SOGENAVE has selected PSAplast.com’s plastic boxes with bale arms for its fruit and vegetable supply chain.
In our country, the use of stackable crates (which neither fold nor nest when empty) remains widespread, disregarding the high handling costs associated with empty crates in the following stages:
• When loading empty boxes collected from clients.
• When unloading boxes at the producer’s site.
• When handling boxes to the storage location.
• When handling boxes to the location where they are reloaded.
Sogenave ensures door-to-door distribution of food baskets to customers in Social Catering (companies, schools, hospitals, prisons, and the public sector), to the Hyper/Super, Wholesale, and Horeca (hotel, restaurant, and catering) channels.
Sogenave’s choice on plastic boxes that nest when empty and stack using adjustable bale arms. The adjustable bale arms are made from a glass-fibre reinforced engineering polymer, giving them the rigidity and strength needed to support the weight of boxes stacked on top. For empty storage, the bale arms are retracted, allowing the plastic boxes to nest inside each other.
Key factors for the choice:
– The flat walls of the plastic boxes with bale arms, maximize the available volume compared to the 180º stack-and-nest plastic boxes.
– Retracting or positioning the bale arms for stacking is far more practical than the operations required to assemble and disassemble collapsible plastic boxes.
Indeed, retracting or positioning the bale arms is extremely quick. Just by using the thumbs while the operator grabs the box by its handles. This means no time is lost, and repeated operations throughout the day do not cause fatigue for the operator.
Additional advantages of plastic boxes for fruit and vegetables:
1. Ventilation for fresh products: Perforated plastic boxes offer excellent ventilation for fruits and vegetables, ensuring the products remain fresh.
2. Higher usable volume: Models with bale arms provide a greater usable volume than classic stackable and nestable boxes. For equivalent box dimensions, the volume for fruits or vegetables is larger.
The plastic boxes with adjustable stacking bale arms offer a durable solution for supply chains, meeting the logistical needs associated with transporting products such as vegetables and fruits.
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