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Pro-Tech Group Demonstrates First-Ever Mobile Container System Utilizing Empty Autoracks
Pro-Tech Group, LLCFebruary 16, 2021 GMT
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pro-Tech Group, LLC, has successfully demonstrated an industry-first mobile container system that utilizes empty autoracks on return trips to carry freight in a cost-saving and more sustainable manner than other modes of transportation in supply chain management, the company announced today.
Pro-Tech Group’s proprietary system recently completed pilot test runs transporting pallets of new wheel rims from California to an automobile assembly plant in Michigan. The company’s logistics system is designed around efficiently loading Pro-Tech containers into empty deadheading autoracks for delivery to key hubs across the country. The steel-framed, hard-side containers provide a pilfer-resistant and controlled shipping environment for two standard 48 x 40 pallets loaded with variety of parts, assemblies and other goods. A bi-level autorack can be loaded with up to 18 Pro-Tech containers holding 36 pallets. The containers are collapsible, which enables them to be easily stored or transported as stackable flats back to cargo pick-up points.