Loadhog estimates 108m metres of stretchwrap eliminated through use of Pallet Lid

The company is currently working on developing this system by integrating automation technology. This will significantly reduce waste, labour and time spent securing the load to a pallet for several retail and e-commerce giants.

Sky, Unipart Logistics, Poste Italiane and lately Penguin Random House are already avid users of the Pallet Lid, with the growth in interest deriving from the product’s ability to replace single use packaging resources such as stretch wrap and banding. Loadhog has recently announced significant success off the back of this interest, obtaining the 2020 Queen’s Award for International Trade as well as the 2019 SBA Outstanding Business of the Year Award. 

Last year Loadhog estimated that three million pallets of stretch wrap were eliminated by customers utilising the Pallet Lid. Based on a recent business case this is equivalent to 108 million metres of stretch wrap, almost enough to wrap around the earth three times. The latest case study shows the Pallet Lid being utilised by well-known publisher Penguin Random House (PRH). With RFID tracking technology Penguin has managed to maximise the potential of this product, tracing its resources throughout their closed loop operation, safeguarding their goods, their packaging resources and the environment. 

Having been in logistics for more than 20 years, head of operations at Penguin, Neil Springall led the project. “What we particularly liked about the Pallet Lid is just how speedily we could use the product and we found the benefits to be absolutely phenomenal. On average it was taking us about three minutes to stretch wrap one pallet whereas we’ve now got the speed down to about 20 seconds to apply the Lid.” 

“Equally when the customer received the Pallet Lid they were finding that they could take it off within seconds and they wouldn’t have to cut off the plastic waste. They just stack the Lids, send them back to us and we scan them back into the operation here.” 

PRH has managed to reduce its use of single-use plastic by more than 47% - a phenomenal amount in just its first year of adopting this new product. The company has ambitions to continue pushing that percentage higher and campaigning for the market to make a bigger difference and speaking out at various trade conferences. 

Since the launch of its first product, Loadhog has introduced numerous innovative returnable packaging solutions and has expanded its reach across the globe. Its turnover has increased by 79% in the last three years, with exports up 181%, assisted by the launch of various containers and material handling equipment.

Loadhog managing director, Shaun Khan had the following comments: “We make the biggest difference when customers get involved and drive the developments forward alongside our design engineers and packaging experts. Awards and case studies help us get the message out there but it often comes down to a business’s willingness to make significant change and its drive to challenge the industry to do more to reduce single-use resources which determine the strength of a project. We’re looking at how the future of packaging is shaping up and which forward-thinking businesses, like Sky, Unipart Logistics, Poste Italiane and Penguin, are going to make the difference in packaging innovation.”

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