Andon lights have signaled machine status on production floors for decades. What they’ve never done is respond to what a camera sees. Zira’s new Andon changes that: it connects directly to Zira AI camera detections, turning a quality defect, safety...

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In industrial processing, grinders are judged on one metric above all: uptime. When materials are difficult, schedules are tight, and maintenance resources are limited, equipment must deliver consistent performance and be easy to service when needed. The 1556 from West...

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Labor shortfall continues to drive the need for more automation in pallet plants. Three Alliance Automation customers share how adoption of new solutions has helped address their labor challenges while improving operational performance. These aren’t theoretical technologies; they are the...

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If you’ve been watching your freight bills closely, you’ve probably noticed something strange lately; rates are climbing even though shipping volumes are falling. That’s not a contradiction. It’s the story of the trucking market right now, and pallet and lumber...

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When Brian Schaefer returned to the family business in 2004, he didn’t arrive with a blueprint for where Troymill Wood Products should go. He did, however, reach one conclusion fairly quickly. “What my grandfather did worked for him, but it...

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The trucking and logistics landscape is defined by a transition from pandemic-era volatility to supply-driven capacity tightening. Rising operating costs, strict regulatory enforcement and a structural shift in global trade routes away from Asia toward North-South corridors are forcing shippers...

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Customer service has traditionally been judged by how well a supplier responded when something went wrong. A late truck, a production delay or an unexpected pallet shortage created an opportunity to recover quickly and keep a customer’s production line running....

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It’s important that the air remains clean in every workplace, and this is especially important in the pallet industry. There are a number of hazards related to wood dust in the pallet industry, health hazards, such as respiratory exposure; physical...

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Don Matre is CEO of Pallet Services, a family-owned pallet supplier with locations in Buffalo and Rochester, New York. It serves customers in the greater upstate New York and western Pennsylvania regions. The company supplies both new and recycled pallets,...

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Fifty years is a long time to be in the pallet equipment business. It is long enough to see technologies come and go, to outlast competitors and to build enduring customer relationships. As Viking Engineering & Development crosses the threshold...

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