CIMC set to launch pallet pooling

News-in-print 1 Mar 2017 by WCN Editorial

In a further move to develop its own value-added logistics activities and help raise the efficiency of freight distribution in China, CIMC, the country’s leading container manufacturing group, is hoping to create a national pallet pooling system. Shenzhen South CIMC Logistics (CIMC SL) a wholly owned subsidiary of CIMC, is considering setting up cooperative deals with a number of entities, including the Düsseldorf-based European Pallet Association, to develop the necessary software that will

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