Issues of pallet originality and authenticity, current and expected legal regulations, protecting the interests of parties when drafting contracts, cost analysis including hidden costs, the best pallet storage technologies, certification of sellers and manufacturers, and practical issues regarding the optimization of pallet circulation costs: these were just some of the topics covered during the “Pallets in Circulation” workshops. A burning, highly debated topic of the first edition was the issue of nails and plates used for marking pallets. During the second edition, the discussion, both in the conference room and in the hallways, focused on the topic of recipients questioning the originality of EUR pallets, as well as their disposal and painting. An important issue was the information, often significantly delayed, reaching the supplier about a pallet being rejected. As well as the principle that a painted pallet is an industrial pallet – with the possibility of single use only.
The workshops gathered representatives of manufacturers, distributors, logistics operators, transport companies, as well as importers and exporters. The workshops were created in cooperation with prominent representatives of the logistics world and the best experts from companies such as: Makro Cash and Carry Polska (Adam Skubalski), PKN EPAL (Roman Malicki and Andrzej Szantyka), Europa (Krzysztof Wiak), ISL (Marcin Kozłowski), the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing (Adam Wojciechowski), and the Grynhoff Woźny Maliński Law Firm (represented by: Adam Leśniak and Krzysztof Wysocki).