Wire containers come in a wide range of sizes and specifications but a Midlands-based specialist company now provides a number of wire containers for sale or rental. PPS Equipment Management Ltd has built up a solid reputation over the past seven years providing services related to returnable transit equipment (RTE). This started as the management of plastic pallets and food crates, but the company has introduced other RTE, notably a range of wire mesh containers. Heavy duty wire containers are used across a wide range of industries from the food industry to retail to the automotive sector. A typical wire container will ...
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PPS Direct, part of the larger PPS Equipment Management Ltd, based in the Midlands at Measham has recently announced a new service repairing damaged metal roll cages. PPS specialises in returnable transit equipment (RTE) and its management. In the early years this consisted of supplying plastic food crates and plastic pallets to the food industry and once used to despatch products, PPS would take responsibility for its safe return, to wash it and to re-introduce it into the pool system. In addition to its core business, the company started selling metal roll cages a couple of years ago. They quickly understood that ...
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Metal or more commonly wire mesh roll cages are used in almost every industrial sector in the UK today. These ubiquitous products are to be found in supermarkets, warehouses, factories and in large numbers in the retail business. Seldom treated with any respect, these roll cages tend to be seen as no more than a method of transporting goods either within a factory, production unit or warehouse. Usually they are not perceived to have any intrinsic value in themselves – it’s only the goods carried in or on the roll cage that are seen to have value. This of course is ...
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In the food industry, many companies who have a need to use crates now use crate rental as a cost-effective alternative to outright purchase. Why? Well because many prudent Financial Controllers will not release capital expenditure for plastic food crates which the company cannot effectively manage – i.e. retrieve them from third parties. This can cause a lot of hassle for many businesses and often many do not know where to turn to get the service they so require at an affordable price that is still cheaper than purchasing them directly. Fortunately PPS Equipment Management, a company based in Measham in ...
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