With the BPP i9, we developed a tailor-made load carrier that met all DPB requirements. This plastic pallet seamlessly fits into the existing storage and transport systems, which were configured for handling the wooden pallets. The forklift pockets, deck height, and blocks of the BPP i9 thus feature the same dimensions like its wooden predecessor.

It weighs only 25 kilograms and is thus 15 kilograms lighter than the wooden pallet. This makes everyday handling of the pallets much easier and leads to a significant reduction in CO₂ emissions during transport

Moreover, improvements were made in terms of load securing and occupational safety: Anti-slip strips, rubber blocks and grommets secure the transported goods and prevent slipping of the pallet.

The most significant advantage of the BPP i9 is the pallets' stable design. While the wooden pallets had a breakage rate of 25 percent annually, the current annual breakage rate of the BPP i9 is only about six percent.

On average, the pallets complete about nine trips in the DPB pool per year. This means the breakage rate is less than one percent per trip. This considerably reduces repair costs.

Less damage to the pallet also means less damage to the goods. Using the BPP i9 has yielded a significant reduction in broken goods, particularly in terms of sensitive goods such as glass bottles or cans.

Thanks to the wide-ranging cost savings, the monthly rental fee paid by all pool participants for using the plastic pallets was significantly reduced. A total of 530,000 pallets are now successfully in use in the DPB's pallet pool.

Besides economic sustainability, ecological sustainability is an important pillar in the collaboration between DPB and us to this day. It is for this reason that the BPP i9 has been manufactured from recycled materials since the beginning of our partnership, and at
the end of its life cycle the pallet is recycled again and used for new BPP i9 pallets. We thus support cradle-to-cradle production.