Beat the new plastic tax: Reduce plastic and lower costs with Lock N Pop pallet stabilisation

Gransden UK, formally known as Lock N Pop UK Ltd, is the sole UK and Ireland distributor of the Lock N Pop pallet stabilisation systems, primarily known for reducing plastic pallet wrap and enhancing pallet stabilisation. The UK based company has been supplying the Lock N Pop solution to customers across the industrial and food and beverage applications for over 25 years.

Director, Duncan Potter, said, “We specialise in the Lock N Pop technology which is a water-based cohesive used for pallet stabilisation, applied on the production line prior to goods palletisation. We provide everything: machines, cohesive and fullservice support, with service engineers stationed around the country.”

“We are always interested in talking to customers using robotic or automatic layer palletisation at the end of production processes. Our solution works well with boxes, shrink wrap packs or sacks. We specialise in all products but have seen a real increase in the last 18 months from customers palletising bagged products, often animal feed, chemical or industrial products such as cement bags.”

With the UK Government’s 2050 net-zero targets and a greater push towards the circular economy, all eyes are on sustainable best practices.

With this in mind, Lock N Pop is seen as the sustainable solution of choice across the industry for the following reasons:

● Lock N Pop reduces the need for plastic pallet wrap

● Cost-effective under the new UK Plastic Tax (Plastic Packaging Tax PPT): introduced in April 2022

● The definitive environmentally-friendly solution: cold, water-based and plastic-free

● Contains no hazardous, heated components or plastic consumables.

The Lock N Pop pallet stabilisation solution simply saves money by removing the costs associated with palletised goods moving or collapsing in transit to endcustomers. The primary focus on streamlined production process efficiency and the end transit journey to high street shelf, distribution centre or even across international waters or airspace has been paramount and has afforded Lock N Pop gold-standard industry recognition.

Lock N Pop pallet stabilisation uses a cold, water based cohesive, that is carefully applied inline to the cases, bags, shrink-wrap trays etc. immediately before palletisation. The cohesive has high shear strength characteristics which binds the products together, resulting in a stable pallet. However, the additional bonus is that the cohesive combines this high shear strength with a low tensile strength, meaning that the items can easily be separated.

For more information, contact Gransden UK Ltd:T 01728 726621M 07516 683314locknpop@gransden.orgwww.locknpop.co.uk