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The world’s largest pallet association, which has stood for quality assurance in the open exchange pool of Euro pallets since 1991, URGENTLY recommends that UIC pallets are not accepted any longer in order to maintain the safety of staff, products and processes. There is an increased risk in particular from UIC pallets from these countries: Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and…

The quality of the EPAL Euro pallet pool and the safety of employees, goods and logistics processes take top priority. For this reason, EPAL’s urgent recommended action is: To cease exchanging EPAL Euro pallets for UIC/EUR pallets.

So that you get the best possible protection for your goods, since 2013 at EPAL we have carried out more than 85,000 independent, unannounced quality inspections at its our licensees. Field Managers systematically look for trademark infringements which EPAL then prosecutes. This means that the EPAL pool is and remains the safest solution for your logistics operations.

“EPAL in oval” has firmly established itself as a global brand in only three years. Euro pallets from other suppliers continue to lose momentum.

In 2016, the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) achieved another record result of 105.5 million EPAL pallets in total (production and repair): up 4.35% in comparison to the previous year. Production figures rose by 8.93% to 80.5 million EPAL…

Thousands of counterfeit Euro pallets from Ukraine were discovered in Belgium, near to the border with the Netherlands. European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) warns against counterfeit pallets from Ukraine.

Criticism of quality assurance at UIC/EUR pallets is growing – exchangeability is increasingly questioned

In response to repeated requests from EPAL, the issue of quality assurance of UIC/EUR pallets and their exchangeability in the open exchange pool was again on the agenda for the UIC Working Group “Questions of palletisation” on 09/11/2016 in Vienna.

The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) views the introduction, by Dachser Food Logistics, of additional fees for exchanging Euro pallets as justified by the insufficient quality assurance of UIC pallets and the UIC’s lack of trademark rights prosecution.

Trade fair news from FachPack in Nuremberg causes confusion in the pallet market. The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) recommends all users of Euro pallets to not exchange EPAL Euro pallets for “World” Euro pallets.