One Way Solutions

A Great Idea Gives Way To A New Venture

Upon Pete Pigott's retirement from Orbis, he happened to mention to his son, Brian Pigott, that new international regulations (later known as ISPM-15 requlations) would soon be enacted. The forthcoming requirements would require wood export pallets to be either heat-treated or fumigated.

This gave Brian a great idea.

Founded In 2002

It didn’t take much convincing as he was certain that many businesses would pay a small premium for plastic pallets in order to avoid the documentation hassles that ISPM-15 created for wood pallet shipments.

Brian left resigned from his 5 year career as a Motorola mechanical engineer.

And almost overight, One Way Solutions was born. With a small office in Northfield, Ilinois, a low tech website, and a master distribution agreement with one plastic pallet molding facility, the pieces were fell quickly in place to serve the emerging needs of the material handling industry.

Growth & Success

Andy Pigott, Brian’s younger brother, came on board as Sales Manager in 2004. With Andy leading the sales efforts, One Way quickly gained traction with its focused offering and dedication to customer satisfaction, adding customers and garnering repeat business from loyal customers that still remain at the growing core of their current sales.

One Way posted triple digit growth for the next several years and added more than a dozen pallet molding facilities to diversify their product offering.

Export pallet business was healthy, but in order to see further growth, returnable plastic pallets were added to the product offering. One Way also designed and developed their own pallet molds when they saw an underserved application.

After some highly publicized contamination issues, the pharmaceutical industry started purchasing plastic “FDA” pallets. The virgin material plastic pallets are considerably more expensive than their recycled material counterparts. The virgin material ensures that no contaminants can be introduced to their product or facility. One Way Solutions has sold plastic pallets to every major pharmaceutical company worldwide. With the coming FSMA requirements, they expect pharma to continue to grow as well as the food industry, which will be adopting the new sanitary requirements.

In addition to offering plastic pallets, One Way Solutions also sells plastic bulk bins, presswood pallets, beverage boxes, and will soon be offering pallet inverters and flippers. However, our long history and experience with plastic pallets ensures that it will remain the core of our business for years to come.