from one place to another
2007-10-23 Automated system stores, retrieves pallets
Clitheroe Light Engineering invested in an automated Fastems system for storing and retrieving machine pallets
2007-10-22 What the blazes are those kids putting in that bonfire
To alumni and students at Marmion Academy in Aurora, the traditional Friday night bonfire is a highlight of homecoming week
2007-10-22 Make more informed lift truck buys
Lift truck makers offer online tools to help buyers calculate the benefits of AC power systems, narrow aisle lift trucks and other features.
2007-10-19 Hybrid pallets available for export from Plastic2Go
Until recently, buyers of pallets for export had two options: timber or plastic
2007-10-19 Scott Group acquire Marlaw Pallets
John and Norman Scott of the Scott Group have acquired Marlaw Pallets in a multimillion-pound deal.
2007-10-18 Building the better plastic pallet
iGPS is betting that the market is ready to pool plastic pallets.
2007-10-18 2ic Pallets Now Enables Pallet Data Transfer to IPP Logipal and LPR for UK & Ireland Pallet Markets
New modules in 2ic Pallets enable exporting pallet transfer data to European pallet pool operators IPP Logipal and LPR.
2007-10-16 Wal-Mart Eyes $287 Million Benefit From RFID
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. could increase sales by US$287 million by fixing just a small portion of its inventory problems using RFID (radio frequency identification) technology.
2007-10-11 Local pallet manufacturer penalized for unsafe working conditions
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed penalties of $50,200 against the company.
2007-10-11 CHEP Prevails Again in its Fight Against Illegal Pallet Pools
Recently, two separate courts in Spain and France ruled in favour of CHEP, the global leader in pallet
2007-10-09 Fife firm piling up the pallets
A Fife-based packaging firm has taken over a rival pallet manufacturer in a multi-million pound deal.
2007-10-08 ECOPAL – the future of pallets
This year Bini & C. - the Italian machinery manufacturing company that originally developed the system
2007-10-08 A fire destroyed several structures at the Busy B's Pallet
The Moraine Fire Department responded around 5 p.m. to a fully involved fire
2007-10-08 Impinj Revs Up Speedway Reader with Octane 3.0
company's Speedway UHF Gen 2 readers, that supports LLRP (low-level reader protocol), improves performance and expands software vendor support
2007-10-02 EPAL Looks to Global Expansion, And Addresses Challenges
As the world becomes smaller, the packaging decisions of one country easily can become a headache for others.
2007-10-02 OSHA Guidelines for Personal Protective Equipment
Are Your Employees Wearing The Right Stuff?
2007-10-02 G.J. Weck & Sons, Ltd.:Bin Manufacturing for New Zealand's Agricultural Products
The same pallet group that toured Timpack (see article in July Pallet Enterprise) also had the privilege of visiting G.J. Weck & Sons, Ltd. this March.
September
2007
2007-09-25 UK Pallets to push in Europe
Business Post-owned pallet network UK Pallets says growth in Europe is the network's current focus.
2007-09-21 Scott Group targets £150m turnover
Scott Group, already one of the UK's biggest wooden pallet makers, is targeting a near doubling of turnover to £150 million as it further diversifies the business.
2007-09-21 Helesi a "BUY" from Investors Chronicle
The company is seen it turnover rise to 22.6 million EUROS with pre-tax profits at 3.03 million Euros.
2007-09-21 Niemeyer secures new role at MHIA
Ray Niemeyer has been appointed director - membership at the Material Handling Industry of America.
2007-09-17 Pallets fuel warehouse fire in W. Phoenix
Phoenix firefigters are expected to work into Friday evening to contain a blaze at a west Phoenix warehouse that was fueled by thousands of piled up wooden pallets.
2007-09-17 Fire engulfs thousands of pallets in west Phoenix warehouse area
A major fire is burning in thousands of wooden pallets in an industrial area in west Phoenix and has spread to nearby semi-truck trailers.
2007-09-17 Second death from falling bricks in two days
A 20-year-old man has been killed on a construction site on Plymouth, just one day after a similar accident took the life of an 18-year-old in Scotland.
2007-09-14 Woman collides with pallet jack sues Wal-Mart
Two days before Christmas in 2005, Dawn Howell was shopping in a Longview Wal-Mart when she fell after colliding with a pallet jack
2007-09-13 Teenage builder crushed to death
A teenage builder has been crushed to death by a pallet of bricks.
2007-09-13 Tesco Group FD moves to Sydney
Tesco's Group International Finance Director Elizabeth Doherty will leave after six years to join Sydney-based Brambles, owner of CHEP pallets and containers and Recall data management.
2007-09-11 Three firms to bring 188 jobs to Cork
Cork received a major jobs boost today with the announcement that three firms are to set up in county and create 188 jobs.
2007-09-11 OptiLedge system available from Australian Warehouse Solutions
The answer to reducing export pallet costs is the new OptiLedge system. OptiLedge is a food grade and is totally reusable.
2007-09-06 KN opens midlands distribution centre
KN Drinks Logistics has open-ed a new regional distribution centre near Birmingham.
2007-09-06 Food & Beverage : a taste for automation
With 5,000 pallets about to come pouring into its new DC each day, Gordon Food Service decided there was just one thing to do: automate.
