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By offering a wider range of foldable plastic IBCs (e.g. footprint, volume, adapted to different transport media) we want to gain market share and replace non-efficient transport packaging where it is possible.
HOREN has a full fleet of different IBCs with a very high folding ratio (up to 4:1) and very good load capacity. Now we want to provide an alternative to other fluid transport packaging options where possible and where it makes sense.
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RPN
The costs of more sturdy cardboard intermediate layers of the same thickness as PLPs would have been uneconomical – and their vulnerability to damp was also a problem. The company, therefore, replaced the cardboard intermediate layers with PLPs for the transportation of the glass containers. The surface quality of the PLPs now permits a rapid and reliable depalletization process and reduced production failure times. Due to the improved strength and durability of the PLPs, the palletization options for the glass containers have also expanded – more weight can now be packed onto each pallet. In this way, the number of pallets required for transportation has been reduced, and therefore also the transport volume. JDE no longer has to invest in new transport products, as the stability of the PLPs guarantees their reutilization – in contrast to cardboard.
As James Dockree, Packaging Quality Specialist at JDE in the United Kingdom, explains: “Cardboard intermediate layers do not work efficiently on our palletizers in comparison to the PLPs. Every time glass falls off the pallets, we have a major quality and safety issue.”
Closed-pooling or tailor-made outsourcing service
Both best practice examples show how the use of PLPs has optimized production processes and mastered the challenges facing customers. From
the delivery and return, sorting and cleaning to the administration of reusable transport products, CPL combines a broad range of outsourcing services. CPL also offers individual outsourcing solutions. Thus, it is possible to use only the PLPs warehouse management, including mobile cleaning at the container manufacturer, integrated into local conditions. As an experienced pool system operator of reusable PLPs on a rental basis, CPL has 15 closely linked service centers. Own stocks of transport and packaging material at the customer are no longer necessary and storage areas are free because the PLPs circulate in the external CPL pool system. The service and rental fees are cost-saving – replacement and financing costs are eliminated. Unproductively tied capital becomes free for investments in the core business of the customers. The cost-effectiveness of PLPs is also explained by the long service life and disposal costs for the recycling of damaged PLPs are eliminated.
Conclusion: The transport with reusable PLPs is recognized as the most efficient method of transportation – one could also speak of a trend. PLPs are replacing cardboard layer pads and the culture of reusable material is becoming increasingly established worldwide.