Plastic pallet pool targets pharmaceuticals

Plastic pallet pool targets pharmaceuticals    Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS), operator of an all-plastic pallet pool, is offering a new rental service designed to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
   The new service, 'iGPS bios,' follows a year of research into the pharmaceutical industry's requirements, particularly those focused on hygiene and security. iGPS's pallets are each embedded with four radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for tracking.
      'The iGPS bios program consists of several premium elements,' said Bob Moore, iGPS's chairman and chief executive officer. 'First, each iGPS pallet — the world's only rental pallet to achieve NSF International Food Equipment Certification — is inspected to ensure that its condition is pristine. Next, each pallet is individually washed and sanitized at an iGPS facility, then immediately enclosed in protective wrapping to maintain its hygienic condition. This wrapping will prevent bacteria, pathogens, and chemical contaminants, whether airborne or on supply chain surfaces, from contaminating bios pallets.
   'This level of hygiene and platform quality is impossible with pallets made of wood,' Moore said.