2007-09-06 Automating value-added services
While custom packaging, labeling and kitting are labor intensive operations, automation can make some value-added services more efficient.
2007-09-05 Australian shares higher in light early trade, investors await fresh US lead
The markets were closed for the Labor Day holiday Monday.
2007-09-05 Lantech has success all wrapped up
The company pioneered using plastic film to wrap multipackage shipments into a tightly bound unit on a wooden pallet.
2007-09-05 Fire near Henry Coe park could devour up to 30,000 acres
Firefighter Ryan Wake and other firefighters with California Fire
2007-09-05 Holding pest invasion at bay
Bark beetles and other alien insects could damage our forests
2007-09-03 Optimizing Pallet Sizes within the Global Supply Chain
As recognition of the important relationship between pallet size selection and supply chain optimization continues to grow, interest in standardizing pallet sizes is also increasing.
2007-09-03 Pallet trucks are for moving pallets from one place to another.
The journey of Mack Trucks began in 1893 when the Mack brothers, Jack and Augustus, bought over Fallesen & Berry factory
2007-09-03 Friendly's Warehouse Trades for $6.3M
Angelo, Gordon & Co. Buys Regional Industrial Hub of Ice Cream Maker
August
2007
2007-08-30 FEMA Giving Away Ice: Ice Left Outside Warehouse
Tuesday evening, August 28, 2007, hundreds of bags of ice were piled up outside an Orange Mound warehouse....melting
2007-08-28 Powerful Australian Pallet and Container Control Software Now Available in Canada
Australian headquartered 2ic Software has commenced direct operations in Canada with the appointment of Distribution Partners in both Vancouver and Toronto.
2007-08-27 The RFID China Conundrum
The decision paves the way for both local and foreign companies to become RFID enabled in China.
2007-08-27 Little hints on Brambles' Chep business
Paul Little, Toll's managing director, admitted his team had sounded out Asian retailers about Toll Asia integrating Chep-style pallets into their supply chains.
2007-08-27 Takeover speculation mars Brambles' profit growth
Toll chief executive Paul Little says the company has been eyeing Brambles for some time
2007-08-27 Fire leaves hundreds without power
Hundreds were without power Monday morning after an early morning fire burned more than four acres of scrap wood and a major power line.
2007-08-24 UK Pallets Adds To Network
UK Pallets, the palletised freight distribution operation within Business Post, has expanded its UK network with the introduction of three new member organisations.
2007-08-24 Investigation continues into Catawba fire
A four-acre fire in Catawba is still smoking, although the fire is out.
2007-08-23 Brambles Profit Rises 36% on New U.S. Customers
Brambles Ltd., the world's biggest supplier of pallets used to move and store goods, said full-year profit rose 36 percent as it attracted more U.S. customers.
2007-08-23 Orlando pallet supplier opens center in Suffolk
CHEP, an Orlando, Fla.-based supplier of shipping pallets, has opened a 21,000-square-foot pallet service center at Bridgeway Commerce Center III on Harbour View Boulevard.
2007-08-23 Nailing new profits
FSB helps a pallet recycling company win more business by changing its image, securing large clients, and broadcasting its services to potential customers.
2007-08-22 Brambles takeover rumours mounting
Speculation is mounting that a private equity consortium is considering a $22 billion bid for Brambles
2007-08-22 Going up: twin raiders put rise under Brambles
Brambles has soared on speculation Toll Holdings and its offshoot, Asciano, could lodge a takeover bid for the company after both bought separate stakes in the logistics group.
2007-08-22 Sunrise Greenhouse Manufacturing Inc. fined $100,000 for health and safety violation
Sunrise Greenhouse Manufacturing Inc., a Kingsville, Ont.-based manufacturer of
greenhouse components, was fine $100,000 today for a violation of the Occupational
Health and Safety Act that resulted in the death of one employee and serious injury to another.
2007-08-22 Full Asciano tilt at Brambles 'unlikely'
Infrastructure company Asciano has again increased its stake in pallet and plastic container provider, Brambles, but analysts say a full takeover is not likely
July
2007
2007-07-30 Demonstrators Protest A-1 Pallet Demolition
The group waved signs outside the wood pallet recycling company this morning
2007-07-27 Postal Logistics is the first to earn USPS OK to co-palletize
Co-palletization consolidates physical bundles of mail from multiple companies and ZIP codes that have already been addressed and presorted onto pallets.
2007-07-25 Academic Distributor Improves Shipment Accuracy
To help it cope with its crush of summertime orders from primary schools, Rolec is using RFID to verify the contents of each pallet before loading it on a truck.
