Are you looking to rent crates or trays, particularly plastic crates or plastic trays? If yes you should be speaking to PPS Equipment Management Ltd. This Midlands-based company offers returnable packaging rental and asset management via on online asset tracking system known as “Enable”. Crate rental and food tray rental offer an alternative to one-way cardboard boxes and are part of the companies returnable transit equipment management programme. Nestable crates, collapsible boxes or attached lid tote boxes are available as well as plastic pallet rental as part of the returnable packaging options PPS offers. In addition PPS will wash food crates on ...
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There is a growing change of pace, particularly within the food industry, towards the increasing use of plastic pallets. Plastic pallets are increasingly being specified where pallet washing is required and PPS Equipment Management Ltd, based in the Midlands is now offering pallet rental to clients, and a number of plastic pallet rental and food crate rental options. A number of food companies use the services of PPS for tray rental to complement their pallet rental requirements. In addition PPS at Measham have a crate wash facility on site where to wash plastic crates and a dedicated pallet wash unit. Timber pallets ...
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Tray rental and specifically plastic tray rental is the speciality of PPS Equipment Management Ltd based at Measham in the Midlands. Plastic food crate rental is becoming more popular within the food industry as a “green” alternative to one-way cardboard boxes. The rent of plastic pallets is also offered whereby PPS will rent plastic pallets to predominately food companies who require a hygiene pallet which can be easily washed before re-use. Pallet washing and crate washing is done at the Measham site using a high-tech industrial washing operation. As well as tray rental and crate rental PPS offer to manage any ...
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PPS Equipment Management Ltd specialises in the management of Returnable Transit Equipment (RTE), primarily plastic pallets and plastic crates.   A large poultry producer in Scotland had for years been sending out raw chicken products in one-way non-returnable cardboard boxes. At their destination these boxes had to be disposed of at a substantial cost to the end-user.   PPS worked with the customer to switch them to returnable plastic crates which are collected for reuse. Not only did this reduce the cost to the customer, but an added advantage was the plastic crates carry 19kgs of produce versus only 15kgs in cardboard boxes – ...
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For years there have been discussions within the food industry about the use of plastic pallets to transport and store a variety of foodstuffs.   It has always been acknowledged that plastic construction leads to a more hygienic pallet as it can be washed and sterilised, whereas timber pallets may be prone to splintering, distortion if left out in wet conditions and even microbiological viral infestation in certain cases.   PPS Equipment Management Ltd has for years been extolling the virtues of plastic pallets, particularly when food is likely to come in some contact with the pallet surface.   There is, PPS accepts, a higher initial ...
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