Join us at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Sept. 29–Oct. 1, for the Reusable Packaging Learning Center, featuring two days of expert-led education on innovation, efficiency, and sustainability in transport packaging.
Learn more -The long-anticipated produce safety regulation from the Food and Drug Administration will be issued soon after the first of the year, FDA officials say.
Switching from disposable transport packaging materials to reusable alternatives can improve corporate efficiency and environmental performance.
JSP International, a provider of environmentally-responsible packaging solutions, has joined the Reusable Packaging Association.
Reduce, reuse, recycle. These have been the three legs of the stool called sustainable packaging for about as long as I can remember. But these days it seems that only two of the three—reduce and recycle—are talked about all that much. So it’s refreshing to see recent reports confirming that reusable containers are alive and well.
Bielomatik, a manufacturer of plastic welding systems, has become the 50th member of the Reusable Packaging Association. Bielomatik designs and manufactures plastic welding systems used in the production of reusable plastic pallets. Its customers include RPA members ORBIS Corporation, Buckhorn Inc. and Rehrig Pacific.
The supply chain for moving produce from field to supermarket has become so efficient and far reaching that consumers take for granted the availability of previously-hard-to-find produce year round in their grocery stores. Moving these highly perishable items long distances with minimum spoilage requires a fast moving and sophisticated supply chain.
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November 20, 2011
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An interview with RPA Board Member Rob Zachrich the new President of Fabri-Form Company a manufacturer of thermoformed plastic products for logistics (custom packaging, pallets, sleeve packs), work-in-process (totes, trays and freezer spacers) and for end products (custom components).
CABKAN is a reinforced plastic material developed by Cabka, supplier of one-way and reusable plastic pallets in St. Louis, MO. It has been created especially for manufacturing heavy-duty plastic pallets.
Rehrig Pacific Company, a leading manufacturer of reusable packaging systems; plastic pallets; reusable transport and distribution crates; and carts and containers for grocery retail, material handling, food and beverage, agriculture, and recycling and waste industries is pleased to introduce its new solid plastic divider sheet for the rigid-container industry.
As part of its ongoing effort to build stronger working relationships with other key industry associations, the Reusable Packaging Association will host a Reusables Conference at the new MODEX show in Atlanta, GA, February 6 – 8, 2012.