The Southern Pallets Story

Sam Donnithorne incorporated Pallets2Go as a result of a university marketing assignment, working from a gravel yard, the early years consisted of towing a trailer round collecting refurbishing and selling recycled pallets. Latterly the company changed its name to Southern Pallet Recycling.

A key relationship was formed with CHEP New Zealand where we commenced recycling large volumes of CHEP pallets in the South Island. New pallet manufacturing started with existing customers and grew significantly. Key customer Carter Holt Harvey Packaging supported the business providing an enormous platform for growth. Our name was abbreviated to Southern Pallets.

A substantial new premises was secured - this new site had significant power supply, large concrete yards, radius loop for trucks, major sprinkler and fire systems in a central location close to key customers. New processing equipment was purchased from Europe and USA to internally process our own feedstock.

Southern Pallets commenced new pallet manufacturing for CHEP New Zealand in the South Island.   

A significant new System TM cutline was purchased from Denmark bringing our timber processing ability to over 10,000 lineal meters per shift. Additionally, our first robotic pallet manufacturing system was installed marking the company’s first step into automation.

Annual volumes now eclipse quarter of a million pallets per annum and further new processing equipment has been ordered from the USA for delivery in 2026.