Chris Lasseter is the sales director for Summerford Pallet, a wooden pallet recycler, located in Ashford, Ala.   Pallet Enterprise: How and why did you first get involved in the industry? Lasseter: After graduating from college, I was a youth...

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Problem:  A pallet manufacturer needed a smarter way to prevent combustible dust from building up to comply with OSHA regulations and to keep employees safe.   Solution:  John Rock Inc. installed SonicAire®2.0 fans that makes an air barrier that keeps...

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With millions of pallets in closed loop pools or semi-private logistics networks around the world, the need for smart tracking software continues to grow as suppliers develop ever more flexible solutions. It used to be that you could separate pallet...

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Wondering why we’re having all these huge forest fires out in the western United States in recent years? Has Smokey Bear retired?                 Actually, Smokey did his job too well. And in combination with the recent long, warm summers, fires,...

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                Beyond your typical half-size pallet design, CHEP USA has pioneered the development of a new half pallet it is launching in the Midwest in November 2014 with plans to roll out this 40×24 inch pallet in a big way...

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                Customers that don’t pay their bills on time are one of the biggest problems that many small businesses face.                 When money has gone into completing and delivering an order on time but the payment comes in after the...

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                Researchers from the Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design (CPULD) at Virginia Tech are working on developing a life cycle analysis database that will give white-wood companies a baseline to compare their performance with others as well as...

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                Forklifts are everywhere in pallet and lumber operations. They are so common that it is easy to ignore them when designing your safety program. But the statistics on forklift incidents in the workplace are shocking.                 According to the...

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                Human resource (HR) practices are one of the most impactful parts of managing a company because they quite literally affect every single worker. Despite this reality, many pallet companies either see HR as an afterthought or don’t think about...

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                Marcus Falkenhahn wants to radically impact the global pallet market. And he thinks his WORLD pallet standard can be the key to serving major accounts that want consistent quality and interchangeability across the globe. Oh, and he wants you...

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