A major grocery chain worked closely with Shuert Industries to produce a pallet that fulfilled the rigorous demands of the grocery industry, including eliminating deflection problems common to many plastic pallets now in use at the retail level.
The chain's warehousing and distribution facilities have tens of thousands of Shuert Uni-Pallets serving their downstream retail grocery operations. Since May 1991 only a handful have sustained damage - a remarkable statistic. A significant improvement over wooden pallets.
This lightweight, twin-sheet thermoformed high-density polyethylene pallet performs all the functions of the wooden pallet it replaced without product damage, frequent and costly repairs, and the growing problem of wood disposal. The pallet's four-way forklift entry allows them to be loaded in "pinwheel" fashion, thus achieving full "cube out" of the railer resulting in reduced freight costs. And the Uni-pallet's nestability maximizes retailer's precious storage space.
When we say lightweight, we mean just that! This workhorse pallet weighs a mere 20 lbs., including the steel reinforcement designed to minimize pallet deflection when handling dynamic loads of 3,000 lbs. When compared to the 60 lb. wooden pallet, the ergonomics of the Uni-Pallet becomes amazingly friendly.
This grocery's management reports "enhanced productivity and greatly improved housekeeping" as a result of using the Uni-Pallet. The executives are continuing to increase the use of Uni-Pallets to replace their wood pallets used in downstream operations. An unexpected bonus - "We no longer incur the damage to floor tiles that we did with the wood pallets."
Since the pallet is fully recyclable, a major environmental problem is eliminated. In fact we'll buy back the few damaged pallets you accumulate, or at the end of their useful life, we'll apply their return to new orders.
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