1/20/2010 1 EPAL h ll i i The European Pallet Association Annual Meeting – 2010 Rancho Mirage – California Pallet Pools Whatever their size or location, they have one thing in common Pallet Pools they have one thing in common. They own pallets, which they rent out and manage. The European Pallet Association The EURO Pallet. UIC 435-2. 800 x 1200 What is the European Pallet Pool? It is the largest pool in the world! At least 450,000,000 pallets and growing. BY FAR!!! Possibly as many as 600,000,000. In spite of this: It ensures pool quality. But it owns no pallets! And availability. Annual production almost 75,000,000 and growing. Of which EPAL accounts for around 70,000,000.
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1/20/2010
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EPALh ll i iThe European Pallet Association
Annual Meeting – 2010Rancho Mirage – California
Pallet Pools
Whatever their size or location, they have one thing in common
Pallet Pools
they have one thing in common.
They own pallets, which they rent out and manage.
The European Pallet Association
The EURO Pallet.
UIC 435-2.
800 x 1200
What is the European Pallet Pool?
It is the largest pool in the world!
At least 450,000,000 pallets and growing.
BY FAR!!!, , p g g
Possibly as many as 600,000,000.
In spite of this:
It ensures pool quality.
But it owns no pallets!
And availability.
Annual production almost 75,000,000 and growing.
Of which EPAL accounts for around 70,000,000.
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French Railways
Bought a batch of pallets for a specific job in the 1950’s, produced by a Swedish company.
History
produced by a Swedish company.
Performed well over a period, and spread round the railways.
Eventually other railways wished to use more, so the specification was back-engineered.
The pallet became the de facto standard for the railways, controlled by the UIC - the Union Internationale des Chemins de fer.