Plastic pallets supplies are concentrated on a few specialist suppliers, one of which is PPS Equipment Management Ltd, based at Measham in the Midlands. This is no real surprise as the company was originally registered as “Plastic Pallet Systems” with the intention of offering plastic pallet supplies to a range of industries, but primarily aimed at the food sector. In addition to plastic pallet supplies, PPS also offers returnable plastic food crates (which are used in conjunction with the plastic pallets) on a rental basis. PPS has two sites, with a new site, also offering plastic pallet supplies shortly to open in ...
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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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Specialist returnable transit packaging (RTP) company PPS Equipment Management Ltd is promoting the green advantages of using plastic returnable crates for crate hire and rental instead of one-way trip cardboard boxes. PPS, based in the Midlands has over the past few years been steadily promoting its green credentials by persuading customers, mainly in the food industry, to convert from using cardboard boxes and packaging to re-usable and returnable plastic crates and boxes. The company was doing this even before Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF), the method of assessing and measuring greenhouse gas emissions, came to the attention of the general public. Measuring PCF’s ...
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A Midlands-based company is now offering a range of roll cages either on a direct sale or rental basis. The roll cages are supplied either as “A” or “Z” frame units with 2,3 or 4 door and even “Full Security” models which are preferred when high value goods are stored or transported. As well as roll cages, wire mesh containers are also on offer where a tough, rigid and stackable box is required. China is the source of the original manufacture of the units and the Midlands Company has established a strong relationship with a key Chinese manufacturer. One of the Directors ...
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An initiative by PPS Equipment Management Ltd in the exciting area of Returnable Transit Packaging (RTP) is allowing a number of food processors to replace non-reusable cardboard cartons.   PPS has worked with these processors to allow them to adopt a system of replacing cardboard with plastic trays and crates, a number of which have been in continuous use for over five years, thus allowing a more cost-effective delivery system. In addition PPS has worked with the producers and haulage companies in introducing Enable, PPS’s own online asset management system.   An added advantage has been that fewer road journeys are now required (for ...
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A state-of-the-art crate washing line is now fully operational at the PPS Equipment Management Ltd site in the Midlands. The crate wash facility was installed earlier this year with the primary intention being for PPS to wash their own fleet of plastic crates which are rented out to a number of customers throughout the UK, mainly in the food industry.   Many of the plastic crates and plastic trays are used to transport raw meat, so every crate must be washed on return and before re-entering the rental pool.   As a result PPS wash to the highest standards of cleanliness and carry out ...
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If your company has a need to wash used food crates, nestable trays or tote boxes PPS Equipment Management Ltd now offers a crate wash facility at its central Measham site.   A state-of-the-art crate wash and plastic pallet wash operation now offers industrial washing either on an ad hoc, short- medium- or long-term contract or even to meet seasonal demand.   While the large majority of its wash activities surrounds the crate washing of food crates, PPS also washes crates, trays and tote boxes for the packaging, pharmaceutical and bakery sectors.   Plastic pallet washing is also a speciality with PPS having installed a dedicated ...
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Every company that works with pallets has specific wants and needs that are directly related to those pallets. They may be used for storage or for transport purposes. They may be used to add extra space to a small storage facility, or just to keep certain goods off the floor to comply with health and safety regulations. As such, there is no one size fits all with pallets, whether made of wood, metal or plastic. This is the ain reason why the Dusseldorfer pallet, or pallet, has become popular. Dusseldorfer pallets are relatively new to the UK, but have already made ...
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“PPS Wash” offers a new washing service for plastic pallets, nestable crates, tote boxes, collapsible crates and dollies at their new 20,000 sq ft. site at Measham in the Midlands. The company purchased a state-of-the-art industrial wash line to wash its own fleet of nestable crates but decided to expand the capacity above their own requirements and offer such capacity to any third party who may need to have crates, boxes or pallets washed to the highest standards. PPS own crates are largely used in the beef, pork or poultry industries for the transport of raw meat. The crates are often returned ...
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Welcome to PPS Direct's brand new news section where we'll be posting the latest goings-on within the company, PPS Direct, and within the industry of transit equipment.
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