Industrial Reporting, which publishes Pallet Enterprise magazine, has begun to publish and distribute a new electronic newsletter, Enterprise Insight. The electronic newsletter is an e-mail document and will be distributed via e-mail to coincide with the publication of...
WASHINGTON, Ga.—In the not so distant past, Anthony Forest Products employees were accustomed to the occasional workplace accident. Not any more. “You never knew when there would be an incident,” said Tracy Moore, Sorter Lead Person at...
Probably everyone reading this article has easy access to clean drinking water. That is not the case for nearly 1.1 billion people who are forced to use unsafe water sources. Especially in regions like sub-Saharan Africa, people have...
(Editor’s Note: The following article first appeared in Center Focus, the newsletter of the Virginia Tech Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management, and it is published here with the permission of the center.) Globalization has...
From the popular press to customer requests, many people are talking about the green revolution. This kind of green includes both environmentally positive decisions and bottom line savings. It can be difficult to separate the hype from reality...
Pallet Enterprise will host a telephone audio conference Feb. 13 featuring a pair of experts in pallet and unit load design. The conference is for pallet suppliers and their key customers. It offers the perfect opportunity for pallet...
Last year, Honda began using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and tracking technology for over 500,000 reusable metal cages and plastic containers for its automotive supply chain in the United Kingdom. Like most RFID projects reported to date...
Lenox Introduces New Sizes, Tooth Spacings Lennox has introduced new sizes and tooth spacings for its WoodMaster line of bandsaw blades. The WoodMaster CT blade is designed to provide a smooth finish when cutting materials like...
Dear Dr. Moore: How do I know if my deck comes from an old growth forest? Wood products are not tracked in terms of each tree’s age, so the short answer is that you don’t. But...
Philosopher and poet George Santayana is credited with the commonly used phrase, “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” During a conversation with one of our Western market contacts back in the...