Chep Pallets Making Inroads with Emmi
CHEP, the world’s leading provider of pallet and container pooling solutions, has announced that Switzerland’s leading dairy company, Emmi is expanding their use of CHEP’s managed pallet pooling program to gain improved pallet quality, consistent pricing and sustainability benefits over white exchange pallet programs.
CHEP, the world’s leading provider of pallet and container pooling solutions, has announced that Switzerland’s leading dairy company, Emmi is expanding their use of CHEP’s managed pallet pooling program to gain improved pallet quality, consistent pricing and sustainability benefits over white exchange pallet programs. Emmi is Switzerland’s largest processor of milk and positioning itself as an innovative premium dairy in Europe and the world’s leading provider of Swiss cheese. Emmi customers are primarily in the retail trade, the food service sector and the food industry. Soft cheese and yoghurt was marketed under the Emmi brand name for the first time in 1947, the name referring to the Swiss municipality of Emmen.
Emmi AG was founded in 1993. Since 2004, Emmi is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange. Emmi products from over 20 Swiss production plants are exported to around 60 countries worldwide. Today Emmi processes almost 1.5 million tons of milk and cream annually, employs around 5200 people worldwide and generates a turnover of over 3 billion Swiss francs.
Emmi’s Head of Supply Chain Management Volker Bay stated, “Our strong growth in recent years has resulted in more and more transportation flows to send our yogurt, desert and cheese specialities as well yogurt and milk-based beverages e.g. Emmi Caffè Latte to countries all over the world. Our first contact with CHEP was about five years ago, exporting from Switzerland to the UK. That pilot worked out quite well”.
“We have savings in our supply chain and the quality of pallets is superior to white exchange. We currently use about 120,000 CHEP Euro pallets (1200x800mm) for exports to Germany, Austria, Spain and the UK. We are expecting to add about 160,000 CHEP Euro pallets for the German market to replace white wood for the national distribution. And we are planning to use CHEP for exports to Belgium, the Netherlands and Greece.”
Key markets are Switzerland and its surrounding countries in which the brand Emmi and the Swiss origin historically contribute an acknowledged promise of quality, as well as in countries where Emmi has promoted its international expansion successfully e.g. USA, Spain and Tunisia. Besides Switzerland Emmi has also production sites in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, the U.S. and Mexico. In 2012, plants were added in Chile, Spain and Tunisia with the acquisition of the Spanish company Kaiku. Sustainability – especially environmental protection – is important to Emmi, and preference is given to suppliers who aim for sustainability and employ ethically and environmentally sustainable behaviour and production methods.
CHEP Country General Manager for Switzerland and Austria Stefan Jakoby said, “We are happy for the opportunity to grow with Emmi, both domestically and around the world. We know that sustainability is a high priority for them. Our online calculator is very effective at demonstrating the environmental impact and cost of using white pallets vs. CHEP pooled pallets. We are proud of our reputation as a supply chain leader in sustainability through our business model of reuse, recycle and reduce waste, as well as our commitment to purchasing only wood from certified sustainable forests. CHEP is positioned to support our customers wherever the future takes them.”
Emmi AG was founded in 1993. Since 2004, Emmi is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange. Emmi products from over 20 Swiss production plants are exported to around 60 countries worldwide. Today Emmi processes almost 1.5 million tons of milk and cream annually, employs around 5200 people worldwide and generates a turnover of over 3 billion Swiss francs.
Emmi’s Head of Supply Chain Management Volker Bay stated, “Our strong growth in recent years has resulted in more and more transportation flows to send our yogurt, desert and cheese specialities as well yogurt and milk-based beverages e.g. Emmi Caffè Latte to countries all over the world. Our first contact with CHEP was about five years ago, exporting from Switzerland to the UK. That pilot worked out quite well”.
“We have savings in our supply chain and the quality of pallets is superior to white exchange. We currently use about 120,000 CHEP Euro pallets (1200x800mm) for exports to Germany, Austria, Spain and the UK. We are expecting to add about 160,000 CHEP Euro pallets for the German market to replace white wood for the national distribution. And we are planning to use CHEP for exports to Belgium, the Netherlands and Greece.”
Key markets are Switzerland and its surrounding countries in which the brand Emmi and the Swiss origin historically contribute an acknowledged promise of quality, as well as in countries where Emmi has promoted its international expansion successfully e.g. USA, Spain and Tunisia. Besides Switzerland Emmi has also production sites in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, the U.S. and Mexico. In 2012, plants were added in Chile, Spain and Tunisia with the acquisition of the Spanish company Kaiku. Sustainability – especially environmental protection – is important to Emmi, and preference is given to suppliers who aim for sustainability and employ ethically and environmentally sustainable behaviour and production methods.
CHEP Country General Manager for Switzerland and Austria Stefan Jakoby said, “We are happy for the opportunity to grow with Emmi, both domestically and around the world. We know that sustainability is a high priority for them. Our online calculator is very effective at demonstrating the environmental impact and cost of using white pallets vs. CHEP pooled pallets. We are proud of our reputation as a supply chain leader in sustainability through our business model of reuse, recycle and reduce waste, as well as our commitment to purchasing only wood from certified sustainable forests. CHEP is positioned to support our customers wherever the future takes them.”
Source: Emmi
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