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Idea Box: Make the Most of... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > General AdviceFebruary, 1, 2017
LinkedIn is probably the most professional of all the social media platforms out there. It’s not only a great tool for you to connect with other professionals in your industry, but it also has many benefits for your business as...
Coming into Focus: Will Hardwood Markets... - Pallet Enterprise
Sawmills > Lumber MarketFebruary, 1, 2017
Industrial users have overtaken users of appearance lumber in terms of U.S. consumption of hardwood lumber, a trend that has been firmly established for at least seven years. However, U.S. Forest Service researchers consider the shift to be an anomaly...
Supplier Spotlight: Amerimulch? Remains an Industry... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Equipment, Products & ServicesFebruary, 1, 2017
For close to 20 years, Amerimulch® has been building equipment for producers of mulch and other landscape products. Amerimulch manufactures equipment that colors mulch as it’s produced and the colorant that’s used in these machines. Amerimulch is a business unit...
Suspicious Fires Raise Arson Warnings in... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsFebruary, 1, 2017
Over the last few years a number of suspicious fires at pallet yards and plants across California have raised industry alarm. Many of these are suspected to be caused by arson due to video footage and subsequent investigations. The problem...
Markets in Transition: The Evolution of... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsFebruary, 1, 2017
The first time I ordered half-pallets, almost 20 years ago, I was trying to answer the question: how do we stop our people from cutting our $40 dollar pallets in half? It turns out that half-pallets worked perfectly for bedding...
Canadian Softwood Duties Could Impact Pallet... - Pallet Enterprise
Sawmills > GovernmentFebruary, 1, 2017
A dispute between the United States and Canada over softwood lumber is nothing new. It has gone on for decades, and the issue subsided for years thanks to the last Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA). But with the SLA’s expiration and...
Ox Box Transitions with Times, Leverages... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Alternative Materials (Plastic, Corrugated, etc.)February, 1, 2017
Ox Box has established a reputation as an innovative supplier of heavy duty packaging solutions including export compliant wood pallets and packaging, corrugated, mixed wood and corrugated packaging systems, as well as reusable shipping and storage containers. In recent years,...
Priority Pallet Makes Quality and Performance... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsFebruary, 1, 2017
Ray Gutierrez Sr.’s commitment to quality is evident as soon as you see his company’s property from the highway. Stacks of neatly organized pallets with everything in its place stands as a stark contrast to what you might find at...
Plant Eliminates Bottlenecks: Woodpecker Machine from... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsFebruary, 1, 2017
FORT SMITH, Arkansas — Phil White knows a thing or two about the bakery business. After all, he started one from scratch and successfully built it into a business with 200 employees before selling it to a national company. He...
Letter from Ed: Pallet Industry Lumber... - Pallet Enterprise
Sawmills > Lumber MarketFebruary, 1, 2017
Since I started writing about the wooden pallet market in 1977, changes in the resources and lumbers used by the pallet industry have been more extreme that one would have expected back then. In the 70s and 80s most pallets...
