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During production, each box was fitted with a writable RFID tag to record the source of the ingredients and the batch date of the pet food within the container, which would provide GA’s customers with full traceability of all raw ingredients.
The admin team at Goplasticpallets.com had a huge task on their hands managing the project for GA both coordinating production with CABKA_IPS, the manufacturer in Belgium and organising delivery schedules with LKW WALTER, its transport organisation for the Europe-wide full truckloads.
It was a large-scale logistics operation which started in November 2017 and finished the first week in June, which saw all 19,750 plastic pallet boxes and lids transported by 13.6m articulated trucks – more than 470 individual loads – from the manufacturing plant in Ieper in Belgium to GA’s distribution centre in Chorley in Lancashire. Placed end to end, these artic lorries would stretch a distance of 7.802km!
Jim Whittingham, Operations Director for GA Pet Food Partners, said: “I’m delighted with the service we’ve received from Ben and the team at Goplasticpallets.com. From my initial enquiry, right through to our final delivery they’ve been extremely helpful and attentive – keeping us updated on the status of our deliveries.”
Ben Messingham, UK Sales Manager for Goplasticpallets.com, said: “This is a really exciting project to be involved with and over the coming months we look forward to seeing how the plastic pallet boxes have enhanced GA’s new automated facility.”
For further information about Goplasticpallets.com’s range of plastic pallets, pallet boxes and small containers visit www.goplasticpallets.com