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The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) was inducted as a new member of the Logistics Hall of Fame on 29 November 2022 at a gala reception in Berlin together with other individuals and organisations.

For EPAL pallets and other transport packaging, the indication of the recycling code FOR 50 in the transport documents is sufficient.

On September 23, 2022, the Board of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) met in Lisbon for its third meeting in 2022. The board meeting has been chaired for the first time by the newly elected EPAL presidents in June 2022, Dirk Hoferer and Jarek Maciążek.

The 2022 General Assembly of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) took place in Zurich on 24 June 2022. The key element of this General Assembly was to bid farewell to the previous President Robert Holliger and elect the new Presidents, Jarek Maciążek and Dirk Hoferer.

On June 23, 2022 the Board meeting of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) took place in Zurich. Besides the situation in Ukraine, the EPAL Board discussed other current topics of the open EPAL European Pallet Pool.

On 24 June 2022, the EPAL General Assembly unanimously elected Jarek Maciążek and Dirk Hoferer as the new Presidents of EPAL. Robert Holliger, who had been President of EPAL for twelve years, did not stand for re-election

EPAL pallet production reaches record levels in 2021

Annual production of new EPAL Euro pallets exceeded 100 million for the first time in 2021

Düsseldorf, 3 May 2022 – The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) maintained the continuous growth of the EPAL Euro pallet pool in 2021. More than 100 million new EPAL Euro pallets were produced for the first time in a calendar year in 2021.

The announcement of the main prize winner brings the Snap the Pallet photo contest to an end. The international jury, consisting of members and guests of the EPAL Board meeting held 10 March 2022 and EPAL International staff, chose a photo from Turkey.