Hoping to get a grip on where radio frequency identification (RFID) is headed, Pallet Enterprise has explored the technology with four experts. RFID has become a hot topic for...

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There are many pallet users who believe that leasing pallets is the best strategic choice for their distribution needs, and those who meet that need will get their business. Many pallet companies think that’s the end of the story, but...

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In the past 5 years the workers compensation class code rate predominately used in the pallet industry, 2759 (Pallet, Box manufacturing – wooden) has increased 40 percent. For organizations who for reasons of size or market access have been unable...

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Get ready to crank up the sawmills because it looks like Uncle Sam is about ready to open national forests to a lot more timber harvesting. Or at least that is what the latest statements made by "mainstream" preservationists groups...

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Editor’s Note:   The information presented here came from a 1995 study conducted by John Clarke, Dr. Marshall White, and Philip Araman of Virginia Tech and the USDA Forest Service, Southern Station. Many readers are aware of the extensive pallet...

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A North Carolina State University team of Urs Buehlmann and Tom Fluharty conducted a survey in 2004 of the North Carolina pallet recycling industry. We are presenting some of their results here both for their informational value and to illustrate...

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What’s the best pallet system design for a particular customer? Part of my approach is to use comparison studies. I overlay the client’s program with the strengths and weaknesses of the pallet systems used by competitors and similar businesses in...

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WADESBORO, North Carolina — Despite a long and fruitful career as an engineer with Rockwell International, Blake Hildreth never forgot his first work experience.                       “I worked my way through...

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LYNWOOD, California — Whether skating in alone on goal or running a pallet business, one key to success is taking advantage of opportunities when they come along.                       Such has...

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TIPTON, Indiana—“Everything we do is customer driven,” said Bill Barger, president of Terry Products, a pallet supplier that also makes custom crates. The company’s main business is repairing, manufacturing and remanufacturing of pallets. Terry Products also manufactures wood packaging and...

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