Rehrig Pacific Company Adds New Line of Extruded Plastic Sheet Products

Rehrig Pacific Company, a leading manufacturer of reusable plastic pallets, crates and containers for the material handling and many food & beverage industries, is pleased to announce a new line of extruded plastic sheet products including slip sheets, divider sheets, tier sheets, and pallet pads.

Made from 100% recyclable materials, the Rehrig Slip Sheet is the key product in the group providing an alternative to other shipping platforms, such as wooden pallets and corrugated sheets, used in many industries including food, beverage, bagged goods and electronics. Slip sheets utilize a push/pull device that attaches to an existing forklift and function as the shipping platform typically for one-way shipments.

Since 1913, Rehrig Pacific has developed customized products and shipping solutions for many industries. “With years of design expertise and manufacturing experience, Rehrig decided to engineer an improved slip sheet which reduces tab failures and has a higher coefficient of friction (COF) than others,” said Nathan Franck, New Product Development Manager for Rehrig. “Our new state-of-the-art equipment and material blend combination allows us to manufacture a sheet that addresses these existing problems.”

Rehrig Slip Sheets weigh approximately 2 lbs and take up virtually no space in a trailer or container. A typical 40x48 wooden pallet weighs up to 50 lbs and takes up over six cubic feet of storage space. “The slip sheets’ size and weight allows companies to ship more product, improve sanitation, save warehouse space and reduce the cost of each unit load shipped,” said Franck.

The Rehrig Slip Sheet is manufactured using nearly 100% recycled HDPE resin and may be reusable in certain applications. Rehrig offers a buy-back program which assures the value of the material at the end of the sheets’ useful life. Slip Sheets are available in standard or custom sizes to meet each customer’s requirements and with different COFs depending on the application.

Rehrig also provides asset recovery programs and reverse logistics solutions, which can further reduce the average shipping cost per unit load, through Rehrig Penn Logistics (RPL), a Rehrig subsidiary. RPL develops customized pooling solutions and provides a full service for the various products Rehrig manufactures.

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Assocomaplast celebrates its 50 years

Assocomaplast - Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and molds manufacturers' association - reached its 50th anniversary, as it was founded in Milan on September 28, 1960.

The association - Which now has 143 active members representing, around 90% of the Italian sector's turnover - was started by a group of companies 8, further joined by many other plastics and rubber processing machinery and auxiliary equipment manufacturers.

Shortly after, Assocomaplast, together with French and German national associations, promoted the creation of the Europe's association Euromap.

To celebrate its birthday, the association will organize a gala dinner on Saturday October 9, at the Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo da Vinci" in Milan. The location is not casual: as a matter of fact, the Museum hosts a section devoted to plastics and rubber, that was inaugurated some years ago, confirming the essential contribution provided even by Italian scientists to the development of plastics applications.

On the occasion of the celebration, the founders and other personalities who have been working over these 50 years and strength to sustain the association's activity will be awarded a special prize for their long-lasting commitment in the sector.

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