About 25 years ago when Biolube first launched, it was pretty common for sawmills to use a wick system that dripped diesel fuel on saw blades to try to keep them cool and pitch free. However, this system posed problems....

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Videos Build Your Legacy: Viking Engineering tells the story of the Shean family and why it has been successful at Valley Pallet. The video also explains why the right automated equipment has helped fuel growth. Green Packaging: Oakland Pallet has...

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The National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA), its Canadian counterpart, and the Western Pallet Association (WPA), with help from the Pallet Foundation, is launching an initiative in March to promote the environmental benefits of wood pallets and packaging. The...

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Are your maintenance processes documented, including preventive maintenance schedule and equipment servicing history? Increasingly, such documentation will be required to meet the quality assurance demands of leading customers, according to Ralph Rupert of Millwood Inc. Rupert spoke at the 2016...

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With PECO Pallets and some recyclers currently involved in disputes over return fees for proprietary pallets, it is time to review again the issue of fair compensation for services that recyclers offer to help rental pools locate, collect, sort and...

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The key to compliance with new health care requirements is paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. And the best way to make this easy is with good systems and technology. One of the big drivers of improved health care and lower costs in...

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What can a grinder do for your business? The answer is a lot more than just convert scrap material into wood grindings. Investment in a grinder provides solutions for problems that many pallet and sawmill companies experience. Those problems are...

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Last month my father wrote about the importance of telling our environmental story as an industry and even the possibility of eco certification options. Well his column was almost prophetic because wooden pallets came under attack in February in the...

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Lindsey Shean, is the sales manager for Valley Pallet Inc. and member of the board of directors of the Western Pallet Association.   Pallet Enterprise: Did you ever think you would end up in the pallet industry? Why or why...

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                The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that it will require commercial trucks and buses to deploy electronic logging devices (ELDs) by December 16, 2017. However, the rule will not apply to drivers in vehicles made before...

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