NEW -Tracking Solution for Dolavs
We are pleased to announce that in the UK we are working with a British company, Sirius Asset Solutions Ltd, to provide a tracking solution for Dolavs. This collaboration offers our customers the…more...
Trackable Dolavs stop box loss at Baird Foods
We’ve reduced 20-25% Dolavs loss per year to 3%. Nearly all box loss has stopped,” said General Manager, Kevin Horner at Baird Foods. He added, “The Trackable Dolav plastic pallet box is…more...
Dolav Boxes Improve Seaweed Processing Efficiency
Seaweed snacks, popular in Japan & South Korea, are producted by Dalian Yihai Aquatic Product Co., Ltd in North China. Following a trial of 106 DOLAV ACE boxes in 2016 the company changed its…more...
POTATO HYGIENE - DOLAVS FIT THE PROCESS
Checking and weighing
KFF Potatoes is based in Sutton Bridge near Spalding in Lincolnshire. It is primarily a potato prepacking operation, adding value to the product sourced from all over the UK, including…more...
Potatoes in Plastic Dolavs
Check weighing a full Dolav
Dolav is delighted to have been selected as the supplier of plastic pallet boxes used in a pivotal part of the supply chain to transport raw material to the processing lines for McCain Foods'…more...
Dolav Ace Design Hygienic
Dolav 1000 ACE confirmed as being of hygienic design when used within Food Safety Guidelines.
Campden BRI has confirmed the Dolav Ace is hygienically designed when tested against recognised protocols. Dolav submitted the Ace to Campden BRI for independent hygienic design assessment.…more...
Keeping it clean and profitable with Dolav plastic pallet boxes
Dolav ACE being tipped on a forklift
Stafford Bye Products (SBP) maintains Category 3 hygiene standards when processing animal by-products for pet-food companies. It collects by-products from some twelve abattoirs and animal…more...
Dolavs prove their long-life over 30 years
30 years old and still going strong!
Peake Fruit* grows, stores, grades and packs English apples and soft fruit. It has been doing that for over 70 years and for nearly half that time it has harvested and stored apples in…more...
Millions of Dolav plastic pallet boxes assist recycling
G&P Batteries' Dolav Ace pallet boxes with general
public’s batteries at a recycling centre
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DOLAVS HELP NUCLEAR SITE REMEDIATION
Dolavs recycling clean and low-level contaminated waste
At its world-famous and historic Harwell nuclear site, Magnox is decommissioning and restoring much of the 102 acre site to a passive state. The work includes demolishing buildings down to base…more...
Dolav Containers Stack-Up for Paper Recycling
Filled Dolavs at Keebles
Plastic Dolav pallet boxes are new at Essex paper recycler, Keeble. They have been recycling paper for more than one hundred years. The company collects paper, mainly from printers, sorts and…more...
DOLAVS PROVEN ROCK SOLID
Dolavs on site at Oak Grove in Coltishall, Norfolk
Future Biogas specialises in the construction and operation of biogas plants for the UK. Its plants operate on a range of locally sourced biomass feedstocks, generating clean, renewable and…more...
Factory roof solar helps Dolav make containers
Dolav has replaced ten percent of factory electricity with clean solar power. This plastic pallet box maker now capitalises on Israel’s abundant sunshine with 2000 solar panels on 4000 sq.…more...
Green Dolavs Help Save Energy
Waste ice being collected in green Dolavs.
Hull-based Smales, one of the UK's leading suppliers of fish and seafood, now has an almost zeroenergy, cost-saving, waste ice melting process. In this, the green-coloured Dolav Ace plays a vital…more...
Potato processing hygiene with Dolav plastic box pallet
Potato processing hygiene is greatly helped with cleanable Dolav plastic pallet boxes. McCain chose the perforated 740mm tall Dolav Ace to allow air flow around the potatoes when in cold store and…more...
Dolav Precision Pallet Takes The Load
MV1000 precision pallet in use at Teva's high spec, high tech hub
The right pallet is essential for high spec, high tech, automated handling.A 1200x1000mm, heavy-duty precision pallet, engineered to easily take heavy loads in high-bay, narrow aisle, automated…more...
Kelloggs Recycling Success with Dolav Reusable Pallet Boxes
Kelloggs ACE being emptied on a fork lift with rotating head
Kellogg's Manchester product-packing factory has achieved a significant waste reduction and recycling success. They are well on track to achieve zero landfill target by 2015 - or even…more...
Detectable Dolavs
Dolav with detectable material
Dolav makes its plastic detectableStandard food processing scanners can now detect Dolav plastic. Dolav’s new solution helps avoid the risk of plastic foreign objects inside food products.…
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DOLAV Boxes Serve in Battery Recycling in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Battery Recycling (HKBR)
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Heavy-duty Dolav DFLC holds 750kg
Hygienic, heavy-duty DFLC from Dolav holds 750kgA genuinely hygienic, heavy-duty, folding large container has arrived. The new, Dolav DFLC is made with easy-to-clean base and sides as five…more...