2007-07-26/12/07inDate format:Fr1 -->6/12/07 2007-07-24 - 3 Billion Pallets Wrapped And Counting 2007-07-20 Thigh-High Eyesores 2007-07-20 Pallet company building destroyed 2007-07-19 Drugs among the tulips 2007-07-19 Significant reduction in supermarket deliveries during week thanks to Sunday Trading 2007-07-17 Wood Pallets Burn in Phoenix Fire 2007-07-17 Why take the trouble to recycle when you can burn? 2007-07-16 Fire smolders at recycling plant in north Denver 2007-07-04 Standard & Poor's raised Debt Rating for IFCO SYSTEMS 2007-07-04 Timpack – New Zealand's Largest Pallet Company 2007-07-04 Appeals court absolves Menards in accident 2007-07-04 Collaboration brings success for Australian EPC/RFID pilot 2007-07-04 Battery Giant Sued for Worker Injuries 2007-07-03 Dr. Mark White Becomes Professor Emeritus at Retirement Party 2007-06-29 Wyeth Accused of Milk Cover-Up Abroad 2007-06-26 CHEP Australia expects to start putting radio frequency identification tags on 12 million timber pallets 2007-06-25 Brambles Shares Decline as European Pallet Sales Growth Stalls 2007-06-25 Brambles sustains positive FY07 outlook 2007-06-21 Australia's Brambles on track for solid yr to June profit growth 2007-06-21 Brambles shares fall as Europe figures disappoint 2007-06-21 Ash borer quarantine coming in county 2007-06-19 Nilkamal board to consider dividend 2007-06-18 Innovations In Material Handling 2007-06-18 The Pallet People 2007-06-18 Tipton blaze causes $250k in damage 2007-06-18 Fire destroys 2 buildings at Newbury pallet business 2007-06-18 CHEP announce decision to implement Cascade HR 2007-06-15 Six-Alarmer Guts New Hampshire Business 2007-06-15 Fire contained at Urbandale pallet recycler 2007-06-14 Fire Still Burning In Benton Township 2007-06-14 Pallet Yard Fire Extinguished by Wednesday Morning 2007-06-14 Borer causes ban to widen 2007-06-14 Burning pallets inflame residents 2007-06-14 Canada Pallet invests in massive lumber saw 2007-06-14 Warehouses Protect Pallet Racks and Personnel with New Safety Measures 2007-06-11 Heavy-lifting company makes swift take off 2007-06-11 Pallet firm to help palliative care for WorkCover rap 2007-06-07 IFCO SYSTEMS signs RPC service agreement with CARREFOUR in Spain 2007-06-07 New Pallet and Load Optimisation technology from RedPrairie 2007-06-07 Employees evacuated as cold store blazes 2007-06-04 No Defense for Erroneous DOD Article 2007-06-04 Used Pallet Rack & Used Warehouse Storage Rack Can Save Thousands of Dollars 2007-05-31 Tile firm fined after workman nearly killed 2007-05-31 Pallet Company Under Zoning Gun 2007-05-28 Preparing for sunday's Watchfire 2007-05-28 Compost Bins Wood Pallet Compost Bins. Wood pallets 2007-05-28 New listing on Euronext: Eryplast SA 2007-05-25 Fire destroys Moorland pallet company building 19/10/07 2007-05-25 Trade body for pallet networks 2007-05-25 Global Pallet Systems now in liquidation 2007-05-24 About Palletline plc 2007-05-24 Man dies in forklift accident 2007-05-22 Afternoon Fire Destroys Two Businesses 2007-05-22 Crown sponsors national forklift driver competition 2007-05-22 Recycling facility burns for 3rd time 2007-05-21 Fanelli employee flown to hospital, not hurt in incident with forklift 2007-05-21 Melton Wants Pallet Company Torn Down 2007-05-21 City Inspectors Denied Access To Pallet Company 2007-05-21 Large industrial fire near Kingman 2007-05-21 A fire ripped through a pallet factory in northern Bullitt County on Thursday 2007-05-21 A four-alarm fire wipes out a Bullitt county business 2007-05-16 Home Depot Helps Community Take Steps In Eco-Minded Direction 2007-05-16 Composite epoxy pallets need no nails 2007-05-16 Witron: Automated Supply Chain Solution for Canadian grocery retailer Sobeys 2007-05-10 Yerington onion farmers announce deal 2007-05-09 IFCO SYSTEMS reports Q1 2007 results 2007-05-09 Peri & Sons Strengthens CHEP Relationship 2007-05-09 UPN launches micro pallet service 2007-05-02 Checkpoint Systems is testing RFID on palets 2007-05-02 Welding spark ignites blaze at pallet mill 2007-05-02 Fire codes put heat on Home Depot 2007-05-02 Ihlein wins top job at Brambles 2007-05-02 Wood pallets are good as gold to some crooks 2007-05-02 Rumours don't worry Brambles man 2007-05-02 The US second-hand pallets market 2007-05-02 Clean Cut Pharmaceutical Handling 2007-04-30 Chep and Sap software 2007-04-25 LINPAC installs new archive store for CSM 2007-04-25 IPP Logipal strengthens management team 2007-04-25 Palletways announces 28 per cent increase in turnover 2007-04-25 SOMI launches high-capacity trailer design 2007-04-24 Bulla Dairy Foods uses Loscam pallets in a wide range 2007-04-14 Distribution Center Meets The Challenge 2007-04-14 Clever palletisation of paper sacks 2007-04-14 New pallet wrappers for Strapex 2007-04-13 Fire Robot, Burning Man 2007-04-13 Brambles joins Freightnow in fight for efficiency 2007-04-06 Parmalat Canada and Chep 2007-04-05 yes, we have standards! 2007-04-05 ALR announces recent expansion 2007-04-04 RFID Strategy -- The Changing Nature Of RFID Value Propositions 2007-04-04 Wood Species identification for pallet and packaging Suppliers 2007-04-03 Comparing Suppliers of Pallet Heat-Treating Systems, Chambers 2007-04-03 Innovative Data Systems Wins NWPCA Award 2007-04-02 Want to be a Supply Chain Hero ? 