WorldStar Winner: ISO Pest Free Pallet

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ISO Pest Free Pallet

Company:

LHT Holdings Limited (Singapore)

www.lht.com.sg

Country: Singapore

Category: Transit

ISO Standard 6780:2003 Flat pallets for intercontinental materials handling-Principal dimensions and tolerances Is one of the six ISO-approved pallet sizes, although the 1200mm x 1000mm pallet is better suited for export from Asia to Europe and the US as these dimensions integrate nicely into both regions’ systems.

Compliance to ISPM 15 Clause 2.1_Exemption; wood packaging made wholly of processed wood material. No requirement for heat-treatment or fumigation and stenciled of IPPC Mark for export. Wood pallets are susceptible to insect infestation and ISO pest free pallet eliminate all these wood pest issues. The ISO Pest Free pallets when exported to the receiving country can be reused and export with goods again without going through heat-treatment process unlike natural wood pallet that require to be heat-treated again from the receiving country when reuse for export.

Lower in CFP: Cradle to Production [email protected] kgCO2e compared to natural wood [email protected]

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Wood pallets are susceptible to insect infestation even with IPPC HT (heat-treated) mark pallet, there is “grey area”, like you still can find wood pests in the pallets when export. The reason is the ISPM 15 heat treatment required to be at core temperature of 56 °C (133 °F) for a minimum of 30 minutes, thus, kills the “primary wood pests” and if the HT wood pallets did not ship out with its goods immediately, and the chances of having infested by “secondary wood pests” are highly during raining season when the insects like borer beetles looking for “new home” and also cross-contamination over nearby wood products (sawn timber & wood pallets) that has not been heat-treated that probably already been insect infestation.

At LHT, we have a “Pallet & Crate (PnC) Design” system develop by ASTAR that integrated with CFP calculator. For more detail, click below links;

https://www.a-star.edu.sg/News/a-star-innovate/innovates/industry-updates/revolutionising-pallet-design

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