Reaches the cardboard pallet.

Smurfit Kappa and Electronic develop a cardboard pallet as alternative transport.

Smurfit Kappa has developed, in cooperation with Electronic Partner (EP), an innovative pallet made of cardboard. Smurfit Kappa is one of the leading manufacturers of paper-based packaging.

Since early years, EP has been using this type of pallet for sending large electronics.

This innovation fits with the objective of Smurfit Kappa, “Open the future” (“Open the Future”), and so the company has satisfied the demands of their customers, that offers easier discarded pallets. The purpose of “Open the future” It is that customers have even more success in their respective fields through innovation.

In the past, EP products are packaged in disposable wooden pallets. Recently, recipients have increased their demand for an alternative means.

Like this, Smurfit Kappa and EP developed an alternative transport pallet made of cardboard it with integrated protective edges.

The new cardboard pallet is reinforced at the longitudinal sides and, thus, strapping can be used without additional protection. The pallets are mainly used for sending flat TVs and home cinema.

Innovative transport solution has benefits for weight, space, environment and costs, and a pragmatic advantage: after use, the pallet can be bent and introduced into the recycling loop of paper.

In addition, the pallet can be printed marketing purposes. The risk that the goods suffer damage caused by splinters or nails of the past.

The Electronic Partner Group is headquartered in Dusseldorf and is one of the largest companies in consumer electronics and telecommunications in Europe.