2007-04-02 udge Orders Man Who Lied To Read Book 2007-04-02 Wal-Mart Disputes Reports On RFID 2007-04-02 Manager admits illegal hirings 2007-04-02 Ex-IFCO supervisor pleads guilty to hiring illegal aliens at Guilderland plant 2007-03-30 Pallet business burns in Townsend 2007-03-30 Firemen battle lumber fire 2007-03-29 Nordson to display products at Auspack 2007-03-27 Wal-Mart Rethinks RFID 2007-03-27 Slimmer Brambles back on acquisition trail 2007-03-26 Australia's Brambles looking to buy IFCO in 1 bln usd deal - report 2007-03-26 Dover company faces fines after investigation in worker's death 2007-03-23 Johanna Foods Expands CHEP Program To Yogurt Lines 2007-03-23 CAPE Systems to Exhibit at Dimensions '07 2007-03-22 ATLAS Stacker from Bulk Handling Australia 2007-03-22 Fire in woods threatens door business 2007-03-20 Robert invents a way to see what really happens inside a van trailer 2007-03-15 RFID: "Et tu, Brute?" -- Killing Some RFID "Truths" 2007-03-15 Corinth Man Builds House Using Recycled Materials (Matt Bush) 2007-03-13 Business owner cleans up after suspected arson 2007-03-13 Firefighters believe pallet fire was arson 2007-03-12 Compost for Your Organic Garden 2007-03-09 Intel rolls low-cost RFID reader chip (Rick Merritt) 2007-03-08 Keeping Inventory Flowing Despite New Green Regulations 2007-03-08 New Kuehne + Nagel logistics centre in Melbourne 2007-03-06 Of the air in the pallet… 2007-03-06 Brambles Limited : IFCO - Threat or Opportunity? 2007-03-06 The first Australian fully integrated RFID forklift 2007-03-05 Johanna Foods Expands CHEP Program to Yogurt Lines 2007-03-05 Agency targets company bosses 2007-03-02 Mayfair Lumber Expands Remanufacturing Operations 2007-03-02 Thinking Ahead–Letter from Chaille: Lost or Stolen? Postal Pallets Pose a Problem 2007-03-02 Lone Star Survivor: Ups & Downs of Pallet Life Along the Border 2007-03-02 Leasing pallets through a pooling system isn't for everyone, 2007-03-01 Wal-Mart's suppliers tag 65% of stock 2007-03-01 Managers of crate and pallet maker plead guilty to hiring illegals 2007-02-26 Brambles up 400% as chief bows out 2007-02-26 Applications open for logistics development award 2007-02-26 IFCO SYSTEMS N.V. - EDEKA RPC supply contract 2007-02-23 Pallet Guitar 2007-02-23 IFCO SYSTEMS Reports 2006 Results 2007-02-22 EL AL awards WFS freight contract 2007-02-22 Plastics, pallets catch fire 2007-02-22 Fortec pallet distribution network announces record year in 2006 2007-02-22 Brambles sees strong profit growth 2007-02-21 MH1 - 2005 - Pallet, Slip Sheets, and Other Bases for Unit Loads 2007-02-21 Brambles Profit Rises on Pallet Sales; Turner Resigns 2007-02-21 The ROI from RFID 2007-02-20 Standards group works up RFID 2007-02-16 Klenk : Pallet blocks instead of pallets 2007-02-16 UNIPAL - The right choice 2007-02-15Gay Lea Foods Cooperative Joins CHEP Pallet Pool 2007-02-15 Tire warehouse avoids potential fire disaster 2007-02-13 Bulldog Pallet blaze still under investigation 2007-02-13 Jeco Appoints Agent in Japan 2007-02-07 Xterprise Makes Multimillion RFID Tag Purchase 2007-02-07 You're sup-poster return the pallets 2007-02-07 Italy: new logistic infrastructure at Veronamercato 2007-02-07 RTS supplies technology solution to Integrated Logistics Centre 2007-02-06 Glueless wrap-free pallet stabilisation reaps savings 2007-02-06 Automatic pallet changers for subcontractor 2007-02-06 The Surprise Driver Behind Today's RFID Projects 2007-02-05 Tax money wasted on pallets 2007-02-05 Investigation shows woman pinned between pallets of lettuce 2007-02-05 Cantiliever Pallet Racking from Alpha Warehouse Solutions 2007-02-02 Virginia Tech Study Compares Methods for Splicing Pallet Parts 2007-02-02 The Wal-Mart’s 7 R’s 2007-01-31 Liberty Property Announces Lease Renewals, Expansions 2007-01-31 JEC Innovations Composites Awards Programme 2007: Finalists and Winners 2007-01-31 Pallet Management 2007-01-31 Are you wasting pallets and money ? 2007-01-31 IFCO SYSTEMS presents the expanded IFCO Applicator at Fruit Logistica 2007 2007-01-26 Fireplace smoke advisory issued 2007-01-26 Software automates robotic pallet building 2007-01-25 Power Pallet applies for Empire Zone status 2007-01-22 New range of pallet racking offers strength and stability 2007-01-22 HiLo PSS Partners NSI in new storage area for Hilti 2007-01-22 New RPCC Leadership 2007-01-22 Pallet pooler incorporates global RFID standard 2007-01-17 CAPE's Pallet Optimization Software 2007-01-16 Pallet Storages 2007-01-16 Build to Order Palletizing in Real Time 2007-01-16 Build to Order Palletizing in Real Time 2007-01-15 RFID analyst forecasts cheap item-level tags by 2016 2007-01-11 iGPS Is First to Incorporate RFID Global Asset Tracking Codes On 100% of Its Fleet of Plastic Pallets 2007-01-11 IBM Helps Pliant Design and Implement RFID System to Track Shipments and Detect Tampering 2007-01-11 Robot palletises pizza cases 2007-01-03 Labor Management Systems managing by the numbers 2007-01-03 IFCO opens second KC-area plant
With Lantech's (Louisville, Ky.) introduction of the first commercially successful pallet stretch-wrapping machine.
