Sustainable folding crates for Udea

Udea is a wholesaler of organic foods, natural drugstore products and sustainable non-food items. It focuses on the Benelux and supplies to organic specialists and food service. Udea manages most of its logistics itself and is continuously optimizing the logistics process. Throughout the Netherlands, Udea's customers are supplied with their own trucks, after which they collect the products from suppliers in the same trucks. Until recently, Udea worked with folding crates from a pool system within this logistics process. By exchanging the pool crates for the Clever Fresh Box folding crate from Schiphorst, a significant efficiency improvement is made. Using these crates offers Udea a double advantage. The Udea distribution center works with ADAPTO pick stations. The advanced pick stations are a part of automated warehouse. The Clever Fresh Box folding crates are suitable for use in automated warehouse systems as well as for transport and storage.

Udea called in Salvum Europe for the selection and purchase of the new crates. For this specific assignment from Udea, Salvum focused on the wide range within the European market. Folding crates from various European manufacturers were tested. From this comparative study, Schiphorst's folding crates emerged as the best in the test. Salvum has expressly sought a high-quality heavy duty folding crate that is suitable for automated warehouse systems as well as for stocking the internal warehouse and for delivery to the stores. Schiphorst's heavy duty folding crates fit in seamlessly with this need.

For Udea, the crates are produced in purple; the color that is characteristic of Udea's house style. To identify the crates, the name Udea is embossed on both sides in the bottom edge.