Want Gitterbox-level performance with up to 75% fewer return trucks - and a lower TCO?

How One Bulgarian Automotive Supplier Cut Return Transport Costs by 75% – Without Changing Its Process

For some industrial flows, you need the strength, stackability and handling characteristics associated with a steel Gitterbox.
But that does not automatically mean the traditional rigid Gitterbox construction is the best fit.
A collapsible mesh wire pallet cage also offers:
- High load capacity
- Compatible stacking geometry
- Similar forklift handling
- Full product visibility
- Custom dimensions and configuration
And when empty, it can fold much lower.
In one automotive application, 3 empty Gitterboxes fitted per pallet position on the return truck.
The collapsible mesh cages: 12.
That changed the return ratio from 3 to 12 units per pallet position — meaning 75% less trucks were needed for returning the packaging pool.

The additional benefit?
Mesh wire cages can also cost less to purchase when the application does not require a heavy 1,500 kg Gitterbox specification.

So the useful question is not simply:
“Gitterbox or mesh pallet cage?”
It is:
“Which specification gives us the performance we need at the lowest total cost over the complete transport loop?”

See the real automotive case behind the numbers:
https://zamko.eu/how-one-bulgarian-automotive-supplier-cut-return-transport-costs-by-75-without-changing-its-process/
The return loading changed from 3 Gitterboxes to 12 collapsible mesh cages per pallet position - reducing the required return movements by 75%.

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