EPAL marking – check licences and repairs
How to read EPAL marking and check manufacturing and repair licences. A buyer’s checklist for pallet marking, condition and documentation.
GLF Stories author
Erik Wester
Marketing Manager at GLF Pallet Group
Erik manages GLF’s website, LinkedIn presence and search engine optimisation. On GLF Stories, he writes about pallets and wooden packaging, industrial material flows and industry developments.
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Selected articles by Erik
- Industry analysis
Sweden’s 10 largest wooden packaging manufacturers
Revenue, ownership and investment at ten Swedish manufacturers.
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EPAL markings – checking manufacturing and repair licences
How to read the markings and check manufacturing and repair licences.
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GLF improves warehouse flows through a new KTP project
GLF’s work on warehouse flows and collaboration within a KTP project.
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Background
Experience at GLF.
Grounded in business studies.
Erik’s background combines experience in customer relations and logistics with studies in business administration.
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Customer relations and logistics
Erik previously worked in customer account management and logistics at GLF. His experience includes transport bookings, purchasing, cost calculations and quotations.
Education in Sweden and France
He holds a Swedish civilekonomexamen (240 ECTS credits) in business administration, with a specialisation in finance, from Jönköping International Business School. In autumn 2024, he studied at Rennes School of Business in France. His courses included B2B marketing, change management and sustainable production systems.
Sponsorship and external relations
In 2025/2026, Erik was responsible for sponsorship and external relations at JSA Investment Club. The club’s website also credits him as its developer.
Thesis on household finances
Erik co-authored the thesis Balance-Sheet Exposure and Consumption Across Crisis Types. It examines how household assets and liabilities are associated with consumption during different types of economic crisis.
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