HYGIENIC FOLDING PALLET BOXES: THERE’S A SOLUTION AT LAST!
Folding Dolav ACE
Pallet boxes are widely used in the food sector but, until now, users had to make a choice. They could choose rigid boxes that take up as much space when they’re empty as they do when…more...
Hygienic, heavy-duty Dolav DFLC fold & holds 750kg in 600 litres
The new Dolav DFLC
A genuinely hygienic, heavy-duty, folding large container has arrived. The new, Dolav DFLC is made with easy-to-clean base and sides as five removable parts. Each is a one-piece, single-skin…more...
Apple Harvesting & Handling with Dolavs
Apple Harvesting & Handling - When all agree, half is free!Each Dolav has the Plantsman PO logo
'It's got to work for everyone.' That is key at top soft fruit cooperative, Plantsman Producer Organisation, in Ardleigh, Essex. Their…more...
A saviour! Is Rodanto Verdict on Dolav Kitbin
Rodanto pack broccoli in Spain for UK customers
"For broccoli and melons the Dolav KitBin is a saviour for us," says Trevor Shulton, managing director at Gravesend-based Rodanto - a fresh produce importer and producer of fruit, vegetable and…more...
Dolav Containers Serving Up Food-Factory Waste For AD
Food waste handling
The AD plant is complete with de-packaging and pasteurisation equipment. The de-packaging equipment is fed with packaged food in Dolavs and the separated waste food is pasteurised before being…more...
Dolavs Inside Out
HSF Inside out vehicle livery
It is no secret that HSF Logistics uses Dolavs. One look at the side of an HSF vehicle makes that clear. A life-sized photo of the inside of the truck adorns the outside causing a double-take. It…more...
Survival of the fittest - measured in Euros by HSF
Hygienic design
Plastic pallet boxed can have a hard life. To be good value, they must withstand harsh treatment and last and last. A long service life is essential for pallet boxes to be economic and that most…more...
Dolav Shop open 24/7
You can now buy Dolavs online directly from our UK warehouse – it’s easy and fast!Stock available from our Watton warehouse.
Everything that is on the shop is directly from our stock so can be delivered within a few days.Browse for…more...
Don’t Shout, Stamp! – Stamp out box loss personalise your Dolavs with printing
Clear pallet box ownership can lessen loss. Customers can now have speedy foil stamping of Dolav plastic box pallets and lids from stock in Watton. For the Ace, they have a choice of nine standard…more...
Plastic Dolavs Deliver Fresh Flake Ice
Express flake ice keeps fish freshRed Dolavs being loaded with flaked ice ready to deliver as soon as fleet arrives.
North East Ice, a harbour-based company in the port of Peterhead, delivers fresh ice in Dolavs for local fishing boat operator's catches in the fish auction…more...
Industrial Producer Picks Dolav Box
Safely stack 9 high - no need for racking.
"A good straight-sided bin of 1200x1000 pallet size that is stable when stacked nine or ten high," says Alvin Doak at Cirrus Plastics in Portadown, Northern Ireland of his Dolav pallet boxes. He…more...
More payload, less weight and cost with Dolav ACE
Dolav ACE being emptied on fork lift.
"No need for insulated boxes in our high speed unbroken cool chain," says Michael Lodahl at Danske Fiskeauktioner (DFA) in Jutland, Denmark. DFA has invested in 832 Dolav Ace plastic pallet boxes.…more...
Dolavs handle juice fruit for 25 years
Salvatori is the UK's longest established processing fruit trader. It has been handling top fruit in the Canterbury area for more than 80 years and using the same Dolav plastic pallet boxes…more...
Long-life Pallet Box Value in Harsh Abattoir Use
Extended height dolav on fork lift with rotating head
Bristol-based Chew Valley Hide & Skin Company uses bespoke plastic pallet boxes to take 9000 tonnes of raw animal bi-products from abattoirs every year. Chew Valley searched for suppliers and…more...
NEW - Purple Dolavs in Stock Locally
Due to customer demand we have now added a tenth colour to our stocks.
Purple is available in the ACE 3 runner solid Dolav and is in stock now and ready to despatch.
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Dolav Boxes Serve In Animal Food Additive Production
DOLAV Ace Perforated Boxes
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Bringing home the bacon in plastic pallet boxes
Bacon slicing and storage"We have seen every possible type of pallet box in the last 30 years," said Keith Rataj at high-tech bacon processors, Quality Foods of Aberdeen. "They range from the good…more...
