IFCO SYSTEMS Announces Grand Opening of San Antonio, Texas and Kansas City, Missouri Reverse Logistics Centers.New facilities are designed to meet the growing needs of IFCO's national retail customers HOUSTON -- IFCO IFCO Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization IFCO International Foster Care Organisation (Den Haag, Netherlands) IFCO International Fan Club Organization (Nashville, Tennessee) SYSTEMS is pleased to announce the grand opening of its newest reverse logistics This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. facilities in San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , TX and Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , MO. The San Antonio facility opened on November 6, 2006; the Kansas City facility on November 1, 2006. The addition of these facilities brings IFCO SYSTEMS' total number of pallet management service facilities to 56. The addition of these two new locations further strengthens IFCO's position as the nation's leading asset-based pallet and container logistics services company. These cross-dock facilities are designed to enable pallet and container users to outsource all pallet and container handling and management activities to IFCO SYSTEMS at an off-site location. Transferring these non-core activities to an off-site location allows IFCO's customers to improve labor and asset utilization, increase warehouse productivity, gain valuable warehouse space, and expand merchandise backhaul opportunities. "As a national company IFCO offers a complete range of services to address the complex needs of our large retail customers," says Tony Zinna, Vice President of Warehouse and Logistics Management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet Services. "By partnering with IFCO, our customers gain environmentally-sustainable supply chain solutions." IFCO Reverse Logistics Centers and pallet management facilities divert nearly 2 million tons of waste from landfills each year through recycling and repair programs. The IFCO SYSTEMS, San Antonio RLC is located at: 5348 East Houston San Antonio, TX 78220 The IFCO SYSTEMS, Kansas City RLC is located at: 4950 Stillwell Kansas City, MO 64120 IFCO SYSTEMS is an international logistics service provider with more than 170 locations worldwide. IFCO SYSTEMS operates a pool of more than 76 million RPCs (Reusable Plastic Containers) globally, which are used primarily to transport fresh produce from producers to leading grocery retailers. In the United States, IFCO SYSTEMS also provides a national network of pallet management services. With more than 60 million wooden pallets recycled annually, IFCO SYSTEMS is the market leader in this industry. In 2005, IFCO SYSTEMS generated revenues of $576.3 million. IFCO SYSTEMS is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. in the Prime Standard segment (IFE Ife (ē`fā), city (1991 est. pop. 262,000), SW Nigeria. Located in a farm region, the city is an important center for marketing and shipping cacao. According to tradition, Ife is the oldest Yoruba town (founded c.1300). 1). |
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