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Rehrig Penn Logistics Signs Pooling Agreement with National Beef
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI – June 3, 2009 - Rehrig Penn Logistics (RPL) (www.rehrigpenn.com), the services and logistics division of Rehrig Pacific Company, has signed an agreement with National Beef Packing Company, LLC to provide its Dodge City processing facility with pooling services for a new plastic reusable Combo Bin. The Combo Bins are used to store and move meat trim and grind product, both inside the plant and outbound to customers. RPL’s Combo Bin measures 40” x 48” x 47”, holds up to 2,600 pounds of product and is fully collapsible when empty.
The 100% plastic Combo Bins enable National Beef to eliminate the use of wood pallets and corrugated gaylords during processing. This reduces the potential for contamination from wood pallets and helps eliminate product damage that can occur when corrugated gaylords get too wet to hold their shape. Because the Combo Bins are reusable and completely recyclable, they also help National Beef achieve their goals for using more environmentally sustainable transport packaging. The Combo Bin project is expected to bring National significant savings in packaging costs and reduced product damage as well.
To serve National’s fleet, RPL has set up a 15,000 square foot service facility in Liberal, Kansas. In addition to managing freight and washing and repairing Combo Bins, RPL will employ RFID technology to track the movement of every bin and will provide real time reporting for inventory management and supply chain analysis using the RFID data collected in its proprietary web-based asset recovery and tracking system, P.A.R.T.S.
The Liberal, Kansas site was chosen for its strategic location and its long-term expansion opportunities. RPL will use the site to provide asset recovery and management services to other regional meat processors, retailers, and manufacturers.
The company has a network of reverse logistics centers across the US.
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More about Rehrig Pacific
For nearly 100 years, Rehrig Pacific (www.rehrigpacific.com) has helped companies handle and transport a diverse range of goods using reusable/returnable transport packaging. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Rehrig is an international company with operations and licensees worldwide manufacturing an ever-expanding product line of sustainable packaging products that includes plastic crates, pails, carts, and pallets designed to handle, store, and transport goods in the agriculture, bakery, beverage, dairy, environmental and retail materials handling marketplaces.
Rehrig Penn Logistics is the services and logistics division of Rehrig Pacific Company headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, WI. RPL currently provides reverse logistics and pallet management services at over thirty major retailer’s distribution centers, including the world’s largest retailer. In addition, RPL can provide asset management or pooling services for all types of reusable transport packaging. Utilizing P.A.R.T.S. (Packaging Assets Recovery Tracking System) web-based software, RPL provides customers with real time snapshots of their asset inventories throughout their supply chain. Other services include freight brokerage, whitewood pallet sales, supply chain analysis and various 3PL services as well.
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