Euro Pallet Advantages
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by: RonWood
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European importers often ask American suppliers to ship their products on europallets.
Why is the euro pallet type so important to businesses in the European Union? This article addresses the six most important benefits of europallets and provides a good overview for companies trying to understand the euro pallet standard.
Europallets have a commercial value in Europe. When a European import company is finished with their euro pallets, they can receive a deposit for them from their local pallet company.
Europallets are also widely known as the common standard for the European industry and flow seamlessly through supply chains there. Expensive or hazardous products like drugs, chemicals, medical equipment, and automobile parts are typically shipped in Europe on europallets and then processed in automated material handling systems that only accept the euro pallet type. Companies with such automated warehouses must pay significant costs and face delays in their supply chain when they are forced to trans-load goods from American pallet types on to the europallets.
American stringer type pallets are often subject to expensive disposal taxes where as europallets are not. Under the European Union's Packaging Waste Reduction Laws, Germany and other EU nations levy significant disposal taxes on pallets that cannot be reused.
The European Pallet Association, began in the early 1990s as the regulatory authority for the euro pallet standard. They work with third party inspection agencies to enforce strict quality control rules for manufacturers and repairers of europallets that they license on an individual basis.
The euro pallet is also one of only six types in the entire world recognized by the highly respected International Organization for Standardization, making it truly a global platform.
Traceability of each unit is built-in to genuine Euro pallets. Euro pallets with counterfeited markings are aggressively prosecuted in Europe. Users as well as authorities can request inspection of any suspect Euro pallets.
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