Question 1

What are all of the services Kamps offers?

Accepted Answer

Kamps offers comprehensive pallet life-cycle services (CPLS). That means that as long as your business utilizes a wooden pallet, we can provide value-added solutions and products.

When it comes to pallet distribution, Kamps is a pallet distributor that supplies businesses with pallets ranging from New to Remanufactured. If your supply chain utilizes New Pallets, our New Pallets team can provide a top-of-the-line product. Our Pallet Recycling team services small businesses to Fortune 500 companies with custom programs. These programs can be as simple as daily deliveries of new, reconditioned or remanufactured products or can scale up to a more robust national CPLS program.

Question 2

Where does Kamps have locations?

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Kamps has over 400 locations and our network spans the entire continental United States.

We have asset-based (company owned) locations in 19 states. These states include: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, New Jersey, and South Dakota.

Our Partner locations, and Total Pallet Management (TPM), locations round out the rest of the country.

Question 3

When did Kamps start doing business?

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Kamps was opened in 1973 by Bernie Kamps. If you would like to learn more about Kamps and its founder, you can visit our History page.

Question 4

What are your lead times?

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When buying pallets, lead times usually depend on the type of pallet you are purchasing from Kamps. If purchasing a standard 48x40 GMA pallet, our lead times are usually 24-48 hours. For custom-size pallets, first-time orders can range from 3-5 business days. Subsequent orders may have shorter lead times.

For pallet recycling programs, Kamps can be at your facility with an empty trailer or swap a trailer within 24 hours.

Question 5

What type of businesses does Kamps service?

Accepted Answer

Kamps has specialized experience servicing any and all supply chains that utilize pallets. Our five most common industries serviced are: automobile production, retail, grocery, food service, e-commerce, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals.

Question 6

Is there a minimum order quantity?

Accepted Answer

For orders that require Kamps delivery, we will provide service in truckload quantities. The exact quantity ranges depending on the size of the pallet. Usually this is anywhere between 200 pallets to 600 pallets at a time. For customers that have the ability to pick up wooden pallets from our facilities, we do not require a minimum order.

Question 7

What happens to a used pallet at the end of its life cycle?

Accepted Answer

A pallet reaches its end of life when it can no longer service supply chains with repairs or has no usable components to be harvested to build other remanufactured pallets. Once a used pallet reaches this point, it will be sent to our Wood Resource Services. Our Wood Resource Services division will then use the pallet to create Sustainable Byproducts such as Mulch, Animal Bedding, Wood Pellets, or Biofuel.

Question 8

What is Kamps' commitment to sustainability?

Accepted Answer

Kamps, Inc. is committed to protecting the environment, the health and safety of our employees, and the communities in which we conduct our business. It is our policy to seek continual improvement throughout our business operations to lessen our impact on the local, national, and global environments by conserving energy, water, and other natural resources reducing waste generation, and recycling materials when possible. We are committed to environmental excellence and pollution prevention.

Learn more about our commitment to sustainability by visiting our Green Scorecard page or read our formal Environmental Policy.

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