PPS Equipment Management Ltd has recently completed a new acquisition, expanding its involvement in reusable food crate hire.

The company has its head office at Measham in the Midlands where crate hire, mainly within the food industry, has been at the heart of its steady growth over the past seven years.

Now, however PPS has acquired a new business, also responsible for food crate hire, in Grimsby which mainly services the fishing industry. Reusable food crate hire is a very topical subject with an ever-growing emphasis on tackling excessive waste packaging in the food industry.

PPS realised this some years ago and continues to work within the food sector promoting the use of reusable food crates and particularly food crate hire. The company offers a comprehensive service including rental, management tracking, washing all under the reusable food crate hire banner.

Crate hire is viewed as an integral part of the supply chain, especially the food sector, but PPS believes crate hire is only one part of the process and offers not only food crate hire to clients but also the wherewithal of collection and retrieval of food crates from third parties using its proprietary online asset tracking system.

Wire containers come in a wide range of sizes and specifications but a Midlands-based specialist company now provides a number of wire containers for sale or rental.

PPS Equipment Management Ltd has built up a solid reputation over the past seven years providing services related to returnable transit equipment (RTE). This started as the management of plastic pallets and food crates, but the company has introduced other RTE, notably a range of wire mesh containers.

Heavy duty wire containers are used across a wide range of industries from the food industry to retail to the automotive sector. A typical wire container will be of a robust construction as they tend to take a fair degree of punishment in the work environment.

PPS realised that there was a market in wire containers, not only on a direct sales basis, but also as part of a rental and equipment management option. The company offers prospective clients the further options of new or second-hand wire containers on medium- or long-term hire contract.

As mentioned above, wire containers will inevitably suffer a certain amount of damage during their working life, so PPS has recently set up a new repair service for its fleet of wire containers, and also offers this repair service to third parties. PPS has recently signed a long-term agreement with a leading sports retailer for the ongoing repair of its large fleet of wire containers.

PPS also offers a mobile repair service for wire containers where they will carry out repairs at the clients own premises.