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Looking for a smarter, more sustainable way to ship, protect, or display your products? Litco’s Inca-brand Engineered Molded Wood® quarter pallets offer a nail-free, space-saving solution that checks every box – from environmental responsibility to in-store performance.
In today’s fast-paced retail and logistics world, every inch matters. That’s why Litco’s quarter pallets are purpose-built to maximize efficiency across shipping, storage, and point-of-purchase displays. As a trusted supplier of transit protection products, we’ve engineered them for outstanding durability and function, without sacrificing performance, appearance, or sustainability.
Made from recycled wood and certified by Cradle to Cradle® and USDA BioPreferred®, our quarter pallets deliver strength, safety, style, and sustainability in one seamless base. They’re ideal for companies focused on reducing their carbon footprint while maximizing retail impact and saving valuable space.
Ready to rethink your pallet strategy? Read on to discover the features, advantages, and real-world applications of Litco’s innovative quarter pallet solution.
Why Litco Quarter Pallets? 4 Key Advantages
What sets our quarter pallets apart? There are plenty of wooden, plastic, and even metal pallet solutions available, but we are convinced that ours offer four unique advantages — especially if you care about efficiency, safety, and long-term environmental impact.
1. Efficiency: Cost & Space Savings, High Versatility
- Reduced Shipping Costs: Our quarter pallets’ compact 20” x 24” size and lightweight design (under 10 lbs) lower freight costs, making these pallets a cost-effective choice for your business.
- Space-Saving: Their nestable design allows up to 50 pallets to stack within eight feet, optimizing storage in warehouses and on the sales floor. That’s a 4:1 space-savings ratio compared to wooden alternatives. (Consider Warren Rupp’s experience with our pallets for a real-world example.)
- Wide Range of Applications: Our pallets are adaptable for almost any industry. We are proud to serve clients in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods markets, to name just a few service areas. Simply put, our quarter pallets’ versatility makes them valuable assets in any supply chain.
2. Environmental Impact: Certified Sustainable & Recyclable
- Certified Sustainable: At Litco, we believe in building a circular economy – a system where products are designed to be reused, recycled, or responsibly returned to nature. That’s why Litco’s quarter pallets are independently certified by the USDA BioPreferred® and Cradle to Cradle® programs. They meet strict environmental standards not just because they have to, but because we want to build a future in which sustainability is the norm.
- 100% Recyclable: Our pallets end their lifecycles just as they start: through a recyclable process. They are produced using a high-heat pressure process that turns damaged logs, wood waste, and other wood by-products (including even wood dust particles) into new molded wood pallets. With this production process in mind, it’s easy to understand how straightforward it is to recycle them once their service period is over.
- Values-driven: Choosing Litco pallets supports a circular economy and helps reduce your company’s carbon footprint. With the space and weight savings mentioned above, you can see how their environmental impact extends well beyond your operation, actively contributing to worldwide sustainability efforts.
3. Saleability: Plug-and-Play Retail Solution
- Retail-Ready: Ideal for in-store point-of-purchase displays, Litco quarter pallets stand out for two key reasons. Their ultra-compact footprint fits easily into tight retail spaces, maximizing every inch of display area. And their nail-free construction helps prevent floor damage, product punctures, and employee injury – delivering both safety and efficiency where it matters most.
- Streamlined, One-Piece Design: With smooth surfaces, rounded corners, and tapered legs, our pallets create a clean, cohesive base that elevates the look of your in-store displays. The seamless all-in-one construction and neutral tone deliver a sleek, modern aesthetic designed to complement your products, not compete with them. The result? A polished presentation that keeps the focus where it belongs: on your brand.
4. Safety & Durability through Thoughtful Design
- Minimized Product Damage: What good are pallets – or the products they carry – if they don’t arrive intact? Litco’s quarter pallets are custom-engineered to resist flexing and damaging vibrations during transit, maintaining their integrity even under heavy loads (supporting up to 750 lbs dynamically and 3,000 lbs statically). This design reduces the risk of product damage, helping you avoid costly returns and replacements.
- Stronger Support: We’ve already mentioned our pallets’ dynamic load capacity in brief, but there’s even more scientific background you should be aware of: an official Virginia Tech study found that Litco Engineered Molded Wood® pallets offer two times the stiffness of GMA-style wood pallets. This means they maintain structural integrity under very heavy loads, ensure even weight distribution, and enhance stability for secure deliveries.
- Insect-Free, Moisture & Mold Resistance: Our pallets are ready to travel the country and the world: each one is sanitized at over 350°F during manufacturing, making them ISPM-15 exempt and export-ready. This high-heat process also eliminates pesky termites, larvae, and bacteria that could otherwise contaminate your products. To top it off, with 86% less moisture than new wood pallets, Litco pallets resist mold, making them suitable even for high-humidity climates.
Common Applications for Litco’s Quarter Pallets
Now that you know what makes our quarter pallets unique from a design, engineering and profitability perspective, you might be wondering what exactly you can use them for (“pallet practicalities,” if you will).
As we’ve mentioned, our pallets are incredibly versatile. The following list offers a helpful, though not exhaustive, guide to their uses. If you think of another way to use our pallets that’s not listed, let us know in the comments below—we’d love to hear from you!
- Point-of-Purchase Display Bases: Litco quarter pallets are frequently used for promotional displays in supermarkets, big-box stores, and smaller retail spaces. Their compact footprint allows for effective product presentation near checkout lanes, endcaps, or other high-traffic areas, enhancing your product visibility.
- Warehousing & Stocking: Compact and maneuverable, Litco quarter pallets are ideal for warehouses with limited space and retail aisle stocking. Their compact size enables efficient handling and quick placement in tight areas, supporting better inventory management and speedy sales floor replenishment.
- Transporting Small, Medium, or Large Quantities: At Litco, we know that no two orders are the same, and that sometimes means shipping smaller product quantities alongside larger pallets, or even within mixed loads. No matter the job size, our quarter pallets are suitable for any and all shipping applications.
- Order Picking Optimization: Our innovative design facilitates smooth 4-way entry with a fork truck or pallet jack, which makes warehouse order picking and packing processes as efficient and straightforward as possible. Adding up gains from small details like these improves your overall productivity, one pallet at a time.
- Cross-Docking Efficiency: Our pallets can streamline your logistics operations by providing a reliable, safe, and stable platform for transferring goods between trucks, temporary storage areas, and distribution to your final destination.
Put Litco Quarter Pallets to the Test
If you have read this far, you should have a pretty good sense of the game-changing logistics and retail opportunities Litco quarter pallets could afford your business… but talk is cheap, and actions speak louder than words — so why not try them out yourself?
Reach out to a specialist today to test run our quarter pallets.
We trust that our pallets’ sustainable design, durability and versatility will make an excellent choice if your business is looking to enhance effiency and reduce costs through improved product handling, optimized space utilization and enhanced retail displays — ultimately resulting in a more streamlined, profitable supply chain for every stakeholder in your business.
