The feeble conditions of hardwood grade markets east of the Rockies have been well publicized the past year and a half. Poor demand caused by the slumping housing industry had a whiplash effect. The poor demand has translated...
FORT WAYNE, Indiana — When it comes to business, sometimes everything fits just right. Steve Lefebvre, owner of K&S Pallet, prides himself on a 17-year-old business that shines because of its ability to provide great service. Most...
Match the machine to the goal. In a nugget, that is what manufacturers of grinding equipment would tell a pallet manufacturer, lumber remanufacturer or sawmill owner planning to purchase a wood grinder for the first time. ...
While taking individual responsibility for good communication is essential, what a business-owning family can do as a group to improve communications offers almost unlimited possibilities. A family makes a very powerful statement to family members and to employees when it...
ULYSSES, Pennsylvania — Create jobs and conserve natural resources. Those are laudable goals for a company, goals that more and more businesses embrace. PA Pellets (LLC), a manufacturer of wood fuel pellets, is one of them. Established in...
What started as a way to improve lumber yield for a southern Missouri pallet company has escalated into one of the industries’ biggest machinery success stories and best known brands – Baker Products. From one product and a...
Storti now is handling all international marketing and sales of the G. Wine Sales M2L board stacker, which was developed by Virginia-based G. Wine Sales with Automated Industrial Technologies. For international markets, the machine is branded...
Amerimulch, which supplies mulch colorants to the pallet and sawmill industries, has developed a new bulk tank to eliminate totes from the mulch coloring production process. Handling totes has been a labor-intensive challenge for large production...
Members of the International Staple, Nail and Tool Association (ISANTA) re-elected Ed Sutt as chairman of the board of directors for 2008. Ed is the engineering manager of fastener technology for Stanley-Bostitch. The association also elected...
At its recent annual meeting the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association chose its new slate of officers to provide industry leadership through the next year. At the annual meeting, the association’s outgoing Board Chairman Sam McAdow of...