KCCP Holds "Win-Win Cooperation Agreement Ceremony for Corrugated Box Manufacturing and Pallet Rental Industries"

The First Outcome of the Win-Win Conflict Mediation System

The Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership (KCCP) announced on the 29th that it held the "Win-Win Cooperation Agreement Ceremony for Corrugated Box Manufacturing and Pallet Rental Industries."

This agreement ceremony was the first outcome of the win-win conflict mediation system introduced by the KCCP last year. The event was held at the KCCP’s medium conference room in Jung-gu, Seoul, with the Korea Box Industry Cooperative, Korea Pallet Pool, and AJ Networks in attendance.

In September of last year, the corrugated box manufacturing industry filed an application for win-win conflict mediation with the KCCP, claiming damages caused by large pallet rental companies entering the corrugated box sales market. A pallet refers to a plastic or wooden structure used to stably transport goods with a forklift or similar equipment. The win-win conflict mediation system is a mechanism that facilitates voluntary agreements by mediating conflicts between large and small businesses operating in different industries. Unlike the system for designating suitable industries for small businesses, which targets conflicts within the same industry, this system addresses conflicts arising in gray areas outside the designated scope.

In response, the KCCP conducted a fact-finding survey to understand the market situation and, after 17 rounds of negotiations with the parties involved, produced a final agreement. As a result, the pallet rental industry agreed to refrain from excessive competition in the corrugated box sales market and to make efforts to increase the share of small and medium-sized corrugated box manufacturers in their transactions (in terms of number of business partners, transaction volume, etc.). Meanwhile, the corrugated box manufacturing industry agreed to strengthen its capabilities and enhance competitiveness to provide high-quality corrugated boxes to the pallet rental industry.

Park Chi-hyung, Director of Operations at the KCCP, stated, "Corrugated box manufacturing and pallet rental are both partners and competitors in the logistics ecosystem, so mediating conflicts was not easy. However, both industries made concessions, leading to this win-win agreement," adding, "The KCCP will continue to work together for the cooperation and development of both industries in the future."

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