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How can heavy goods be secured for transport on pallets? Two brothers asked themselves this question in the 1970s and developed a solution. Since then, Lantech stretch wrappers have been used worldwide for pallet wrapping. This year, the company is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Founded in 1972, the US company Lantech has written a success story. With the invention of the stretch wrapper, brothers Pat and Bill Lancaster achieved the feat of creating a plastic film just a few micrometres thick to reliably secure heavy goods on pallets. The faster, cheaper and safer method of packaging became the standard and the company subsequently perfected stretch wrapping technology with ever new functions and performance-enhancing features.
„Nobody knows more about pallet shipping than we do. Nobody knows more about how to keep a load together.“
Jim Lancaster, CEO of Lantech
The company opened a European site with the acquisition of the Dutch company Rembrandt in 2001 and added carton and tray handling machines to its product portfolio, which stand for robustness and efficiency. Today, the packaging solutions are used all over the world and the company also has sites in China and Australia.
Despite the growth, we have succeeded in Preserving the character of a family business. Characteristics include long-term planning, rapid implementation of decisions, a respectful working atmosphere and great innovative strength, as evidenced by more than a hundred patents. Company founder Pat Lancaster has long since handed over the reins to his son Jim and the third generation of the family is already in the starting blocks.
Source: Lantech
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