Tweet me!Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company LLC), operator of the world's first RFID-tagged all-plastic pallet pool, announced that its plastic pallet has been certified by FM Approvals, a member of the FM Global group. FM Global is one of the world's largest commercial and industrial property insurance and risk management organizations.
The approval (American National Standard for Classification of Idle Plastic Pallets as Equivalent to Wood Pallets) was granted after the pallet underwent "big burn" fire tests as well as a number of other necessary tests conducted on the plastic pallets. The pallet's certification from FM Approvals follows UL 2335 certification from Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. in 2007.
"This approval establishes unequivocally that our pallet meets the high fire retardant standards of FM Global, an important authority in the eyes of insurance professionals," said Bob Moore, chief executive officer of iGPS. "We are proud to offer the only commercially available plastic pallet holding fire retardant certification from both FM Approvals and Underwriters Laboratories."
iGPS' pallet, which is embedded with four redundant RFID tags, weighs 30% less than typical multi-use wood pallets, is more durable than wood and is 100% recyclable. Moreover, an independent life cycle analysis recently found that iGPS' pallet outperformed multi-use wood pallets on every environmental dimension.
In just two years, iGPS has revolutionized the way goods are being shipped throughout the U.S. supply chain. Many of America's top companies now ship on iGPS pallets, including QTG (Quaker Tropicana Gatorade), the Chicago-based division of PepsiCo, Dole Fresh Vegetables, Imperial Sugar, Pilgrim's Pride, Martori Farms and other top-tier brands.
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