NA 2004, a trade show and conference of the Material Handling Industry of America, featured more than 400 exhibits and drew attendees from over 50 countries when it was held in Cleveland recently.             Suppliers exhibited basic equipment to automated...

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The National Association of Pallet Distributors (NAPD), a British trade association of pallet recyclers, has endorsed a new pallet testing standard.             The new testing standard, EN ISO 8611-1, is a revision of a 1989 standard, which the British pallet...

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A team of employees from Wood-Mizer Products and members of their families recently helped to build a horse barn for HOPE Ranch, a Christian outreach facility for teenagers in Somerset, Ky.             The Wood-Mizer team, 23 employees and family members...

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Last summer I was warmly welcomed into a few pallet operations in Great Britain. But in case you are thinking of hooking up with a pallet company across the water, there are a few key things I learned that I...

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Stronger, lighter, fumigated, heat-treated, bar-coded, and four-way pallets flow from the specific needs that pallet users have communicated to pallet sales people over the years. Now, many companies are telling pallet suppliers they need something more: help with optimizing trailer...

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GLASGOW, Scotland — While traveling in Scotland last summer I found out about Ferguson Packaging using the time-honored way many customers still go about finding a pallet supplier — in the Yellow Pages.             While the primary business purpose of...

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The International Staple, Nail and Tool Association (ISANTA) recommends a number of safety measures related to safe use and operation of pneumatic fastening tools. Its recommendations were developed in cooperation with the Construction Safety Council.             Power nailing tools have...

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The Morgan Impact Bend-Angle Nail Tester (MIBANT) is manufactured and is available from Bentech Manufacturing in Roanoke, Va. The Morgan Impact Bend-Angle Nail Tester is a standard device for testing bending resistance of pallet nails and is described in ASTM...

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ROSYTH, Scotland — About 30 minutes driving time northeast of Edinburgh and across the River Forth toll bridge is the head office and a major plant location of Europe’s largest and fastest-growing pallet company, Scott Timber.             Scott Timber’s growth...

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I can remember when I learned nails are manufactured from coils of wire. I watched cold headers cut and form close to 1,000 nails a minute, marveling at the speed of production. During the first machinery show after that tour,...

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