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One Saw Yields Big Benefit For... - Pallet Enterprise
Sawmills > Sawmill Case Studies: RemanufacturingMarch, 1, 2003
FOREST GROVE, Oregon – With roots in the Northwest dating back to the mid-1800s, Stimson Lumber Company is one of the oldest, continuously operating forest products companies in the U. S. The privately held firm, headquartered in Portland, Ore., has...
NWPCA Leader Keen on Increasing Members’Role... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > AssociationsFebruary, 3, 2003
(Editor’s Note: Bill Biedenbach of Allegheny Recycled Products was chairman-elect of the board of directors of the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association during 2002 and likely will be elected chairman at the association’s annual meeting Feb. 22-25. He agreed...
Blazing a Trail to Protect Against... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Design/Engineering ResearchFebruary, 3, 2003
Customers generally do not want to spend more for pallets than the minimum required, but they are almost guaranteed to up the ante when the wrong pallet is a show stopper. So when a time sensitive international shipment is at...
Getting It Right at U.S. Gypsum - Pallet Enterprise
Unit Load > Case StudiesFebruary, 3, 2003
(Author’s Note: I first started talking to Paul Messinger in the mid-1990s when we were both working on national level pallet projects in the roofing industry. Although we never met, I was intrigued by the passion he had for the...
Buchanan Hardwoods Continues Progress on Its... - Pallet Enterprise
Sawmills > Sawmill Case StudiesFebruary, 3, 2003
R.W. “Mr. Buck” Buchanan already had 31 years experience running hardwood sawmills in the South when he and his three sons founded Buchanan Hardwoods in 1960. In fact, recounts Bill Buchanan Jr., who is Mr. Buck's grandson and a principal...
Illinois Recycler?s Focus Is Maximizing Recovery,... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsFebruary, 3, 2003
ALBION, Illinois — Randall Kimbrell and his wife, Julie, have degrees from Western Illinois University. But Randall will tell you that they received their real education when he went to work nearly 10 years ago for Jack and Peg Thornton...
New Machines May Qualify for 30%... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Equipment, Products & ServicesJanuary, 6, 2003
Companies that purchase new machinery are eligible for a depreciation bonus of 30% in the tax year in which it is placed into service. The depreciation bonus, provided in President Bush’s economic stimulus bill, which he signed earlier this year,...
Becker Underwood Makes Acquisitions - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Equipment, Products & ServicesJanuary, 6, 2003
Becker Underwood, a supplier of mulch coloring equipment and colorants, has acquired Urbana Laboratories and Seedbiotics as well as a line of seed coating products. Terms were not disclosed. Urbana Laboratories is a producer of rhizobium inoculant for legume crops...
Wood-Mizer Finalist for Forestry Award - Pallet Enterprise
Unit Load > Equipment, Products & ServicesJanuary, 6, 2003
Wood-Mizer, a leading manufacturer of portable sawmills, is among four finalists for the National Hardwood Lumber Association’s 2002 Forestry Stewardship Award. Wood-Mizer was recognized as a finalist at the NHLA convention recently. The four finalists were selected from among 2,000...
Atlanta Expo Slated June 25-27; - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsJanuary, 6, 2003
The Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition will be held June 25-27 in Atlanta. Online registration will be available beginning Jan. 27. The Atlanta Expo, as the trade show is also known, will be held in the newest hall of...
