At its annual meeting last March, the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association elected James Ruder of L&R Pallet Service as chairman of its board,...
Industrial Resources (IR) has recently announced a new machine it developed to dismantle box springs. Pallet recyclers are looking for recycling market options. Industrial Resources’...
A few EXPO Richmond shows ago, Jerry McCoin introduced the pallet industry to his new Super Mark-It Pallet Marking System. Many people were enthusiastic that...
Expanding its product offering to include an innovative composite pallet, Ongweoweh Corp. (www.ongweoweh.com) has signed an agreement with Axios Mobile Assets Corp. (www.axiosma.com) indicating it...
• The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee recently passed the 2012 Farm Bill, which could potentially restore funding to the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). The version passed by the committee includes an amended energy title which would reauthorize...
A bill that would allow forest products to qualify for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) BioPreferred Program has been introduced in the U.S. Senate....
From a shuttered main street to pallet equipment auctions, recent logistics trends have changed many lives, both inside and outside of the pallet industry. If we had not been hammered by the explosion of big box stores, third party logistics...
Several catastrophic explosions at sawmills in the past few months underscore the need for pallet and forest products companies to have plans in place to...
SPARTA, Wisconsin—Lake States Lumber Co. is known for its building products, but it also has an industrial lumber division that has become an important supplier of pre-cut components to pallet manufacturers and other companies in the Great Lakes region and...
The fast-changing markets of today make it hard for companies that ever reach peak operating levels to maintain it over a long period of time. As demand changes and markets shift, companies that don’t make the needed corresponding shifts can...