APSF is a professional organisation of the Asian pallet industry. Established in 2006 with China, Japan and South Korea as founding member countries, It now consists of eleven member countries from Asia. The objectives of APSF are to enhance logistics standardisation and to increase logistics efficiency, by developing pallet standardisation and pooling systems to promote trade exchange, cooperation and development in Asia. Currently, it is conducting R&D and formulating a plan to implement a pallet quality certification system in Asia.

Limpaitoon joined Loscam in 1995 as Country Manager – Thailand. In 2010 he was appointed as Executive Vice President in charge of the Asian business, and in July 2015 assumed the role of President of the Loscam Group of Companies. Since the early 1990s, Loscam has been developing an integrated pallet pooling network in the Asia Pacific region. It now operates in seven South East Asia countries, Greater China, Australia and New Zealand. Today, the company is the largest pallet pooling service provider in the Asia Pacific region.

At his inauguration speech, Limpaitoon says, “Standardisation is critical in modern supply chain and a standardised pallet sets the foundation for further standardisation in the logistics supply chain”.

“In Asia, Loscam has been actively engaged in the development of the logistics supply chain for more than twenty years. We work with major stakeholders in the FMCG and retail industry, as well as relevant government organisations to develop industry standardisation with the objective of optimising supply chain efficiency and lowering total logistics costs. In this regard, Loscam and I are very happy to be able to contribute to APSF and its members by sharing our extensive experience and by working closely with APSF members for the benefit of the industry.”