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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…

A total of 123.5 million EPAL load carriers were produced and repaired in 2020

Throughout Europe, temperature-controlled Covid-19 vaccines are being transported on quality-tested EPAL Euro pallets