Demes Logistics expands pallet range
The pallet service company Demes Logistics GmbH & Co. KG, within the scope of their activities with CargoLine, added EUR-Box Pallets to their assortment. According to Managing Director Ulrich H. Holtkamp, alongside the rental of EUR-Box Pallets Demes also buy and sell new and used EUR-Box-Pallets. Demes has decided to intensify their activities especially in Germany and England, as a consequence of the strong growth of international services “around and about the fervently discussed subject of pallet management”
After investing 1,7 Million Euros for a new depot and washing plant at their location in Stadtlohn, the company has also expanded the existing facilities there by 4,500m². This includes a working hall and offices. Ulrich Holtkamp states that henceforth a total area of 10,000m² including undercover and free land space is available for the storage of pallets. At this moment in time a new washing plant for plastic pallets is being erected in the new hall. Through operating another Mart Washing Machine Demes will double their washing capacity for plastic layer pads reaching 400,000 washes per week.
Holtkamp: “In the next twelve months we will become certified according to ISO 90001, ISO 9001 and HACCP (Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points) thus meeting the standards of washing technology and organisation at the highest of quality and hygienic requirements essential for the foodstuffs industry, pharmaceutical sector and cosmetic area.
According to Ulrich Holtkamp, another 600,000 Euros has also been invested in the extension of the English depot in Leeds. The premises here, have been overhauled in the technical area of hygiene and professionally divided into soiled, cleaning and storage sectors. Through the implementation of a second washing plant in Leeds, the washing capacity of plastic layer pads has also been doubled from 100,000 washes to 200,000 washes a week.
About Demes. The pallet service company Demes Logistics GmbH & Co. KG, was founded 29 years ago by Gerhard, Johannes and Josef Demes and in 1999 became affiliated to the listed British DS Smith Plc – an international packaging business. This business is active worldwide in 16 countries and has, with more than 11,000 employees, an annual turnover beyond 3,1 billion Euros. At the present time Demes has, with their pallet service, more than 200 employees reaching an annual sales volume above 40 billion Euros.
Among others, Demes also supplies pallets and plastic layer pads to large businesses in the European glass container industry and is market leader in this area. The affiliated company also offers its customers in the food/non-food industry made to measure rental services and organises their complete multi-trip logistics with pallets and plastic layer pads. The product portfolio includes Euro Pallets, Plastic-Hygienic-Pallets as well as Düsseldorfer-Pallets and Eur-Box Pallets. Demes self-maintain eight proprietary service centres in Germany for the collection of returns and re-conditioning of pallets. A further eight depots can be found in the Netherlands, Czech-Republic and Great Britain. In May 2007 a supporting base was established in the French town of Lyon.
Demes depots handle annually more than 30 million pallets and plastic layer pads for the glass container industry which, after intensive inspection and cleaning, flow back "just-in-time" into the logistic circulation. Demes uses internal and external transport solutions for the collection of returns. Large European glass group companies belong to the main clientele. The company is furthermore active in the automotive area for the reprocessing of pallets and wooden packaging. Demes is a founder member of the Gütegemeinschaft Paletten e.V. (GPAL) (Community of Goods Pallets) and has been an approved EPAL repair business since 1984.
The pallet and container management administration runs by means of IT programs especially developed for Demes. Customers have an online-connection allowing them to call up their individual data. Mr Ulrich U. Holtkamp, previous supervising Managing Director at Chep Germany and Ifco Logistics, became sole Managing Director of Demes Logistics GmbH & Co. KG in 2004.
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