INTRODUCTION – WHY METAL PALLETS
Industry is struggling for wood pallet replacement due to following reasons:
- Client using “Automated Storage and Retrieval (ASRS) ” face challenges using wooden pallets.
- Countries importing from India are restricting usage of wood while export.
- Fumigation while export is as expensive as INR 50-200 per pallet
- Scrap disposal of wooden pallets at destination countries is difficult and costly affair
POSSIBLE SOLUTION is to develop metal pallets which can meet:
- Cost comparable to wood pallet or lesser
- Weight of pallet comparable or lesser
- Ease of usage , packing and transport at origin and destination both