Dolavs bring in the harvest
Hand picked grapes carefully emptied into Dolavs read for roadside collection.
The vineyards on the Luxembourg banks of the river Moselle are still covered in mist when the harvest activities commence in the early hours of the morning. A recurring process which takes…more...
The Dolav Ace is 'Abuse Ready!'
Dolavs being crushed on the largest compression test machine available in Europe.
Dropped! Crushed! Spiked! Rotated!Best 'price-for-spec' does not tell the 'real life' story.There is no Which? test for plastic pallet boxes but, says Dolav, "They need greater strengths than…more...
Dolav Service in Ireland
From January 1st 2020 Liam Butler of Plastic Providers Ltd has taken over responsibility for Dolav Pallet Box sales and service on the island of Ireland. After 30 years of working with Dolav in…more...
Supermarket Aldi makes Electricity from Waste Food Using Dolav Plastic Pallet Boxes
Dolavs at Aldi Distribution Centre
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Lead-Acid and Portable Battery Recycling with Dolavs
Tipping lead-acid batteries into trailer for smelting
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Heavy Duty Plastic Box Pallets for Lead Acid Battery Recycling
Dolav 's battery box ACE passes acid test900Kgs of lead acid batteries being emptied with fork lift truck
Sims Metal Management is the world's biggest metals and electronics recycler working from 260 locations on five continents. Its South Wales region…more...
Money talks at Yorkshire waste-food recycling company
ACE Dolav on fork lift.
At Mosley Waste Management, Topcliffe, Thirsk, Simon Mosley has a simple solution to mechanically handling food waste. "If we use IBC (intermediate bulk containers) they only last two or three…more...
Illustrating Dolav plastic pallet boxes in materials handling, storage and logistics
Overview of Dolav excellenceGenuine Dolavs last for decades. Dolavs are plastic pallet boxes. Made to be strong, durable, hygienic and abuse resistant, their really long service life, makes an…more...
Leading the field in Europe - fluorescent tube recycling with DOLAV® pallet boxes
Indaver provides tailored solutions for each type of waste. With the use of their wide range of in-house installations and processing equipment, waste is recycled with the most optimal results.…more...
Dolav box now winchable
Dolav has developed its Ace box to be winchable. Dolav winchable ACE
The Dolav Ace box or tub can now be easily hoisted singly or stacked into and out of the hold. Available solid or perforated for drainage and air…more...
Blue Perforated Dolavs Keep White Cabbage Clean
Packed Whole White Cabbage
Irish market gardener, Brophy Produce, supplies white cabbage to a coleslaw processor in blue Dolav plastic pallet boxes. The boxes are fitted with liners and are on a continuous loop bringing…more...
POTATO HYGIENE - DOLAVS PART OF HIGH CARE SECURITY
Preparing the potatoes for grading
Bennett Potatoes at Scawby, near Brigg, Lincolnshire supplies a wide variety of size- and weight-graded potatoes to the catering, wholesale and export markets, as well as providing fresh pack for…more...
Dolavs Show Their Beef
Stacked and lined Dolavs
Belfast-based Duncrue Food Processors has used Dolavs for ten years for daily collection of its raw material, animal fat from processors, to make premium-quality beef dripping. Colour CodingWith…
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Recycling
Food Processing
ACE Tracking |
Track the location of your Dolavs and cut your typical Dolav losses by up to 85% per annum to less than 5% with DolavLIVE technology. |
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Alto 1400 |
The next BIG thing is here! Available in solid and perforated versions. |
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Dolav ACE 460 |
NEW the ACE family the shallow height 580mm (external dimension) makes it ideal for handling delicate items. |
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Dolav ACE with 3 Integral Runners |
Standard 1200 x 1000 x 740mm Dolav footprint. Available in either fully solid or perforated versions and a range of colours. |
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Dolav Hygienic Folding ACE |
Can hold 750Kgs, be stacked to 3750Kg and emptied using a fork lift. Available in solid and perforated versions. |
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MV1000 Pallet |
1200 x 1000 footprint heavy duty racking pallet. |
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Type 800 Solid Dolav |
Euro size Dolav available in a range of colours. |
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Alto 1400 |
Dolav Alto 1400 Taking your Process to a Higher Level! |
Trackable Dolavs Stop Box Loss |
Baird Foods reduced 20-25% Dolavs loss per year to 3%. “It is fully automatic and tracks everything by itself. We don’t have to do anything. Nearly all box loss has stopped,” said General Manager, Kevin Horner at Baird Foods. |
