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Pallets > Equipment, Products & ServicesNovember, 1, 2008
Cresswood Unveils New Compact End-Feed Grinder Cresswood Shredding Machinery has developed a new, compact, horizontal end-feed grinder. The new EF-12SR is the smallest end-feed grinder in Cresswood’s Destroyer series and takes considerably less floor space...
Market Update: If It Seems Too... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Pallet MarketNovember, 1, 2008
It is rare to see a largely universal trend that impacts the entire pallet industry the same way. The main reason that trends usually do not cross through all sectors is the large range or variances in business...
Pallet Market Remains Important Focus of... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Pallet LumberNovember, 1, 2008
HAZLEHURST, Georgia – Maybe Rabun Beasley could have entered the hardwood sawmill business earlier, but he’s certainly done pretty well for himself in 10 years. That’s a vast understatement. Rabun had been a logger for 30 years when...
Markets in Transition: Designing Pallet Systems... - Pallet Enterprise
Unit Load > PalletsNovember, 1, 2008
Why is it so hard to get customers on board with an excellent pallet system? I hear people ask this question surprisingly often. The usual answer is that corporate decision makers are not willing to pay...
Green Biz 2.0: NextLife Develops 100%... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Alternative Materials (Plastic, Corrugated, etc.)November, 1, 2008
Imagine the next generation of recycling where the waste stream of major companies is turned directly into high-end products that a company uses in its operations or sells directly to customers. This would allow a company to directly...
Choices Growing for Technology to Track... - Pallet Enterprise
Unit Load > Tracking (RFID, bar codes, etc.)November, 1, 2008
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in conjunction with unique asset tracking is clearly the ‘next big thing’ in technology for tracking pallets and containers. So far, however, it is finding acceptance mainly in applications involving relatively expensive assets,...
Wood or Plastic Pallets: Which Options... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Alternative Materials (Plastic, Corrugated, etc.)November, 1, 2008
If your company has not been asked whether or not your products are “green,” it may be coming. Increasingly, packaging users want suppliers to reflect an eco-consciousness even though they may not want to pay extra for it....
PRS Advances While the Industry Matures... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Equipment, Products & ServicesNovember, 1, 2008
Jacksonville, Illinois— Early Days of Recycling Jeff Williams, vice president of sales for Pallet Repair Systems, Inc. (PRS), and I talked about the evolution of pallet recycling and the many changes that have taken place. The 20th anniversary...
Thinking Ahead?Letter from Chaille: Dealing with... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Pallet MarketNovember, 1, 2008
Pallet and lumber companies all over the country are feeling the squeeze of the current economic recession. We have heard companies talk about customer orders slowing down and for some almost drying up. Very few people thought at...
Activities in the News - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Equipment, Products & ServicesOctober, 1, 2008
Cresswood Adopts New Name, Logo Cresswood Recycling Systems, which manufactures grinders for the pallet and sawmill industries as well as other industries, has changed its name to Cresswood Shredding Machinery. The name change is part of...
