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Chemical pallets are now available in the Untied States and in Canada from Compliance Packaging International Ltd. CPI offers used chemical pallets and is licensed to manufacture new chemical pallets under its license CP-984.

The chemical pallet designs were first created by European chemical and plastics companies to standardize pallet sizes.

Over the years many industries have adopted chemical pallets which are meant to be exchangeable and have common standards. In Europe, companies can receive a deposit back from their local pallet company for chemical pallets that they no longer need.

Some users refer to chemical pallets as CPs or CP Pallets. Chemical pallets come in nine different design types and sizes.

The most common chemical pallets used by North American industry, listed in order of most common to least common are the CP3, CP1, CP2, CP6, CP9, and CP8.

Like other packaging types, users have to consider two factors when choosing a chemical pallet for transport. First, how will the pallet be handled in the supply chain? Will the pallets be racked or floor stacked? Second, users have to determine what type of packaging will ride on the chemical pallets in transport. Chemical and plastics companies generally move their products using boxes, drums (plastic and steel), bags or supersacks.

If a company is transporting sacks or boxes of any kind, they should consider type 1 or 6 chemical pallets.

Chemical Pallet 2 was designed to replace the euro pallet. This pallet is sometimes used in North America in place of the euro pallet.

CP 3 and CP 9 pallets were designed to transport super sacks and large drums.

The Chemical Pallet 8 is only meant to move super sacks.

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