Detectable Dolavs |
Dolav Detectable Material helps detection of plastic foreign objects with a standard metal detector. |
Dolavs in Food Processing |
How Dolavs are working within food processing. |
Tried, Tested and Proven Wins At Cranswick |
Dolavs in use at Cranswick. |
Dolav DFLC folds & holds 750kg |
Dolav DFLC Hygienic Folding Large Container holds 750 kg. The new, Dolav DFLC is made with easy-to-clean base and sides as five removable parts. Each is a one-piece, single-skin polypropylene moulding with integrally moulded hinging and interlocking edges. |
A saviour! Rodanto verdict on Dolav Kitbins |
"For broccoli and melons the Dolav Kitbin is a saviour for us" says Trevor Shulton, managing director at Gravenend-based Rodanto. |
Mini Veg Packer Kale Harvest |
Filling a Dolav bin in 2 minutes with freshly harvested Kale with machinery by Keith Collingwood Ltd |
Bringing home the bacon in Dolav plastic pall |
"We have seen every possible type of pallet box in the last 30 years," said Keith Rataj at high-tech bacon processors, Quality Foods of Aberdeen. However, the Dolav Ace box, with strength in the legs and the corners, is a great step forward. Dolav has kept the design concept the same and basically improved what was already a very good pallet box," he said. |
Apple Harvesting & Handling with Dolavs |
Grower member, Boxford (Suffolk) Farms has been using the same perforated Dolav plastic pallet boxes for 30 years for handling apples from tree to store and for longterm storage. They have lasted so well that Plantsman PO is adding to its existing Dolav box stock by about 1000 each year. |
Dolavs handle juice fruit for 25 years |
Even after 25-years service, meets all current and anticipated food and juice fruit handling standards. |
Cat 3 Clean |
Stafford Bye Products keeping it "Cat 3 Clean" and profitable with the Dolav Ace. |
Dolav Abuse Tests |
Drop, crush, spike and rotating tests on Dolav ACE. |
More payload, less weight and cost with Dolav |
The Dolav box lasts us as long as the old insulated boxes and have the advantage that we do not get contamination into the insulation material in the middle of the insulated box wall. If we do have a broken Dolav box it is very easy to repair before it goes back into production." |
Cool chain box reduces weight & cost |
"No need for insulated boxes in our high speed unbroken cool chain," says Michael Lodahl at Danske Fiskeauktioner (DFA) in Jutland, Denmark. |
Hot Foil Stamping onto Dolavs |
We sell capital equipment that lasts for years. Owners like to be able to recognise their boxes from a distance. |
Dolav Pallet Boxes in Recycling |
Dolav pallet boxes being used to help a variety of industries collect waste for recycling. |
Dolavs prove their long life |
30-year old Dolavs still in use. |
Potato Handling Hygiene for Food Processors |
Potato processing hygiene with cleanable Dolav plastic pallet boxes |
Dolav Sims Lead-Acid Battery Recycling |
Battery ACE in use at Sims for Lead-Acid Battery Recycling |
Leading the field in Europe - fluorescent tub |
Customised Dolavs to suit Invaders requirements to handle fluorescent tubes |
3 into 2 Dolavs Reduces Transport Costs |
Nesting Dolavs to reduce transport costs. |
Millions of Dolav plastic pallet boxes |
Widely used in recycling and waste management, the Dolav Ace withstands harsh use including lead-acid battery recycling. |
Battery recycling with G&P RTP Dolavs |
Dolav Ace has earned the accolade ‘The Battery Ace’ for being leak-proof and durable. At G & P Batteries, its customers value the RTP durability of leak-proof Dolav Ace plastic box pallets. At G & P, David Brookes said, “We use Dolav plastic pallet bins because they are ‘UN Approved’ and leak proof. One of the key advantages is that the runners and the bin are one complete unit moulding, so the runners don’t become disconnected,” |
Dolav Life Cycle |
2nd life for Dolavs |
Green Dolavs Help Save Energy |
Green Dolavs Help Save Energy - Handling Waste Ice Hull-based Smales, now has an almost zero energy, cost-saving, waste ice melting process. Green-coloured Dolav Aces play a vital role. |
Dolavs at Future Biogas |
Anaerobic digestor company Future Biogas selected Dolavs. “We chose Dolavs because they are strong, robust, easy to move and very stackable. The Dolavs are very tough. We throw stone bags into them and had no failures,” Jon Myhill, Regional Feedstock Manager, Future Biogas |
Aldi Food Waste Handling to AD |
Supermarket Aldi makes green Electricity from Waste Food using Dolavs. |
Dolavs and Food Waste Handling |
Money talks at Yorkshire waste-food recycling company |
Dolav ACE on Rotating on Forks |
Dolav box pallets have no parts to pull out when being rotated on a fork lift truck. They are a one piece moulding. |
Waste Paper Handling |
Emptying paper in an ACE Dolav. |
Dolav Lid Test |
Dolav Lid withstands Fork lift Abuse. |
Dolav Repair |
Short guide on how to repair Dolavs using plastic welding. |