Late last year, Chep and Peco announced that they would compensate recyclers for recovering their rental pallets. With unconfirmed reports of certain soft drink bottlers in some markets doing likewise, the pallet industry may have turned the first corner in...

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Memphis, Tennessee—Few places could have been better than Memphis to start a pallet recycling company and make it work. As one of the major distribution hubs in the United States, Memphis offers the challenge for a well managed recycling company....

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SEYMOUR, Wisconsin — Terry Brill believes there is a profitable future in grinding waste wood into value-added products. Three years ago, Terry was plant manager for a pallet business, Performance Pallet, owned by him and his brother, Jim, who started...

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WHITE SWAN, Wash. — One of the nation’s newest sawmills is the Yakama Forest Products complex in this small town in south-central Washington. Yakama Forest Products is a company wholly owned by the Yakama Nation Indian tribe, which governs a...

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Are we still into summer re-runs of soap operas? The Canadian Pallet Council (CPC) is looking south again, but that’s where the reception gets a little fuzzy. The CPC will need a strategic partner to have a significant North American...

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QUEBEC CITY, Quebec — The Canadian Wood Pallet and Container Association (CWPCA) hosted its 32nd annual meeting at the Loews Concorde Hotel in Quebec City. Close to 100 people enjoyed one of the most solid pallet programs presented anywhere in...

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The performance and durability of pallets, containers and reels can be improved dramatically by using high quality fasteners. Pallet life, for example, may be increased up to 60% simply by using a high quality nail. Think how much the level...

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I have a theory about employees. Regardless of the size of the group, I believe that you have three different types of people. You have 10% of the group that are going to do a good job. Another 10% are...

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Productivity of employees, labor costs, and the availability of capital head a list of factors that will impact whether pallet companies in the Southeast may expand production capacity, according to a new survey. The factors ranked most important, were, in...

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