The pallet industry is a highly fragmented, highly wasteful industry

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Introduction

• The pallet industry is a highly fragmented,
  highly wasteful industry
• Over 2 billion pallets are in use in the United
  States and 450 million are replaced every year
• 223 million pallets go into landfills every year
• Wood pallets are used an average of 1.4 times
  before being repaired or discarded
• Forty percent of all hardwood trees cut in the
  United States are made into pallets

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The Green Line Armor Sustained Use Pallet

• Environmental Benefits
• One Green Line Armor SUP saves 38.4 trees over
  its useful life
• Saves 90,000 nails for every 100 SUPs in use

• Replacing 4.5 million pallets with SUPs saves
  170 million trees a year and reduces landfill
  waste by 70 million pallets

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SUP versus wood pallet

• Bio-composite/recycled polypropylene protective
  bumper
• Minimizes damage from impact with forklift blades
• Specially formulated stain
• Protects from UV, mold, and mildew damage
• Fastened with self tapping screws
• Reduces damage by eliminating nail pops
• Strength of wood, longevity of plastic
• Oak construction provides rackable strength
• Lasts 15 to 20 times longer than wood alone
• 100 recyclable

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Radio Frequency Identification

• Engineered protective pocket secures RFID
• Delivers efficiency to SUP management
• Provides quality and performance data
• Can be used by manufacturer for enhanced
  efficiency in material handling
• Provides real time inventory information
• Reduces cost of fleet management
• Increases accuracy of inventory data

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Economic Impact

• Largest pallet company in US is foreign owned
• Working with Great River Economic Development
  Foundation to create jobs
• Potential to create thousands of jobs
• Blue collar, white collar, technical, mechanical,
  sales, administration
• Keep corporate headquarters in middle America
• Support local business
• Advance technology and invest in research

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Commercialization Challenges

• Market Research
• Difficulties gathering marketing data
• Protect intellectual property in early stages
• Testing
• Available skills and resources not promulgated
• Costs
• Protect intellectual property in early stages
• Prototyping

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Commercialization Challenges

• Finance
• Protect intellectual property rights
• Lack of marketing data
• Chicken and the egg is everywhere
• Funding market research
• Testing
• Assets
• SBA
• Grants
• Personal investment
• Government Assistance
• SBA and local Loans
• Stimulus
• Earmarks

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