Produce Industry Veteran Craig Kelly Retires and IFCO Appoints a New Vice President of Grower Sales for North America

June 30, 2021 IFCO

IFCO, the world’s leading provider of Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) for fresh food packaging, has named supply chain veteran, Rick Overholt as Vice President, Grower Sales, for its North American market. He succeeds Craig Kelly, who is retiring after 7 years in the IFCO SYSTEMS organization.

IFCO Launches New Banana Lift Lock Crates that Offer Additional Benefits for the Transportation of Bananas

June 2, 2021 IFCO

The Banana Lift Lock offers various advantages for the transportation of bananas on their often long overseas journeys, like a superior ventilation for faster cooling and optimal ripening, an increased strength for ultimate protection and an even better design to increase sustainability throughout the entire supply chain. The Banana Lift Lock is also compatible with the other IFCO Lift Lock family RPCs.

IFCO European Lift Lock containers become Cradle to Cradle Certified Silver

April 1, 2021 IFCO

The leading global provider of reusable packaging for fresh foods, IFCO, has had its European line of Lift Lock reusable plastic containers (RPCs) awarded Cradle to Cradle Certified® (Version 3.1) at the Silver level. IFCO’s European Lift Lock products are now the first and only fresh-food RPCs to meet this ambitious sustainability standard.

IFCO Provides Real Time Intelligence on RPCs

March 17, 2021 IFCO

The project is a first step in creating “IFCO Smart RPCs” designed to unlock additional grower and retailer efficiencies in the fresh food supply chain while also reducing food waste and enabling additional sustainability savings.

Walmart Selects IFCO as Exclusive Provider of Reusable Plastic Containers for Fresh Fruit & Vegetables in the U.S.

February 9, 2021 IFCO

“IFCO and Walmart share the goal of an efficient, sustainable fresh food supply chain that helps nourish millions of Americans and billions of consumers worldwide,” said Dan Martin, outgoing President of IFCO North America.