Pooling Partners

What Pooling Partners does

Faber Group is a Dutch family-owned company, founded in 1891, that operates circular load carrier pooling services across Europe. It runs four specialist pooling subsidiaries—IPP (pallet pooling for pallets and boxes), PAKi (open pool services for standardized Euro pallets and containers), PRS (reusable pallets for the plastics industry), and vPOOL (hygiene-compliant containers for the food industry)—alongside SATIM, a vertically integrated sustainable timber supplier. The company serves enterprise customers in fast-moving consumer goods, food and beverage, fresh food, hygiene and paper products, personal care, pet food, automotive manufacturing, and plastics industries, providing reusable pallets and containers through a circular collection, inspection, repair, and redistribution system.

The core service is a pay-per-use pooling model: customers access shared reusable load carriers rather than purchasing assets, generating usage-based recurring revenue. In 2025 the platform processed more than 134 million reusable load carrier movements and helped customers avoid more than 40,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Operations span seven European countries—the Netherlands, Germany, France, the UK, Spain, Poland, and Italy—through a multi-brand subsidiary structure that supports both vertical specialization (vPOOL for food-grade containers, PRS for plastics) and broad-spectrum Euro pallet pooling (IPP, PAKi). The company's sustainability credentials include EcoVadis Platinum (top 1% globally), 75% renewable electricity across operations in 2025, and near-100% FSC or PEFC certified wood sourcing.

Faber Group monetizes primarily through usage-based fees on each load carrier cycle, supplemented by timber and pallet hardware sales through SATIM. Its go-to-market is direct B2B enterprise sales targeting supply chain and logistics functions at large manufacturers. The company has positioned itself ahead of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which applies from August 2026 and mandates reusable transport packaging targets, effectively aligning its circular pooling model with upcoming regulatory requirements. The company is privately held with Ingrid Faber as CEO; no external investment, M&A activity, or revenue figures are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

Pooling Partners

Legal name

Faber Group BV

Website

https://faber.group

Company type

Private

Founded year

1891

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Faber Group is a Dutch family-owned circular load carrier pooling company operating across Europe through IPP, PAKi, PRS, and vPOOL. It serves enterprise supply chains in FMCG, food, automotive, plastics, and personal care with pay-per-use reusable pallets and containers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Logistics Services

NAICS

Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing (321920)

SIC

Wholesale-Machinery, Equipment & Supplies (5080)

akta.pro primary industry

Pallets, Bins, Totes & Returnable Transport Packaging (RTP) (IMAHABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pallets (Wood, Plastic, Metal, Presswood) (IMALAFAF)

Keywords

• Load carrier pooling
• Pallet pooling
• Circular packaging
• Reusable containers
• Sustainable logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Eck En Wiel

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Load Carrier Pooling Services: Pay-per-use circular load carrier services where customers pay for each use of pallets and boxes rather than purchasing assets outright. The circular model maximizes reuse, extends product lifecycles, and reduces need for new raw materials while generating recurring revenue from active circulation of assets.
2. Timber Supply (SATIM): Sustainable timber sourcing for pallet production, supplying raw materials to the company's own pooling operations and external pallet manufacturers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Faber Group provides circular load carrier pooling services on a pay-per-use basis across European supply chains. The company manages reusable pallets and containers through collection, inspection, repair, and redistribution cycles, serving FMCG, food, automotive, plastics, hygiene, and personal care industries through its specialist pooling brands IPP, PAKi, PRS, and vPOOL, with vertically integrated timber sourcing via SATIM.

Product overview

Faber Group operates as a parent organization consisting of several specialist pooling businesses that provide circular load carrier services on a pay-per-use basis. The portfolio includes IPP (pallet pooling for pallets and boxes), PAKi (open pool services for Euro pallets and containers), PRS (circular economy pallets for the plastics industry), vPOOL (reusable containers for the food industry with hygiene compliance), and SATIM (sustainable timber sourcing for pallet production). These pooling brands enable customers across European supply chains to access reusable load carriers instead of single-use packaging.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IPP: Pallet pooling, operating a circular re-use system for high quality pallets and boxes.
• PAKi
• PRS
• vPOOL
• SATIM

Products and services

• IPP (International Pallet Pool) Pallet pooling business operating a circular re-use system for high quality pallets and boxes across European supply chains, serving FMCG, food, and other industries on a pay-per-use basis.
• PAKi Logistics Open pool service provider for the management, supply and relocation of standardized exchangeable (Euro) pallets and containers across European supply chains.
• PRS Pooling (Pallet Return System) One of the most established circular economy systems in Europe, supplying reusable pallets to the plastics industry on a pooling basis.
• vPOOL Load carrier pooling services for the food industry, offering reusable containers that satisfy specific hygiene requirements for food supply chains.
• SATIM Sustainable timber sourcing for the pallet industry and supply of pallets for pooling companies within Faber Group.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000+ tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided for customers in 2025 alone
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• PalletOne: One of the largest pallet manufacturers in North America with expanding operations in wood and plastic pallets. Compares to FABER's SATIM timber and pallet production arm, with overlap in the upstream pallet supply and manufacturing domain.

Direct peers

• GEIE Euro Palettes (Europaletten Service): European pallet pooling cooperative operating the classic Euro pallet exchange pool across multiple European countries. Comparable to Faber's PAKi business for standardized Euro pallet exchange and management services.
• PalletBiz: Provider of pooled pallet and container services with operations across Europe. Comparable to Faber Group's IPP and PAKi in providing pooled reusable load carrier services to enterprise supply chains.
• Euro Pool System (part of Euro Pool Group): European market leader in reusable packaging pooling, offering standardized pallet and crate pooling services to the fresh produce and FMCG supply chains. Directly competes with Faber Group's IPP, PAKi, and vPOOL brands in the European pooled load-carrier market.
• Container and Pallet Services (CAPS): UK-based provider of reusable packaging pooling and management services for retail and FMCG supply chains. Compares to Faber Group's IPP Logipal UK operations, serving similar European enterprise customers with pooled load carrier services.
• LPR — La Palette Rouge: European pallet pooling specialist providing standardized exchangeable pallet services across multiple verticals. Closely comparable to Faber Group's PAKi (Euro pallets) and IPP offerings, both serving enterprise FMCG and retail supply chains on a pay-per-use basis.

Broad incumbents

• Brambles (CHEP): Global leader in pallet and container pooling through its CHEP brand, operating the largest circular pallet network worldwide. Directly comparable to Faber Group as the dominant incumbent in the same circular pooling category that Faber serves across Europe.
• Chep Deutschland (Brambles subsidiary): German and European arm of CHEP/Brambles, offering pooled pallet and container services across Europe. Direct competitor to Faber Group's IPP and vPOOL in the German and broader European pooling market.

Regional players

• iPAL Pallet Solutions: German pallet pooling and management specialist focused on exchangeable Euro pallets. Directly comparable as a European-region pallet pooling competitor to FABER's PAKi and IPP.
• WEPAL Transport- und Palettenservice: German pallet pooling and logistics service provider focused on Euro pallet exchange. Comparable to FABER's PAKi and IPP German operations as a regional pallet pooling competitor serving enterprise customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@fabergroup
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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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