Shipping into Oregon on pallets containing DecaBDE (deca) may soon become a major problem for the supply chain. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) recently issued a directive to help manufacturers and distributors comply with a new ban that went into...
Baker Products has appointed Puma Forest Products in Parral, Chihuahua as its representative in northern Mexico. Headed by Mario Valdez, Puma has been a Baker customer for nearly ten...
Terry White is joining Mid Continent Nail as its sales and service representative in its northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan area. Terry, his wife Virginia, five children, and fourteen...
Metropolitan Staple Corp., founded in 1962, is one of the oldest and largest distributors of collated nails and staples in the eastern US. From its warehouses in Springfield, NJ...
CENTRAL CITY, KY—BREWCO, Inc., one of the best known names in the sawmill manufacturing industry recently announced that it is under new management as of October 1, 2010. Former owner Clarence Brewer, Jr. (known as Jr.) sold the company to...
As announced in the January issue of the Pallet Enterprise, the U.S. and Canadian governments are working on developing a schedule to eliminate the current ISPM 15 exemption for...
Is the marketplace ready to embrace wood-plastic composite products for applications such as pallets, fruit bins and reusable concrete forms? That is the prediction of NewWood Manufacturing and a...
It wasn’t that many years ago that wood pallet recycling was the fastest growing segment of the recycling business, but things have changed. In case you haven’t noticed, the...
Living in the snowy tundra, also known as the State of Minnesota, I am fully aware of the adversities that cold weather and snow can bring to everyday life....
In a previous column, I made the case that the best investment in promoting plant safety is for management to make it clear that safety is a company priority...