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Fire roared through a building at the Preferred Pallets Inc. business in west Cookeville last night, causing an estimated $250,000 loss.
Employees at a flower transport company in Aalsmeer found an enormous quantity of drugs among the pallets of flowers last week.
This is one of the key findings of the major survey of food and drink deliveries conducted by SCALA logistics consulting on behalf of the Department for Transport (DfT).
More than 90 firefighters battled a blaze Thursday night that involved hundreds of wooden pallets.
The environmental travesty which was the Eleventh night bonfires has made me consider whether there's any point in recycling anything in Northern Ireland
A stubborn smoldering fire burned at a recycling plant in an industrial Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of north Denver today, spewing clouds of white and yellow smoke.
IFCO SYSTEMS also announces that it has mandated Deutsche Bank AG as Underwriter for the extension of the EUR 44.0 million Working Capital Facility for another 3 years with improved terms.
Focus on Providing Professional Service and Products at Every Opportunity
A woman who sued Menards after she said a pallet fell on her has offered no proof the home improvement giant was negligent, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
A multi-industry Australian consortium shared how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) using GS1 Australia's global standards can improve productivity, reduce delivery processing times, and open up visibility throughout the supply chain for the benefit of all trading partners
John "Chuck" Mikell, says he had no idea what substance he was handling at a former Energizer battery plant in Alachua County.
On May 24, the Center for Unit Load Design (CULD) advisory board met to discuss issues of importance at the Center for Unit Load Design
June
2007
The Bureau of Food and Drugs last week ordered a recall of 4.3 million cans and cartons of Wyeth's powdered baby milk may have been contaminated last year after exposure to damp wooden pallets in Wyeth's warehouse south of Manila.
The decision follows a recent pilot of RFID tagging that involved Chep and other firms, including Telstra and Masterfoods, which are all keen to promote the tiny radio tags in the supply chain.
Shares in Brambles Ltd., the world's biggest supplier of pallets used to move and store goods, fell the most in four months as European sales growth stalled.
Brambles Limited (BXB) announced that it anticipated that it would perform in line with its outlook for fiscal 2007
CHEP is continuing to perform well with further solid overall growth in sales and profit
Wood-free crates and ultra-lightweight aluminum pallets.
By this fall, Middlesex County may be the next county quarantined by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in the fight against the Emerald Ash Borer.
A meeting of the board of directors of Nilkamal will be held on Jun. 28, 2007 to consider dividend and take on record results for the fourth quarter and audited financial results for the financial year ended Mar. 31, 2007
Wood-free crates and ultra-lightweight aluminum pallets.
Weird Phenomonons of working in Industry
The fire, at the southwest corner of Avenue 152 and Road 112, was 80 percent contained by Wednesday afternoon.
Newbury Township- Fire destroyed two buildings of a pallet business Friday night as several local departments fought the flames.
CHEP manages the daily movements of over 280 million pallets and containers from a global network of over 440 service centers in 44 countries.
A fire at a business in Hudson sent flames 50 feet into the air.
A fire at an Urbandale pallet recycler this afternoon forced firefighters to cut a hole in the structure to keep flames from consuming the building.
More than half of Kamps Pallets has been destroyed by flames, but the company's Chief Operating Officer says it's not a total loss.
Close to 48 hours after the fire at Kamp's Pallets started in Benton Township, fire fighters have the blaze under control.
Another 18,000 London property owners will be barred from moving ash wood as of next Monday.
Every year almost three million wooden pallets leave Cobourg with a destiny that includes world travel.
Every year almost three million wooden pallets leave Cobourg with a destiny that includes world travel.
Combine two powerful products and maximize your facility safety
More than four decades have passed since Henning Hoj read a trade-publication article that changed his business life.
A company which makes pallets has been ordered to provide $50,000 to build a palliative care unit in Colac, in south-west Victoria, after being convicted of WorkCover offences.
IFCO SYSTEMS announces, that CENTROS COMERCIALES CARREFOUR, the leading retailer in Spain, with annual revenues of 10 billion € and with almost three hundred points of sale, has signed a long term agreement with IFCO SYSTEMS to become its exclusive RPC service provider for fruits and vegetables.
RedPrairie Corporation, a consumer driven optimisation company, announced today that its new Pallet and Load Optimisation technology, part of its integrated E2e solutions for consumer goods.
