The staff of Pallet Enterprise and Pallet Profile has been conducting regular human resource surveys since the early 2000s. This is the most comprehensive survey of the labor situation in the industry, and the last one occurred before the pandemic...

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    2020 ————————————————————————— Freeman Spogli & Co. Acquires a Majority Interest in Kamps, Inc. (January 2020—Nationwide) Kamps, Inc. Acquires D&K Bark (April 7, 2020—Michigan) Kamps, Inc. Acquires Green Trip Recycling Total Pallet Group (May 8, 2020—Atlanta) Alinda Capital Partners...

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The Pallet Enterprise, Pallet Profile Weekly, and Recycle Record are conducting a Human Resources and Wage Survey of the wooden pallet and container industry. The last labor survey we conducted was in 2019/2020. We are asking readers to help both...

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Kate Matz is the manager of national recycled pallet sales for ePallet. Previously, she was a sales representative for Allegheny Recycled Products in Pittsburgh. Recently, she joined ePallet to help the company launch a pallet recycling division. ePallet is a...

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Over the last two years, the amount of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the pallet industry has reached unprecedented levels. This trend has occurred thanks to the influx of private equity investors. The two biggest names in this revolution...

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“Doing the impossible.” That’s what Doug Wenninger and his team at Alliance Automation are driven to do. Having worked with some pretty demanding customers, such as Whirlpool Corporation, General Electric, Ford Motor Co. and CHEP, Alliance knows how to develop...

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If pallet companies could ask Santa Claus for one gift, it wouldn't be lumber, cores, nails or even more customers, but productive workers. While the industry has been plagued for at least the last five years with a shortfall of...

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