Transport Packaging News Archive
U.S. Demand for Labels: $20 Billion by 2015
U.S. label shipments are forecast to rise 4.8 percent annually to $20 billion in 2015, according to “Labels,” a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry research firm...
NASSTRAC Opposes Higher Class Ratings on Unitized Shipments
NASSTRAC, an industry association that represents the interests of freight shippers in all modes of transportation, has expressed its opposition to the proposal by Roadrunner Transportation Services to modify Item 640 of CCSB Docket No. 2011-2, Section 1, Subject 9...
Interpack 2011 Attacks Global Problems
The interpack 2011 Process and Packaging Show, taking place May 12-18 in Düsseldorf, Germany, will have special relevance this year. With hunger being an ever-present issue in many countries, this event will have a special focus on food...
Dodd Letter Sets Off another Pallet Battle
With less than a month left to his 30-year career in the U.S. Senate, Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg last month, urging the agency to notify “food manufacturers, transporters and retailers inspected by the FDA that plastic pallets containing decaBDE are inappropriate for use in scenarios that may bring decabromine into contact with food.”...
Showing Off at Pack Expo: Mixed Pallet Loads
The need for more efficient order picking and stocking are spurring interest in automating the assembly of mixed pallet loads...
Rental pallets certified safe for food chain
NSF International gave its Food Equipment Certification to the recyclable plastic rental pallets offered by Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC). This certification demonstrates the pallet complies with the organization’s food protection and sanitation requirements for materials, design, fabrication and construction of food handling and processing equipment...
A Greener Approach to Packaging
Reusable packaging and crating materials can lower a company's carbon footprint while improving the bottom line...
iGPS Taps Enfora for Pallet Tracking Technology
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Co.) has signed a long-term agreement with Enfora, a provider of wireless networking technologies...
Lantech Patents New Stretch Wrapping Technologies
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Lantech two new patents for stretch wrapping technology...
Consumer Group Takes on Wood Pallets
The National Consumers League (NCL) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to set sanitary and safety standards for “unregulated but crucial” pallets...
Enhancing Supply Chain Management Using RFID
An RFID-based supply chain can help companies continuously monitor all the data and products in their operations...
Vision & RFID
It's not necessary to choose between vision systems and RFID, as these technologies work well together...
Time to Get Serious About Product Stewardship
The RPA challenges the material handling industry to support sustainability and extended producer responsibility...
A Smarter Way to Control Rising Logistics Costs
Companies are discovering that having supply chain market intelligence can help them optimize their operations while obtaining better logistics rates...
Capacity for Change
As the economy recovers, so too are freight volumes on the highways and rails, which could tighten capacity later this year...
Breaking Story: NASFM Drops All Code Enforcement Efforts Related to Pallets
Admitting that it “underestimated the complexity of the issues and the parties involved,” the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) has officially abandoned all efforts to develop code enforcement guidance regarding fire safety and pallet composition...
FM Files Suit Against iGPS
Factory Mutual Insurance Co. and its subsidiary FM Approvals have filed civil action against iGPS in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, accusing the plastic pallet supplier of trademark infringement, false advertising and fraud, among other counts...
Mild Recovery Has Begun: PMMI Report
The United States is in the early stages of a mild recovery, according to the quarterly economic outlook report released by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI)...
IFCO Executives Help Rebuild New Orleans Neighborhood
More than 200 managers from IFCO Systems helped repair, paint and landscape three homes in New Orleans’ Gentilly District, which was severely damaged in 2005 by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
iGPS Urges Congress to Set Fire Safety Standards for Pallets
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS), a provider of plastic pallets, says more than 15 wood pallet fires over the past year illustrate the need for U.S. Congress to set national fire safety standards for shipping pallets....
Automated Packaging Systems Appoints New President
Automated Packaging Systems announces the promotion of Cliff Brehm to president and chief operating officer...
Packaged to Win
Companies are finding that supply chain optimization and sustainability are a winning combination...
Stretch Your Imagination
Material handlers can improve end-of-line packaging sustainability by reducing stretch film consumption...
GMA, RPA to Host Events at Pack Expo 2010
At Pack Expo 2010, set for Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Chicago, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) plans to hold its first Manufacturing Excellence Conference, and the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) will sponsor the new Reusable Packaging Pavilion...
Berlin Packaging to Acquire All-Pak
Berlin Packaging, a supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, plans to acquire All-Pak Inc., a packaging supplier based in Pittsburgh...
