EPAL pallet production rises to more than 100m pallets

In the first half of 2022, German imports of flat pallets increased by 3.8% year-on-year, exports rose by 6.8%. According to preliminary figures compiled by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Wiesbaden, total imports amounted to 38.0m pallets (Jan.-June 2021: 36.6m). The number of pallets imported from Poland,...

Weaker demand in recent weeks as well as further declines in purchase prices for softwood lumber have also led to price corrections on the Central European markets for flat wooden pallets by the end of August. In current contracts with large customers, generally speaking the €20 mark could no longer be maintained for...

A major fire broke out at the chipper sawmill of the pallet and packaging manufacturer H.A.S.E. Holzwerk in Hermeskeil, Rhineland-Palatinate, on 13 July 2022. Six people were injured. Aerial photographs show that the production hall containing the sawmilling line and an office building have been heavily damaged or...