3. Industrial packaging
They are used to transport all types of industrial products. Their gross weights can range from one tonne to several dozen tonnes, and their dimensions are limited only by the capacity of the transport and handling equipment used. They are usually made to order, adapted to the product to be transported and its distribution circuit. In industrial packaging, there are practically no standard products, apart from reusable shuttle crates: each customer and each product has its own specificities, which requires a great capacity for adaptation and a strong notion of service and guarantee.
In fact, each destination and each item of equipment creates a specific packaging requirement, which must be defined through the expression of customer needs (specifications) and strict compliance with applicable regulations. From one-of-a-kind works of art to nuclear power plant components...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Pallets – Best practice guide – Measuring the moisture content of wooden pallets - FD H550-017 - octobre 2017
- Wooden packaging – Rectangular parallelepiped packaging for transporting fresh fruit and vegetables in trays – Part 1: Specifications and tests on individual packaging - NF H03-003-1 - février 2020
- Wood packaging – Rectangular parallelepiped packaging for transporting fresh fruit and vegetables,...
Regulations
DGCCRF. – Wood data sheet: foodstuffs in contact with wood (2012)
Order of July 29, 2014 setting the criteria for removal of waste status for wood packaging shreds for use as biomass-type fuels in a combustion plant.
Directive no. 94/62/EC of 20/12/94 on packaging and packaging waste, text amended by: Directive (EU) n° 2018/852 of May 30, 2018 (OJEU n° L 150 of June 14, 2018)...
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Organizations – Federations – Associations
European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois)
European Pallet Association (EPAL France)
Professional Federation of...
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