Factory Mutual Sues iGPS
Factory Mutual has filed a civil suit against iGPS for trademark
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Reusable Packaging Not-for-Profit Launched in Europe
EURepack, the European Reusable Packaging & Reverse Logistics
Consortium, is a new non-profit consortium, it is
open to business, higher education and research institutes, local governments, environmental and
consumer rights groups. Read more here. |
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Riverford Organics, one of the largest vegetable box schemes in the UK,
has suggested it may move away from cardboard packaging and towards
plastic.
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Dear reusable packaging colleagues,
The announcement of EURepack, a new European not-for-profit association to promote the use of reusable packaging is an interesting new development in the development of the reusable packaging usage. Read more here.
Speaking of reusable packaging associations, the Reusable Packaging Associationis looking for anyone willing to share best practices with respect to retrieving reusables in less-than-truckload (LTL) volumes. If you have information to share, please contact Jerry Welcome jwelcome@choosereusables.org.
And in the latest story to emerge involving plastic pallet rental company iGPS, a new civil suit has been initiated by Factory Mutual for trademark infringement related to sweeping iGPS assertions of FM certification of iGPS pallets. Read more here. iGPS has issued a letter to customers in response to the legal action, in essence disputing the magnitude of the misunderstanding, arguing that the amount of pallets involved is minimal. Their letter is available for review here. Stay tuned for more coverage on this story.
Best regardsRick LeBlanc MBA for Reusable Packaging Revolutionwww.packagingrevolution.net |
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CHEP has released a study
validating the company's ongoing
commitment to environmental stewardship and confirming the
sustainability credentials of its equipment pooling solution. In
coordination with the release of the report, CHEP has launched a new
website -www.chep.com/knowthefacts
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| | History of Pallet Reuse:
Why Use 2 When 1 Will Do?
| | The following reprint underscores early thought about pallet reuse,
in essence the emergence of coordinating inbound receiving of pallets
under load with their reuse for outbound shipment. "Why Use Two If One
Will Do" was featured in The Palletizer, a material
handling publication developed during the Second World War by the U.S.
Navy Ordnance Materials Handling Laboratory in Hingham, Massachusetts. Read more here.
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Responding to FDA, McNeil Laboratories has recommended a number of business process changes in the area of quality assurance and customer responsiveness, as well as ensuring that only heat treated wood pallets are specified. NWPCA, however, questions whether pallets were really a factor in the tainted product. Read more here. |
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Thanks for taking a look. Like reusable packaging, we'll be back! See you next week.
Sincerely,
Rick LeBlanc
Reusable Packaging Revolution
www.packagingrevolution.net
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