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Suppliers Offer Alternative Products - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Alternative Materials (Plastic, Corrugated, etc.)October, 1, 2002
Corrugated Pallet Corporation Signs 2 New LicenseesCorrugated Pallet Corporation (CPC) has reached formal agreements with two new licensees for the manufacture and marketing of its product line of UNIPAL corrugated pallets.The WNC Group, including Pasadena Pallet & Skid, Alabama Pallet,...
Wood Container Technology Coalition – Part... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > AssociationsOctober, 1, 2002
ATLANTA, GALast month I tried to capture a glimpse of the excitement and enthusiasm that permeated the air at the Wood Container Technology Coalition in Atlanta last May. I decided to make this story into a two part piece because...
Pest-Heat Provides Solution to Heat Treat... - Pallet Enterprise
Transport Packaging > Case StudiesOctober, 1, 2002
Over the past year, the topic of treating pallets for export has been on the minds of pallet and wood container manufacturers across the country. At various seminars and industry trade shows, they have asked about pine wood nematodes, no...
Metal Pallets Are A Durable Packaging... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Alternative Materials (Plastic, Corrugated, etc.)October, 1, 2002
After running the Center for Unit Load Design at Virginia Tech for years, John Clarke jumped at the opportunity to sell metal pallets. Given the niche market for most metal pallets, Johns decision may seem a bit unusual.But it makes...
Going Up In Smoke! The Debate... - Pallet Enterprise
Logging > Forest HealthOctober, 1, 2002
Recently President Bush proposed his Health Forests Initiative to combat the worsening conditions in public forests. The 1994 Northwest Forest Plan had failed to live up to its promises.Although the plan has successfully protected old growth trees, it has failed...
Baker Distributing Multitek Firewood Processing Equipment - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Equipment, Products & ServicesOctober, 1, 2002
Baker Products, which manufactures sawmill and pallet lumber machinery and portable sawmills, has become a distributor for Multitek firewood processors. Baker is the exclusive Multitek distributor for Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Ontario, Canada.Multitek has been in the manufacturing...
Pallet Industry Relying More on Recovered... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsOctober, 1, 2002
By Jeffery Bejune, Robert Bush, Philip Araman, Bruce Hansen, Dan Cumbo(Editors Note: The following article is a research report titled, Wood Use Trends in the Pallet and Container Industry: 1992 – 1999, that was published by the authors earlier this...
Logistics Report Focuses on Agility in... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsOctober, 1, 2002
Responding quickly to changing market conditions will become an increasingly important competitive advantage in the future.Case in point: when the economy went sour last year, it didn't take long for the phone to stop ringing at many pallet suppliers. Manufacturers...
Bo Knows Pallets ? and Recycling - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsOctober, 1, 2002
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — Greg Bowen, owner of Bo's Pallets Inc. likes to travel. He sees even a short trip as a good time to read, think, and sketch plans for improving his business. So Greg's wife drives when the couple...
Texas Company Finds Profitable Niche in... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > New Pallet ManufacturingOctober, 1, 2002
BULLARD, Texas — A degree in agricultural finance from Texas A&M University put Jim Tarrant on one side of a desk as a loan officer. After five years of evaluating the needs of borrowers, though, Jim wanted to jump on...
