After months of hard work, the Western Pallet Association has unveiled a newly re-designed website at www.westernpallet.org.   The new WPA website has been completely restructured to provide members and visitors with: an easier way to learn about the western pallet...

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Committed to boosting its presence, expertise and service offerings in the wood products sector, Vecoplan Midwest LLC, a subsidiary of Vecoplan LLC, has hired two new personnel. The two new staff members are Dan Dinan and Chuck Clemmons. Dan Dinan,...

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Pallet Enterprise: Why has Brexit become such a major concern for pallet companies in the United Kingdom and Europe? Dye: This is solely due to the fact that by leaving the European Union, the UK is no longer covered by...

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Most of us are all too happy to say goodbye to this bizarre year 2020 while remaining cautiously optimistic that 2021 will be better. To ensure your business makes the smoothest transition possible into the new year, here are some...

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Leander O’Neal Scott Sr. and Richard Edward Barrett Sr. both died on October 26th after having been in the pallet business for a long time. These men were early supporters of the Pallet Profile/Wooden Pallet Index and were active in...

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The number of online shoppers worldwide is projected to reach 2 billion in 2020, according to Oberlo, an e-commerce company. As of 2020, there are roughly 7.8 billion people in the world. That means just over a quarter of the...

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Relief is in sight. Battered by the pandemic and scrambling to shore up finances, businesses can look forward to an easing of the pain over the next 12 months. Economists anticipate a gradual but noticeable recovery fueled by a surge...

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The leading institution for scientific research in the pallet and transport packaging sector is the Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design (Center). A part of Virginia Tech’s Sustainable Bio-materials Department, the Center conducts research and stays on the cutting...

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Automated Industrial Technologies, which has manufactured and supplied equipment to pallet companies for more than 25 years, is offering an innovative solution to reduce labor costs and increase throughput by leasing its new ES50 Board Stacker. AIT introduced the new...

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This is the second annual pallet industry websites awards sponsored by Pallet Enterprise magazine. There has been noticeable improvement in industry website design over the past few years. One of the goals of this award is to encourage even more...

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