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Recyclers Must Have A Plan For... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsNovember, 13, 2001
Remember when you first opened your pallet shop? You were lean and mean, and you were making money. As your business grew, you hired more people and bought more equipment. Now you are not quite as lean, and you are...
Nevada Pallet Maker Expands Quickly To... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsNovember, 13, 2001
SPARKS, Nev.—What’s in a name? In the case of PLTS Inc., there’s a bit of personal history. “I was in warehousing for 18 years,” said Howard J. Foster, who co-owns PLTS with his wife, Heather, and PLTS was commonly used...
Delta Coatings Offers Mulch Colorants - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Equipment, Products & ServicesOctober, 1, 2001
Delta Coatings-Canada has developed a line of high quality, non-bleeding, non-toxic colorants for wood mulch. The company has supplied pallet paint for the past 10 years. The ingredients of Delta’s mulch colorants are: non-toxic to plants and animals, non-hazardous, repelling...
Heartland Expands, Offers Conveyors - Pallet Enterprise
Unit Load > Equipment, Products & ServicesOctober, 1, 2001
Heartland Fabrication & Machine Inc. has expanded its machinery line to include material handling equipment. Heartland belt conveyors will move material effectively and reliably. They are heavy-duty and priced economically. The Heartland 12-foot Rough Top Scrap Conveyor is designed to...
L-M Equipment Co. Ltd. Offers New... - Pallet Enterprise
Unit Load > Equipment, Products & ServicesOctober, 1, 2001
Canadian-based L-M Equipment Co. Ltd. has developed a new, more automated package saw. New features streamline operations with the saw and reduce material handling. The company’s package cut-off system is now available with an in-line double-end bumper. This new feature...
Pallet Track Aids in EU Compliance - Pallet Enterprise
Unit Load > InternationalOctober, 1, 2001
As of Oct. 1, 2001, the European Union (EU) passed an emergency measure to prevent any pallet, crate or packaging containing softwood from entering any member nation unless the packaging is marked as Heat Treated (HT) or Kiln Dried Heat...
Pallets Treated by Pest-Heat OK for... - Pallet Enterprise
Unit Load > InternationalOctober, 1, 2001
Pest-Heat, which makes equipment for heat-treating pallets, says pallets treated by its system will comply with new European Union requirements for wood packaging made of softwood lumber. Heating-treating pallets with the Pest-Heat equipment will allow them to be marked with...
IFCO Systems Can Now Supply Solutions... - Pallet Enterprise
Unit Load > InternationalOctober, 1, 2001
IFCO Systems announced that its McAllen, Tex. location has received certification for heat treatment of pallets against pine nematodes, a microscopic eelworm that could cause mortality in European pine forests. The certification means IFCO can provide customers with wooden packaging...
Recycling: One More Hat? - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsOctober, 1, 2001
Some 20 years ago, when I was first breaking into warehousing and a career of being a pallet ‘user,’ we used to pay the fellow who took away the warehouse garbage to also take away the non-48×40 pallet cores and...
Going Up In Smoke - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsOctober, 1, 2001
Just imagine a fire blazing through your customer’s warehouse or DC. It leaves behind a path of destruction resulting in thousands — maybe millions of dollars — in property damage, not to mention the productivity loss. Packaging, especially pallets, can...
