Annual survey on pallet use 2017

The annual Modern Materials Handling (MMH) reader survey on pallet use shows that when selecting pallets, most readers consider purchase price (59%), strength (56%), durability (50%) and reusability (44%) before making a choice. The majority of companies are using wood pallets (93%), while 45% use plastic, 18% use wood composite, and 10% are using metal pallets. The alternatives to wood pallets (i.e., plastic, composite and metal) have grown in popularity over 2016, with plastic pallets seeing the most significant uptick (38% in 2016 to 45% in 2017). 47% of readers are using the same number of pallets that they were a year ago while 38% are using more (News Item MMH, 5 September 2017).
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