From Wood to Plastic

Are you using wooden pallets and thinking about using plastic pallets in the future? Do new legal requirements for your industry require you to use hygienic, clean loading equipment? Or are you wondering if plastic pallets might produce functional and financial benefits in your supply chain? We'll help you check whether the transition from wood to plastic pallets is worth it for you. Even today, traditional wooden pallets are an indispensable part of modern distribution due to their stability and their universal nature.

But the number of plastic pallets that are being used in a wide range of industries around the world is constantly increasing. Whether it is nestability, longevity, low tare weight, details like rounded corners, additional locking devices, or functional cavities, plastic makes almost any request possible and ready for production. We'll help find the perfect pallets for you.

Long Life and High Quality

Plastic pallets impress with their form stability, and longevity. Wastage and breakage, which are everyday events with wooden pallets, are not an issue with plastic. Precise measurements and designs create a high degree of stability in the process. Moreover, they can be customized for automated storage and picking systems.

Low Weight and Nestability

One major advantage of plastic pallets is their low tare weight. This is a huge relief for the staff, particularly in areas where empty pallets have to be moved and stacked by hand. They also save on costs, fuel, and CO₂ in transit. Nestable pallets additionally take up less storage space and reduce warehousing costs.

Hygienic and Easy to Clean

After they have been circulating for a while, wooden pallets become dirty and difficult to clean. Plastic pallets are completely different: They stand out due to their robust and pest-free surfaces that can be cleaned easily. Moreover, they can be integrated into hygienic production and packaging processes with no difficulty.

Economic Efficiency

The one-time acquisition costs for plastic pallets are high in comparison with wooden pallets. But the consequential costs that develop along the logistics supply chain are significantly lower. Nestability, the decline in cleaning costs, the decrease in product breakage due to pallet damage, the reduction of repackaging costs or unnecessary mechanical downtime, and problem-free disposal

– these all contribute to plastic's tremendous cost advantage in modern logistics. Additionally, plastic pallets retain their material value at the end of their operational lives: They are 100% recyclable and can be turned back into new pallets.

Case Studies

BPP i9: The Beverage Pool Pallet

Dranken Pallet Beheer Holland (DPB), the Dutch beverage manufacturers' shared pallet pool, began replacing all of its wooden pallets with plastic pallets in 2012. They have been using our BPP i9…

> Case Study: Beverage industry

Eco E5: The Hygienic Export Pallet

Particle-free environments are a necessity in pharmaceutical production because even the smallest fragments can contaminate medications. That is why our Eco E5 is the perfect solution for a large Belgian pharmaceutical manufacturer.

> Case Study: Pharmaceutical industry

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