Where are CHEP pallets made?

Where are CHEP pallets made?

Sydney, Australia
Today, the company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia and has operations in 45 countries, employs approximately 7,500 people and has a pool of approximately 300 million blue US Navy pallets and containers. And that’s the story of CHEP pallets!

What is a CHEP pallet worth?

CHEP makes money by charging manufacturers a one-time fee, usually $4.50 to $6.50 per pallet, plus a rental fee of less than a penny a day. Manufacturers also pay a transfer fee when they ship the pallets to a retailer.

How does the CHEP pallet program work?

CHEP delivers them to your location within 72 hours, or you can schedule a pickup from one of our service centers in 48 hours. You load the pallets with your products and send them to your customers. You inform CHEP that the goods have been shipped via myCHEP, our online portal.

Are CHEP pallets hardwood?

Typically, CHEP pallets are made of hardwood and typically use Oakwood as the main material.

Who owns Blue pallets?

GOLDSTEIN: These blue pallets were all coming from one company. It’s called CHEP – C, H, E, P. It’s a subsidiary of a multibillion dollar, multinational corporation.

What wood are blue pallets made from UK?

Softwood trees, on the other hand, grow faster so they have significantly more supply. This being said, it may come as a surprise that both hardwood and softwood are used in the UK to produce pallets. In fact, the most common kinds of timber used are pine and oak, which are softwood and hardwood respectively.

What is loscam pallet?

Loscam pallets offer the latest in quality and durability for returnable packaging systems. The Loscam pallet is readily available, pooled for transfer between customers to reduce client costs, with hire and de-hire depots throughout Australia and Asia.

Is there a CHEP pallet shortage?

According to suppliers CHEP USA and PECO Pallet: There is a lumber shortage in the U.S. due to COVID-19 shutting down the lumber mills for weeks. The surge in new house and renovation construction is consuming most of the wood available from the mills. There is a shortage of all pallets, not just CHEP and PECO pallets.

Is CHEP a Brambles company?

CHEP (Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool) is a company dealing in pallet and container pooling services, serving customers in a range of industrial and retail supply chains. It is a subsidiary of Brambles. CHEP offers wooden and plastic pallets, small display pallets, crates and IBC containers.

Are CHEP pallets tracked?

Helen Lane, Vice President for Northern Europe at CHEP, said: “Our new digital tracking technology allows customers to pinpoint inefficiencies, reduce waste and conserve resources when it comes to the use of pallets. “It’s part of a major investment programme by the business to help our customers move more with less.”

Why is there a pallet shortage?

What does CHEP stand for?

Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool
CHEP (Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool) is a company dealing in pallet and container pooling services, serving customers in a range of industrial and retail supply chains. It is a subsidiary of Brambles. CHEP offers wooden and plastic pallets, small display pallets, crates and IBC containers.