PRS Group Inc. recently launched a new website designed to improve customer experience for any device including smartphones. The website features pictures and videos of all the machines offered by PRS Groups and much more. The new website allows customers...

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PRS Group Inc. recently launched a new website designed to improve customer experience for any device including smartphones. The website features pictures and videos of all the machines offered by PRS Groups and much more.  The new website allows customers...

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Sukhi Brar is operations manager at Surrey, B.C. based Advance Group of Companies, including Advance Lumber Remanufacturing, Advance Pallet and Crate, and Advance Freight.   Pallet Enterprise: How has the softwood duty situation impacted your company, and what steps are...

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You may have heard of the Pallet Inferno? But did you know it’s not a dry kiln. Instead, it’s a machine with a conveyor system that operates inside your production facility, drying and heat treating (HT) pallets to ISPM-15 standards....

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High employee turnover is problematic. Not only is it costly and time-consuming to find good workers to replace the ones you lost, but it also has other negative impacts. Of course, not all employee turnover is bad because it’s perfectly...

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When it comes to developing a new plant, energy issues may not be at the top of your list. But they should be a major consideration so that the right utility and customer equipment is installed and that upfront and...

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Prices for southern yellow pine (SYP) have been rising almost unchecked since the start of the year. The composite SYP price was about $379/mbf in early January, dipped about $20 in the following couple of weeks, then began climbing. It...

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While seriously considering an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can be a major undertaking, software vendors say your implementation should go much more smoothly if you get answers to the following questions before you sign on the dotted line:  ...

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Editor’s Note: The following is an interview with World Nieh, national program leader for Forest Products and Wood Utilization for the U.S. Forest Service in Washington, D.C. His current areas of focus are helping develop new uses for wood, such...

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In the last article we discussed ergonomic assessments. If you find that workplace tasks involve physical activities that increase the risk for Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs), it would be beneficial to reduce those risks. This is especially important when those risks...

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