Four appliances attended the fire at the Co-op cold store in Ivatt Way, where pallets were backed up to a door near the boiler room, where the blaze broke out.
An article in the latest edition of National Defense Magazine has this startling headline: " Tracking Military Supplies No Longer Requires RFID ."
Used pallet rack & used warehouse storage rack, available from RackMasters USA, www.rackmastersusa.com, can save you thousands of dollars compared to new pallet rack
May
2007
The accident scene where a forklift worker narrowly escaped serious injury or worse
A local pallet company may be several boards away from being forced to shut down.
Friday, volunteers laid the first pallets of wood to prepare for the bonfire.
Wood pallets are easy to and compost bins make an easy-to-build, sturdy compost bin.
Two buildings damaged at Was Broken Pallet Co.
Two buildings damaged at Was Broken Pallet Co.
Imaje, a global marking, labelling and coding company has added a new system to its Imaje 2000 series product line.
Pallet operators have formed their own trade organisation, the Association of Pallet Networks, to raise awareness of the network sector and to represent the interests of its members with media and government.
Fledgling pallet network Global Pallet Systems has gone into liquidation this week after a creditors meeting revealed the company owed £250,000. GPS
Founded in 1992, Palletline was the UK's first national network dedicated to pallet distribution.
A man in his mid-40s was killed this morning when a forklift he was driving overturned and crushed him at a grass seed warehouse
Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is trying to push forward with his plans to tear down a local business -- but the owners don't want to go.
CHEP Australia will join Crown in supporting the "safety first" event.
A Kingman-area wooden pallet recycling facility caught fire Sunday, the third time in less than a year, 12 News reported.
A Fanelli Warehousing & Distribution Center Inc. employee was transported by helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital
Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is trying to push forward with his plans to tear down a local business -- but the owners don't want to go
It's at the top of Mayor Melton's list of properties to clean up the Farish Street District.
Firefighters spent most of Sunday evening battling a large fire in a wooden pallet recycling facility near the Kingman Airport.
All employees managed to escape the four-alarm blaze, authorities said.
No one was hurt but investigators say the warehouse was full of wooden pallets -- fueling the flames.
The environment has become a hot topic for the public, politicians and big business.
Icepallet has developed and produced pallets using a range of formulated minerals in conjunction with an expandable composite epoxy system from Huntsman Advanced Materials
Canada's second-largest grocery retailer, Sobeys Inc., invests in state-of-the-art warehouse and picking technology.
Peri & Sons is one of the largest family-owned onion farm in the United States.
Although Q1 2007 earnings are significantly lower than those of Q1 2006, the business development was in line with management's expectations.
Peri & Sons has seen customer service and productivity benefits from the CHEP pallet program since 1999.
UPN has launched a micro pallet service through its 60 depots allowing customers to ship pallets of up to 150 kilos.
The company announced its involvement in a series of UHF RFID technology trials supervised by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
About 45 firefighters from three towns responded Thursday night to Pallet-One Inc. to stop a blaze from a welding spark from spreading, Fire Chief Ken Jones said.
Home Depot may be able to help you remodel your kitchen, but according to vigilant shoppers and the fire marshal, they could have trouble keeping you safe from a fire.
Logistics company Brambles has promoted chief financial officer Michael Ihlein to the post of chief executive.
The theft, police say, was an inside job: Two employees of a St. Charles food service company waited until the coast was clear, then helped a confederate make off with a truckload of hot merchandise.
BRAMBLES Industries chief executive-designate Mike Ihlein has shrugged off rumours the company could face a private equity buy-out, saying he did "not worry too much about it"
The very strong demand of the first semester of 2006 has decreased. Recyclers have today a normal but not stressed work.
The bulk liquid handling market is huge and provides a significant economic contribution
April
2007
CHEP, Revelation Software Concepts' Rev-Trac Maintain Productivity During Simultaneous SAP(R) ERP Application-Based Upgrades, Implementations of SAP NetWeaver(R) BI
Founded in 1977, CSM Archive has gradually expanded over the last decade and, as a consequence, required an additional dedicated storage facility to satisfy demand.
IPP Logipal, the fast growing pallet rental specialist, has appointed Martin Compton as its new financial controller and promoted David Bage to operations manager.
The Palletways Group, Europe's largest pallet freight network provider which is backed by Phoenix Equity Partners, has announced a 28% increase in annual turnover for the 12 month period to 31st May 2006.
New trailer that is reckoned to increase load capacity by 32% without being higher or longer was launched at the CV Show this week.
Bulla Dairy Foods is somewhat of an institution for millions of Australians, who have tucked into their famous creams, yoghurts, ice creams and other healthy dairy products.
Unpredicted growth and an inferior pallet rack flow system threatened to gobble up the bottom line–but they found the solution to turn it all right
Represented in the United Kingdom by Aetna UK, Euroimpianti can now add a well-known Turkish producer of starch and its derivatives
Strapex, one of the world's leading suppliers of end of line packaging equipment, has further extended its range with two new families of pallet stretchwrapping machines.
As a proper gypsy, I'm a big fan of FIRE! Especially beach bonfires!
CHEP manages and maintains more than 280 million pallets and containers for manufacturers, agricultural producers, distributors and retailers worldwide.
