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02/22/2010LPR leads the way with local ISO 9001 certifications
LPR Benelux recently completed an ISO 9001 audit process and was awarded certification as part of an LPR group-wide effort to certify all local entities in Europe. LPR is the first pallet pooling company to comply with the strict ISO certification rules for both its head office and country branches.
- 01/28/2010
Weetabix turns the supply chain red
Weetabix has awarded LPR its UK pallet management contract to deliver all key brands including Alpen, Ready Brek and Oatibix. As part of the contract, LPR will also run a pallet processing facility at Weetabix’s Burton Latimer site, helping to substantially reduce transport needs.- 10/12/2009
Heineken awards pallet rental contract to LPR Spain
Heineken has shown its confidence in LPR Spain by awarding it the supply contract for more than 350,000 half-sized pallets (800x600) for the distribution of its full product range in the Spanish market.
- 09/09/2009
LPR strengthens its management team
François Gay (43 years old) has been appointed Deputy General Manager of LPR Group. The European Number 2 pallet-pooling specialist has created this new position to consolidate its development in the European market.
- 04/30/2009
LPR wins Kellogg’s pallet pooling contract
LPR, Europe’s number two pallet pooling operator, has signed a three year deal with cereals company, Kellogg’s in the U.K. Worth more than £7 million over the three years, this new contract will see LPR providing pallets at the company’s Trafford Park plant.
- 03/26/2009
Ontex chooses LPR’s red pallets to distribute its products in Germany and Austria
LPR increases its flow for fast-moving consumer goods across the Rhine
Ontex, European leader in ‘private label’ hygienic disposables, has increased its business with LPR, Europe’s Number 2 pallet-pooling specialist. LPR pallets will now be used for distributing certain Ontex products in Germany and Austria.
- 03/09/2009
LPR continues to expand !
Consolidated turnover for the Number 2 European pallet-pooling specialist rose by 7% in 2008, bursting through the 100-million-Euro ceiling! The number of pallets handled in Europe increased by 10%, up from 35 to almost 38 million.
- 01/23/2009
Nestlé signs a European pallet-pooling contract with LPR
Global FMCG producer Nestlé, has signed a framework agreement with LPR, Europe’s number two pallet-pooling operator. Under the terms of the agreement, LPR has been given approved supplier status for all Nestlé business divisions in Europe and recently secured supply contracts with the three main operating divisions of Nestlé in the U.K. These complement LPR’s long-standing supply contracts with Nestlé’s Waters division in France and Benelux.- 11/21/2008
LPR continues to grow in Benelux
The European Number 2 in pallet pooling posted an increase of almost 25% in its activities in the Benelux countries in 2008. Two new contracts, one with the Spadel Group (beverages) and the other with McBride (household and personal care products), have confirmed LPR’s expanding Benelux market.
- 10/20/2008
LPR opens one of its largest pallet depots in Europe at Savigny-le-Temple
LPR, the pallet-pooling expert, opened a new pallet depot at Savigny-Le-Temple in France’s Seine-et-Marne département on 17 October. It is one of LPR’s largest in Europe, designed for the collection, sorting and repair of more than 3.5 million pallets a year.
- 09/08/2008
Ontex signs a European pallet-pooling contract with LPR
Ontex, the European market leader in ‘private label’ hygienic disposables, has prolonged its contract with pallet-pooling service provider LPR for another three years. At the same time, it has expanded the agreement to include more European countries, which will significantly increase the number of pallet movements handled by LPR.- 06/09/2008
LPR opens the doors of its German subsidiary
LPR has recently opened for business at its German subsidiary in Ratingen, north of Dusseldorf. The General Manager of LPR Logistic Packaging Return Deutschland GmbH is Stefan Frye, whose goal is to develop business with the Group’s main customer accounts in the German market and to implement LPR’s pallet-pooling system there. He will be counting on a team of ten people, to be appointed in the course of the year.
- 05/05/2008
Red is all the rage for Henkel cosmetics
Since the start of this year, Henkel’s cosmetics products are being delivered to major French, Belgian and Dutch retailers on red pallets. LPR, European No.2 for pallet-pooling, signed its first agreement in January with the German group to provide 200,000 pallets a year to its distribution hubs at Château-Thierry (Aisne, France) and Kampenhout (Belgium).
- 03/11/2008
LPR develops a ground-breaking pallet-management solution with RFID
In the framework of a European pilot project for ‘intelligent’ pallets, LPR has developed leading-edge RFID equipped pallets with rewritable user memory. These chips will allow users for the first time to entrust pallets to carry data on their products.
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