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Majority of Euro pallet users support EPAL’s recommended action. EPAL takes concerns of a few individual users seriously.

Martin Leibrandt, CEO of EPA said, “UIC’s denial of the counterfeiting of UIC/EUR pallets, hasn’t survived a week. Once more you have to ask yourself if the UIC is in a position to and intends to fulfil its duties to effectively fight counterfeit and inferior quality UIC/EUR pallets. Our decision to terminate the exchangeability agreement, was and is the right decision. The open Euro pallet…

The end of the exchangeability agreement means the greatest possible safety for users

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.