I am saddened to announce to my pallet friends that Bill Thomlison passed away on January 15. Those of us who were fortunate enough to know Bill counted him as both a friend and a mentor. In life all of...

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EDEN, North Carolina — My, how times change. North Carolina used to be a stronghold of the U.S. furniture industry. The region encompassing the northern tier of North Carolina and southern Virginia, with abundant forest resources and good labor, used...

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      This is the second of a two part interview with Dr. Patrick Moore, a respected ecologist and environmental activist. Dr. Moore was one of the original founders of Greenpeace and has been a popular speaker at forest...

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      Increasingly the world is becoming a smaller place as goods are ending up around the world instead of just simply down the street. The United States remains the largest wood market in the world. It is also...

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Until recently it never occurred to me to put together a Pallet Enterprise article about treated lumber. While many products in society utilize treated wood, very few pallets are manufactured from treated lumber. Over the last couple of years, the...

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The European Union (EU) has voted to further delay the implementation of a debarking requirement for solid wood packaging until January 1, 2009 according to Roddie Burgess of the UK Forestry Commission. The EU has informally notified the U.S. government...

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      Several years ago, most pallet companies and lumber producers had never heard of the word, “phytosanitary.” Now, it is hard to escape it for those dealing with solid wood packaging. Plant health and the concern over invasive...

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PARKERSBURG, West Virginia — Reduce, return, reuse. Those three words sum up the philosophy of Greenpak Inc., putting the company firmly among the forward-looking businesses of the 21st century. Today there are 300 employees at Greenpak, and the company takes...

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Hardy-Built Rings Provide Benefits Hardy-Built pallet rings and collars manufactured by Hardy-Graham Inc. are designed to fit all types and sizes of pallets to make bins and containers.       They can be attached with Hardy-Built retaining angles to...

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The headlines haven’t been coming in a flurry, but they are none the less significant when it comes to thinking about the defense and expansion of plastic pallet and container markets. Last summer, for example, Rehrig Pacific Co. purchased all...

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