European Pallet Association
| European Pallet Association e. V. (EPAL)
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| legal form | registered association |
| founding | 1991 |
| Seat | Dusseldorf , Germany |
| Website | www.epal.eu |
The European Pallet Association e. V. (EPAL) is the umbrella organization for manufacturers and repairers of EPAL load carriers . According to its own information, it is the operator of the largest open pallet pool and is responsible for the quality assurance of EPAL load carriers.
The work of EPAL and its national committees creates the foundation for the open pallet pool and enables EPAL load carriers to be exchanged. Around the world there are around 400 million EPAL Euro pallets in circulation that are used across all industries. The auditing company Bureau Veritas , which has been working for the European Pallet Association since 2012, is supposed to guarantee the quality assurance of all EPAL load carriers.
charge carrier
EPAL Euro pallet (EPAL 1)
- Euro pallet
- Length: 800 mm
- Width: 1,200 mm
- Height: 144 mm
- Weight: approx. 25 kg (depending on the degree of dryness)
- Load capacity : 1,500 kg
- Load : 4,500 kg
- Manufacturing according to: UIC standard 435-2; integrated in DIN 13698-1
- Area of application: transport + storage
From 2014 to 2017 there was an exchange agreement with the International Union of Railways , whereby EPAL Euro pallets and UIC / EUR pallets could be exchanged without restriction.
EPAL industrial pallet 2 (EPAL 2)
- Length: 1,200 mm
- Width: 1,000 mm
- Height: 162 mm
- Weight: approx. 35 kg (depending on the degree of dryness)
- Load capacity: 1,500 kg
- Load: Max.4,500 kg
- Production according to: UIC standard 435-5
- Area of application: transport + storage
EPAL industrial pallet 3 (EPAL 3)
- Length: 1,000 mm
- Width: 1,200 mm
- Height: 144 mm
- Weight: approx. 30 kg (depending on the degree of dryness)
- Load capacity: 1,500 kg
- Load: Max.4,500 kg
- Production according to: UIC standard 435-5
- Area of application: transport + storage
EPAL half pallet (EPAL 7)
- Length: 800 mm
- Width: 600 mm
- Height: 160 mm
- Weight: approx. 9.8 kg
- Load capacity: 500 kg
- Load: max. 2,000 kg
- Production according to: EPAL building standard
- three runners
- Area of application: transport + storage
- since around 2014
EPAL lattice box
- Lattice box
- Length: 1,200 mm
- Width: 800 mm
- Height: 970 mm
- Weight from year of manufacture 2011: 70 kg
- Load capacity (dry) from year of manufacture 1990: 1,500 kg
- Load: 6,000 kg
- Production according to: UIC standard 435-3
- Area of application: transport + storage
distribution
The open system of EPAL load carriers has been established worldwide in over 50 years. With more than 400 million EPAL Euro pallets in circulation, extensive availability is guaranteed.
EPAL's load carriers have become standard thanks to, among other things, adapting them to the needs of the market on the logistics side as well as on the warehouse and retail side. Storage or transport systems across Europe are often designed for the standard dimensions of the EPAL Euro pallet 800 mm × 1,200 mm. In the UK and Ireland, 1,000 × 1,200 mm is the standard.
quality
The open pool of EPAL Euro pallets is the only one in the world that is subject to constant, independent quality testing by one of the most renowned quality testing companies in the world: Bureau Veritas .
Compliance with the ISPM 15 standard is the most important condition in order to be able to use load carriers without restrictions in international goods traffic. EPAL wooden load carriers are all manufactured according to the strict standard of the IPPC and can therefore be used across national borders.
ecology
Due to its massive distribution with over 400 million pieces, it can always be used directly by one user where it is no longer needed by another. According to the Pallet Carbon Calculator from ECCM / Camco Group, Skogs Industrierna and timcon, an EPAL Euro pallet saves 27.5 kg of CO 2 . With more than 400 million pieces being distributed, the transport routes of EPAL Euro pallets to the user are reduced to a minimum.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d GPAL prospectus 2015. (PDF) Gütegemeinschaft Paletten eV (GPAL), accessed on March 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Details. epal-pallets.org, accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Matthias Pieringer: EPAL recommendation to stop exchanging EPAL Euro pallets and UIC pallets applies from May. Logistik Heute , March 1, 2017, accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.epal-pallets.org/eu-de/ladenstraeger/epal-7-halb Palette /