Members of the RPA are unveiling new products and hosting informative panels at PACK EXPO 2012 in Chicago. You can find all 26 exhibitors in one convenient location: the Reusable Packaging Pavilion. The exhibitors include manufacturers, material suppliers, providers of washing and other specialty equipment, and poolers and service providers of reusable packaging systems and solutions.
Cabka provides process reliability with cost-efficient and ecological storage and transport logistics
Arlington, Va, September 18, 2012 – The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) is offering a comprehensive educational series at PACK EXPO, presenting six sessions on topics ranging from intelligent shipping to…
Making smart decisions about transport packaging materials–such as pallets and boxes–can save costs, reduce product damage and lower your company’s environmental footprint. Evaluate what reusable transport packaging could do for your business at this FREE 3 hour educational workshop!
Shaun Carvey is Product Market Manager of RPCs for IPL. He is the newest member of the RPA’s Board of Directors.
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August 27, 2012
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The popular Reusable Packaging Pavilion is returning to PACK EXPO in Chicago with its largest number of exhibitors to date. Twenty-seven companies will exhibit in the sold out Reusable Packaging Pavilion located in the Lakeside Center of McCormick Place. The exhibitors include manufacturers, material suppliers, providers of washing and other specialty equipment, and poolers and service providers of reusable packaging systems and solutions.
The RPA announced today that a panel of independent judges with a combined total of more than 80 years in packaging and sustainability will judge submissions for the Reusable Packaging Association’s first annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award.
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC), provider of the world’s first pallet rental solution featuring lightweight, 100% recyclable plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, announced today that Phil Prain, Jr. has been appointed Chief Technology Officer of the company.
Operating from 210 locations worldwide and providing a pool of over 170 million RPCs (reusable plastic containers), IFCO recently opened its fifth U.S. service center for RPCs in the U.S. This move supports the continued expansion of RPC use by leading grocery retailers throughout the U.S. and Canada, including Walmart, Kroger, HEB, Loblaws and Safeway. IFCO’s other service centers as of the summer of 2012 are located in San Antonio, Texas; Rancho Cucamonga, California; Atlanta, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois.
Tosca Limited, a U.S. based provider of reusable container pooling and logistics services to the food supply chain, announced today that the company has acquired the reusable plastic container division of Georgia-Pacific, LLC (GP RPC). The acquisition expands the company’s portfolio of products and services offered to customers in the produce, dairy, beverage and protein industries.