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Recent News: Portugal: With effect from 1 January 2010, ALL wood packaging material, regardless of age or origin, leaving Portugal for any destination will be required to be treated and stamped in accordance with ISPM 15. Currently, only WPM of Portuguese manufacture must meet ISPM 15. UK Exporters of goods to Portugal are strongly recommended to use ISPM 15 compliant wood packaging material to enable its subsequent re-use. This will ultimately help combat the risk from PWN spreading and keep costs to business down.......
Visit the News PageWelcome to PalletLink’s new website - PalletLink is a UK-based association offering advice on technical aspects of pallets and packaging. 
We are experienced in the methods and designs used by the industry at home and abroad and recognized as a trusted source by pallet and packaging manufacturers, suppliers and end users.
We offer a rapid response telephone and e-mail hotline but also on this website we provide a wide range of downloadable datasheets currently numbering over 160, these Datasheets are listed at the foot of each page. To give non-members without a password a better idea of what we cover, we have made a few Datasheets across the site freely downloadable, so if you want to view these free sheets, just browse through the subject pages where those titles in red at the foot of each page are free to view. The majority of Datasheets can only be viewed or downloaded by PalletLink members using password access, but Quick-Search works for every user of the site so you can see if our site has the information you require. You can also view the complete list of Datasheet titles on the page DATASHEET INDEX.
Apart from individual member companies, PalletLink also provides a technical hotline service to the members of UK wood packaging associations TIMCON and NAPD. Full members of these two organisations are automatically members of PalletLink.
PalletLink also test wood packaging and pallets for UK manufacturers and as part of this we review new test methods and our datasheets include summaries of relevant test methods. We have produced publications for major bodies, for example, we produced a Wood Packaging Manual for Developing Countries for the UN Trade Centre in 2004. Another project involved agricultural packaging where we were the main contractor and produced British Standard 7611: Potato storage boxes for mechanical handling.
If you are a supplier to the industry we welcome nail manufacturers, timber suppliers and user associations into membership. If you browse this website you will see we have experience of technical factors in many fields.
The vast majority of member enquiries fit into the free advice category, but should you feel you have a particularly lengthy problem or need us to visit your site, we also offer confidential technical consultancy. PalletLink members receive a 25% discount off these consultancy fees. The illustration above shows pallet nail strength testing which is a free service to all our members.
For your enquiries you can fax or e-mail us anytime, or telephone during normal office hours, there are three experienced staff to take your call. In the unusual event that we need to seek information outside our own resources to find the answer, be assured that we never approach another PalletLink member to help us out, so your sales leads are fully protected.