Parmalat Canada Sees Cost Reductions with CHEP
This is the second facility that ALR manages for CHEP USA. ALR has successfully managed a facility in Scarborough,
ALR announced its recent expansion of its pallet repair operations.
Questions of return-on-investment (ROI) have dominated the RFID discussion ever since Wal-Mart announced their retail compliance initiative in 2003.
About the Instructor Dr. Marshall "Mark" White has been a member of the faculty in the Department
of Wood Science & Forest Products at Virginia Tech since 1975
Treating pallets for export applications is another way that pallet suppliers can add value to their products and profits to their business.
The National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) awarded its first-ever supplier innovation award to Innovative Data Systems of Sayville, N.Y.
As a supply chain officer or executive, you can immediately go to your senior management team and confidently assert that at least six percent
Gardner Man Convicted of Perjury
A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokesman this week downplayed reports that the Bentonville-based retailer's radio frequency identification program is not progressing as quickly as planned.
Supervisor at Guilderland plant faces up to 6 months in immigration scandal.
The latest supervisor to admit his role in a series of federal immigration violations at the international wood pallet recycling company.
March
2007
A fire that occured Wednesday night at Reeds Supply Inc., County Road 312 in Townsend Township, caused an estimated $100,000 in damages.
Firefighters are trying to determine what caused a huge fire overnight behind a woodworking company.
Efficiency through innovation is Nordson Australia's theme at Auspack 2007.
Although Wal-Mart is still bullish on RFID and plans to add it to hundreds more stores this year, it now talks about the technology as more of a baby-steps approach.
BRAMBLES' $US3.6 billion garage sale of assets might be over and the unification of its British and Australian shares complete.
Brambles Ltd's board is believed to be looking at purchasing US-based pallet business IFCO for 1 bln usd, the Australian newspaper reported, without citing sources.
Inca Presswood Pallets Ltd. of Dover faces $157,200 in fines after a federal investigation of the death of Michael J. Dean last September
Johanna Foods, a state-of-the-art food manufacturer, has announced that it is transporting its line of yogurt products on pallets from CHEP
CAPE Systems Group at Dimensions '07 from March 27-30, 2007 in Orlando, FL.
The Stacker Pallet eliminates damaged packaging with loose pre packed goods on pallets by supporting the load from above.
The wildfire came within about 75 feet of the plant buildings, a Press-Register reporter observed.
But what about securing loads inside a van trailer? Know anyone else who wings it?
Since "RFID Connections" tends to explain the benefits of RFID, this may be seen as "traitorous" -- but it needs to be done "for the good of the industry."
Buying a house can be a very expensive proposition. But a man from Corinth has come up with a way to get a house at a rock bottom price. However, it does take a lot of work
Investigators think Sunday night's raging fire in Kings Mountain may be the work of an arsonist.
The Kings Mountain Fire Department said they believe someone may have intentionally set a fire that destroyed over 15,000 pallets at the old Glen Raven Mill Sunday night.
Ask any serious gardener what his or her secret is, and I'm sure that 99% of the time, there answer will be compost.
A startup nurtured as part of Intel Capital has announced a low-cost integrated RFID reader chip for the UHF band.
Litco International offering pallets designed to meet new international regulations for companies shipping into Japan.
The investment underlines Kuehne + Nagel's growth
strategy in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific region.
Storopack proposes an expanded polystyrene pallet which can support 660 kilos.
IFCO could be a strategic threat to CHEP
Peacock Bros. in conjunction with Intermec, Alpha Warehouse Solutions and Cascade have completed construction of Australia's first fully integrated RFID forklift now available for sale as a complete unit.
Beverage & Dairy Food Manufacturer Uses
Immigration case takes new angle
Company Adds Cross-Cut Package Saw from L-M Equipment Co. Ltd.
The pallet industry is full of crooks. Or at least that must be what the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) thinks.
Edgar is a survivor who was the first recycler to take on CHEP back when the rental giant refused to pay pallet companies for services connected with safeguarding stray blue pallets.
Wal-Mart's 300 largest suppliers are attaching RFID tags to 65% of the products they send to the retailer.
Five former managers from a major crate and pallet manufacturer that employed illegal immigrants have pleaded guilty.
February
2007
David Turner, the Englishman credited with turning round Anglo-Australian logistics firm Brambles.
Applications are now open for the Logistics Association of Australia's (LAA) 2007 Logistics Development Award.
Revenues with EDEKA represents approx. 20 % of IFCO's worldwide RPC business
Today we continue the expensive-guitars-made-out-of-cheap-wood series. On eBay: 2001 Taylor Pallet.
Consolidated revenues grew by 12.3% to US $647.2 million compared to prior year, while EBITDA decreased by 2.2% to US $96.3 million
EL AL, Israel's national airline, has given its cargo handling contract at Heathrow to Worldwide Flight Services.
ABOUT 50 firefighters were called to a blaze at a Welshpool warehouse yesterday afternoon.
Rugby-based Fortec Pallet Distribution Network has announced a record performance for the company in 2006 with turnover and volumes at an all-time high.
LOGISTICS group Brambles says it sees strong second-half growth for its CHEP pallet business after delivering a first-half net profit of $US982.6 million ($1.2 billion) today.
