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Euro pallets BGL and EPAL plan closer cooperation in managing pallet exchange
BGL, Frankfurt am Main, 07/04/2017:
On 04/04/2017 an exploratory talk took place between the new General Manager of the Bundesverbandes Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL) e.V. [Federal Asso-ciation of Road Haulage, Logistics and Disposal], Prof. Dr Dirk Engelhardt, and the CEO of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL), Martin Leibrandt, as well as the Director of the EPAL...
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Safety for employees and goods takes top priority for EPAL
Majority of Euro pallet users support EPAL’s recommended action. EPAL takes concerns of a few individual users seriously.
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More counterfeit UIC pallets found in Ukraine
Martin Leibrandt, CEO of EPA said, “UIC’s denial of the counterfeiting of UIC/EUR pallets, hasn’t survived a week. Once more you have to ask yourself if the UIC is in a position to and intends to fulfil its duties to effectively fight counterfeit and inferior quality UIC/EUR pallets. Our decision to terminate the exchangeability agreement, was and is the right decision. The open Euro pallet...
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EPAL Euro pallet pool – The market has already decided
The end of the exchangeability agreement means the greatest possible safety for users
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The most important questions on exchangeability
The world’s largest pallet association, which has stood for quality assurance in the open exchange pool of Euro pallets since 1991, URGENTLY recommends that UIC pallets are not accepted any longer in order to maintain the safety of staff, products and processes. There is an increased risk in particular from UIC pallets from these countries: Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and...
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EPAL decides to end the exchangeability agreement with the UIC as of 1st May 2017
The quality of the EPAL Euro pallet pool and the safety of employees, goods and logistics processes take top priority. For this reason, EPAL’s urgent recommended action is: To cease exchanging EPAL Euro pallets for UIC/EUR pallets.
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PROTECT YOUR GOODS: USE EPAL PALLETS EXCLUSIVELY
So that you get the best possible protection for your goods, since 2013 at EPAL we have carried out more than 85,000 independent, unannounced quality inspections at its our licensees. Field Managers systematically look for trademark infringements which EPAL then prosecutes. This means that the EPAL pool is and remains the safest solution for your logistics operations.
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The EPAL Euro pallet: market leader with a total volume of 105.5 million in 2016
“EPAL in oval” has firmly established itself as a global brand in only three years. Euro pallets from other suppliers continue to lose momentum.
In 2016, the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) achieved another record result of 105.5 million EPAL pallets in total (production and repair): up 4.35% in comparison to the previous year. Production figures rose by 8.93% to 80.5 million EPAL...