articlePalletforce agrees to £30m private equity buyout
The company’s management has agreed a price it says offers a substantial premium on the company’s last traded share price in June 2015.
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newsGorick joins RM2 from La Palette Rouge
RM2 has appoined Jane Gorick director of sales and operations for Europe.
newsWood pallet firm buyout
Scott Group has acquired HLC (Wood Products) in a multi-million pound deal bringing together two leading wooden pallet manufacturers. It is expected that the deal will deliver customer benefits in relation to customer service and security of supply.
articleHygienic pallet for food sector
The CleanPal hygienic pallet has been released by Polymer Logistics to challenge wooden pallets with features including durability, flexibility and overall cost savings in the supply chain.
articleProtect goods in transit with plastic pallet collar
Goplasticpallets.com’s plastic pallet collar provides significant benefits over traditional solutions for protecting goods in storage and transit.
articleEPAL crackdown on counterfeit pallets
More than 1,000 counterfeit EPAL Euro pallets have been seized during a large-scale inspection at the Ukrainian/Slovakian border.
productTrio of new members
Palletised freight network, Pall-Ex has announced the arrival of three new members: Kench Transport, Richard Read Transport and Exact Logistics.
productManagement team strengthened
Palletised freight network, Palletways has strengthened its UK team by appointing Dave Walmsley as member and network development director.
productRackable multi-trip box with superior strength
Goplasticpallets.com has introduced a new multi-trip pallet box. The Trip Box offers the benefits of a sleeve pack system, with improved strength and excellent performance in racking.
articleMany innovations highlighted
The PPMA Show 2015 returned to the NEC from the 29th September – 1st October, with more than 1,000 leading packaging and processing machinery manufacturers represented at the show and providing a platform to showcase the latest technological innovations and discuss key business opportunities with more than 7,500 visitors.
articleHeinz deploys Layer Picker
Wincanton was challenged at the national distribution centre it manages on behalf of Heinz to increase automated pallet layer picking without associated changes in product configurations.
productPrepared for launch into plastic pallets
Plastic container supplier George Utz UK has taken delivery of a giant plastic injection moulding machine – the final piece of a multi-million pound investment leading to a launch into the pallet market in 2016.
productRobust, economical plastic pallets
Dimensionally stable and shatterproof, economic and flexible, the IKP pallet range from WERIT Kunststoffwerke is manufactured from recycled plastic and offers the economical alternative to wooden pallets.
productView our super annual Guide – solve your handling and storage problems
You can see the digital edition for our annual HSD Guide online NOW. A great overview of industry bodies and exhaustive supplier listings.
productCollapsible pallet box
Offering a cost effective alternative to existing sleeve pack systems, Goplasticpallets.com has introduced a new lightweight collapsible pallet box, which is easy to assemble, secure and available to order direct from stock.
productKanes Foods awards contract to Pooling Partners
Pallet pooling specialist, IPP Logipal UK & Ireland, part of Pooling Partners, has won a sole-supply contract from Kanes Foods, one of the UK’s most respected suppliers of fresh prepared chilled produce to the major multiples. Previously, Kanes Foods dual-sourced its pallets.
productFast-fold slimline crate
Leading plastic pallet supplier, Exporta Global, has launched a new range of fast folding slim crates for food items, which includes a crate that is just 27.7mm when folded flat, compared to the industry standard of 35mm.
productBuy & sell pallet storage
Zupplychain is a new b2b website to match warehouse space with pallets needing storage. The site allows providers to register their available pallet spaces and potential customers to search according to their requirements.
productStack stability
With many workplace accidents arising from manual handling, switching from stacking pallets by hand to automated solutions can reduce the risk and increase production output, saving on transport and labour costs, says Paul Wilkinson from Pacepacker Services.
productWhisky pallets
Scott Pallets’ specially designed bespoke ‘whisky pallets’ are produced to withstand the particular demands of the whisky industry, such as excessive weight bearing capabilities and an unusually long life span for holding whisky casks whilst the product matures in storage.
