Bulk pallet sales exceed expectations

Early sales of Bulk Handling Australia's [BHA] new bulk export pallet (PKN, February 2013, p.8) have exceeded initial expectations,  with half of its original manufacture run already sold through to industry.

BHA managing director Ian Shaw said the revolutionary pallet, developed over two years as a low cost alternative to export-grade wooden and traditional plastic pallets, had achieved sales to such significant companies as Simplot in the food industry, Qenos in the chemical industry, and agricultural services company Genetic Seed Technologies.

“We are very encouraged by the initial take up of our new export pallet with 5000 [units] of our initial manufacture run already sold in the first four weeks,” Shaw said.

“We also have multiple companies in the food industry currently trailing the product to confirm its application in their fill systems and with their end user customers.

The slim-line design of the pallet, which was officially launched on the Australian and New Zealand markets earlier this year, translates to a stack of ten BHA pallets measuring just 280mm in height.

“This means customers can develop a closed loop with end users for a cost effective return freight of 2100 BHA Bag Pallets per 40 foot container load,” Shaw said.

The pallet is injection moulded from high density polyethylene (HDPE) and is designed with four-way entry, is stackable to save space, and fully recyclable.