Approved and published in 2005, this standard pertains to pallets used in the unit-load method of assembling, stacking, storing, handling, and transporting materials and products.
Brambles Ltd., the world's biggest supplier of pallets used to move and store goods, said first-half profit rose 50 percent as sales advanced at its pallet-hire and document management divisions.
They've absorbed the cost of RFID hardware and software solutions to meet the mandate.
GS1 Australia will hand down the findings of the second phase of its radio frequency identification testing and proof of concept program at a Sydney conference in June.
Klenk has decided to use its saw dust and residue for the production of pallet blocks.
UNIPAL is a modular system to manufacture corrugated pallets. The unique construction consisting of stringers and cross-stringers provides an outstanding beam strength in all directions.
Gay Lea Foods Cooperative Ltd., a leading producer and marketer of dairy products in Canada, announced it is transporting product on pallets from CHEP, the world's largest pallet and container pooling company.
A flurry of 911 calls saved a tire warehouse in Esquimalt from almost certain destruction.
Bulldog Pallet's main building burned to the ground Wednesday night after a fire of still undetermined origin leveled the business the Pessolano's run next door to their home.
Smart Vision provides logistics, import and export, distribution, and systems development services to the automotive, aeronautical, printing and direct mail industries in Japan. The company was founded in 1997 and has some 30 full time employees.
RFID solutions provider Xterprise today released the latest update on the RFID deployment it is managing for Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS).
The misappropriation of pallets is costing the FMCG supply chain both financially and in terms of environmental impact and is a situation that could be avoided.
Veronamercato, the central market for fresh produce of Verona has inaugurated its new logistics infrastructure at the presence of the local authorities.
According to Integrated Logistics Centre (ILC), it long term partnership with RTS extends well over ten years.
A new pallet stabilisation system, Grip Stack, that transforms slippery cartons into grippy building blocks is slashing the costs of palletising
Hemlock Engineering chose two of the fastest milling machines available - the Mikron XSM 600U.
VARs capitalize on end users' discovery that RFID is a powerful process-improvement too
I am writing on behalf of all taxpayers in Ohio.
An Oklahoma woman whose body was found in a truck delivering lettuce to a grocery store warehouse
Alpha Warehouse Solutions has released the complete range of Cantiliever Pallet Racking.
Based on the results of the pilot study, Virginia Tech embarked on a larger study to fully examine the strength and stiffness of hardwood pallet parts assembled using both finger jointing and metal connector plate splicing technologies.
Wal-Mart’s 7 R’s are remove, reduce, reuse, recycle, renew, revenue, and read.
January
2007
Liberty Property Trust has added two new tenants to its Chicago metro area portfolio, with agreements that total more than 270,000 square feet
The JEC Innovation Programme 2007 will reward 8 companies and their partners this year during the award ceremony April 3rd in the Orsay Museum in Paris.
Unfortunately once a pallet reaches the retail store it becomes a problem.
Pallets are used to ship products efficiently, with minimal damage to goods.
Use the IFCO Applicator to quickly and easily find the right IFCO Reusable Plastic Container.
Butte County pollution control officials issued an advisory at 1 p.m. Thursday that poor air quality is expected, and are asking residents to refrain from using woodstoves for the next 24 hours.
Able to integrate with host processing/warehouse management systems, PicRite® Robotics includes modules that can control order batching and automated outbound palletization
Good news could be coming for one Mohawk Valley business seeking Empire Zone status.
Bito the international storage systems manufacturer has announced the launch of a completely new range of pallet racking.
Located in Bredbury near Manchester, Hiltis 60,000 sq. ft. distribution centre supports a strategic network of Hilti shops and workshops located throughout the UK supplying tools and consumables to the construction industry.
Corporate executives and businesses within the retailer/user community will play a significant role in driving Coalition strategies and initiatives going forward, the Reusable Pallet & Container Coalition (RPCC, Washington, D.C.) announced today.
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) said it has incorporated EPCglobal's electronic product code (EPC) into its RFID tracking system , enabling its pallets to be identified worldwide.
SOCO SYSTEM Announces PalletBuilder Application Using CAPE's Pallet Optimization Software.
Pallets are stands or platforms that are used for storage and transportation of goods
The Missing Link
Robots can improve shipping efficiency
The tagging of items with radio frequency identification (RFID) will take off in 2007 to become the biggest market by value by 2016 as prices fall dramatically, according to a forecast by a market analyst
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company LLC), operator of the world's first 100 percent RFID-tagged all-plastic pallet pool, announced that it is the first pallet pooling company to incorporate the EPC Global Reusable Asset Identifier (GRAI) on all of its pallets
Pliant Corporation and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Pliant has implemented an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) platform pilot program, designed by IBM consultants, to track shipments between the two technical centers and customer sites and detect tampering in its stretch-wrapping products.
A 4-axis palletising robot with a vacuum suction gripper is palletising up to 320 cases/h at the end of a production line at a pizza base manufacturer.
Though they work deep in the heart of Texas Rangers and Dallas Cowboys territory, workers won't find the latest game results on the giant scoreboard in the Container Store's Dallas-area DC.
IFCO Systems N.A. Inc. has opened a reverse-logistics facility in the Kansas City area, its second area plant.
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