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EPAL SUISSE, the Swiss member association of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL), elected a new board and president on 15 December 2021. In spite of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 19 of the total of 26 members who produce or repair EPAL pallets or offer SBB exchange frames and SBB exchange lids in Switzerland took part in EPAL SUISSE's general meeting.

More than 600 million EPAL Euro pallets are in use worldwide: on lorries, in supermarkets or in warehouses. But they are also used to make furniture, to decorate shops, as fittings in cafés and clubs, or as stages at open-air festivals. EPAL Euro pallets are in plain sight everywhere and are part of an international sharing economy. EPAL is celebrating 30 years of EPAL and 60 years of the Euro…

On 25.11.2021 the Board of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) discussed current topics of the EPAL European Pallet Exchange Pool. Originally planned as a meeting of the Board members in Berlin, the Board meeting was held at short notice as a video conference for reasons of precaution due to the increase in Covid 19 infections.

Under what conditions can an EPAL Euro pallet no longer be exchanged? Is the quality of a Euro pallet reduced by wood splintering or residual labels? How do you know if a pallet is suitable for a high-bay racking system? What is the optimum quality for automated processes? These and many other queries are answered in the EPAL Quality Classification and Terms of Exchange. The new edition of the…

The board of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) met on 14 September 2021 in Zurich for its first face-to-face meeting since November 2019. As all the meetings in 2020 and the previous meetings in 2021 had to be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a great pleasure for all participants to finally meet again in person.

The Board of the European Pallet Association (EPAL) has appointed Bernd Dörre to Managing Director of EPAL. He succeeds Christian Kühnhold who held the position with EPAL until 31st March 2021.

In its jubilee year (60 years of Euro pallets and 30 years of EPAL), EPAL once again had to arrange the General Assembly of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) on 18th June 2021 as an online conference due to the Covid 19 situation. Chaired by the President of EPAL, Robert Holliger, the board members and CEOs of EPAL’s 14 National Committees and EPAL representatives from other countries…

The hike in wood prices that started last year has continued unchanged in 2021. Initially the Covid-19 pandemic led to a decrease in wood supplies from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, but now the significantly stronger demand from North America and Asia is causing a further shortage of the high-quality coniferous woods (spruce, fir and pine) that are used to produce EPAL pallets. The shortage in…