1. Welcome To The ISO TC51 International Pallet Testing Project Technical Symposium

2. Project History * October 2000 Resolution 2-2000, Tokyo, Japan “ISO/TC51 notes the recommendation of WG2 in respect of safety and economic issues involved in the progression of ISO/CD 8611-2 and ISO/CD 8611-3 to DIS, and agrees to progress both committee drafts to Technical Reports, and further, understanding the need to collate data to support the test methods given in Table 1 of ISO/CD 8611-2, proposes to develop a project to collect this data.” “ISO/TC51 notes the recommendation of WG2 in respect of safety and economic issues involved in the progression of ISO/CD 8611-2 and ISO/CD 8611-3 to DIS, and agrees to progress both committee drafts to Technical Reports, and further, understanding the need to collate data to support the test methods given in Table 1 of ISO/CD 8611-2, proposes to develop a project to collect this data.”

3. * May 2001 “International Pallet Testing Project Project Proposal and Request for Testing Plans” Approved22May, 2001 Revised16October 2001 Revised03January 2002

4. * October 2001 ISO TC51 Invites all member countries to participate in the Pallet Testing Project October 31, 2001 DOC N621 ISO TC51 Invites all member countries to participate in the Pallet Testing Project October 31, 2001 DOC N621

5. * December 2001 Press Release: “International Pallet Testing Project targets Global Material Handling Efficiency” Press Release: “International Pallet Testing Project targets Global Material Handling Efficiency” ISO Bulletin – December 2001 Edition

6. * May 2002 Project Coordination Meeting Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA May 13-14, 2002

7. * August 2002 Standardized reporting format sent to all Participating Organizations August 6, 2002 – DOC N628

8. *April 2003 ISO International Pallet Testing Project Status Report was forwarded to ISO TC51 WG2 members April 10, 2003 ISO International Pallet Testing Project Status Report was forwarded to ISO TC51 WG2 members April 10, 2003 A total of 132 test reports from nine (9) participating organizations have been received for inclusion in the ISO International Pallet Testing Project. A total of 132 test reports from nine (9) participating organizations have been received for inclusion in the ISO International Pallet Testing Project.

9. 1. Centre Technique Du bois Ed de L’Ameublement (CTBA) Bordeaux – Cedex, France 2. W.H. Sardo Jr. Pallet & Container Research Laboratory – Blacksburg, VA USA 3. Pallet Link – High Wycombe – United Kingdom 4. Swedish Institute for Wood Technology Research – Stockholm, Sweden 5. Japanese Pallet Association – Tokyo, Japan 6. Fraunhofer Institut Materialfluss and Logistik** - Dortmund, Germany 7. CRIL Research Center for Wood Packaging and Logistics – Via Dana, Italy 8. China Packaging Research & Test Center* - Tianjin, China 9. Packaging Research Centre SDN. BHD. – Selangor, Malaysia * Twenty one (21) reports from CPRTC in Tianjin China were withdrawn and will be re-submitted to ISO TC51-WG2 at a later date. ** Forty five (45) reports from the Fraunhofer Institut of Dortmund, Germany contained no pallet commercial use information. The Participating Organizations

10. Status Report ( continued )

13. * May 2003 Summary of all reports was emailed to ISO TC51 WG2 members May 23, 2003 and posted on the ISO TC51 web site Summary of all reports was emailed to ISO TC51 WG2 members May 23, 2003 and posted on the ISO TC51 web site

14. * June 2003 Specification of all pallets tested were emailed to ISO TC51 WG2 members on June 5, 2003 Specification of all pallets tested were emailed to ISO TC51 WG2 members on June 5, 2003

15. Special “Thank You” to: Mr. Peter Hamner Mr. Peter Hamner Research Associate Pallet & Container Research Laboratory, Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA USA Dr. Jae Eom, Dr. Jae Eom, Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering Myong Ji College Seoul, Korea On sabbatical leave at Virginia Tech Pallet & Container Research Laboratory Mr. Gerrit Hasselmann Mr. Gerrit Hasselmann Fraunhofer Institut Materialfluss und Logistik Dortmund, Germany