WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP, New Jersey — Jerry Bernard started a pallet and container business when he was a young man, but it evolved into something different, becoming a major supplier of pre-cut pallet stock and industrial lumber. Today, Bernard, 76, is...

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With approximately two billion pallets in use daily in the United States, there may be nothing more important and yet overlooked in the supply chain than pallet quality. That’s a huge statement, but think about how much focus companies place...

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Manufacturing pallets for nearly 40 years, the Indiana-based Coomer & Sons Sawmill has grown from a small garage start-up into a commercial-sized operation producing thousands of pallets daily.  Throughout its history, Coomer & Sons has remained successful despite economic hardships...

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Information that helps you stay competitive, improve your workplace, and be a better company. That is what we strive to cram into each issue of Pallet Enterprise. We like to ask, “So what?” This issue covers three interesting operations to...

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In late January LINC Systems based out of Westfield, Indiana acquired Numax of New Windsor, New York. The two companies share a long similar history in the industrial fastening business. The newly combined company will operate under the name LINC...

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One of the benefits of working with the pallet industry is the great relationships that I have enjoyed. Of all the pallet manufacturers I have had the pleasure of knowing one who stands out to me is Bill Nelson from...

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Jim Schwab is the CEO of Pallet Logistics of America and is the chairman of the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association. Pallet Enterprise: From Annapolis, to corporate management, to investing, you have done a lot in your life. What...

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Is cold calling dead? There are many marketing experts that will tell you that the cold call is dead because no one answers the phone, and there are many other ways to get customers to come to you without interrupting...

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January of 2016 started the year off with a period of economic volatility. February followed suit with an overall bearish stock market and oil prices hitting a 13-year low. The pallet industry has not been sheltered from what appears to...

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Back in 2009, an article in the Engineered Wood Journal predicted that the competition for certain types of wood fiber would reshape the wood fiber markets due to the increasing demand of wood fiber to produce electricity. At that time,...

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