If you are like most pallet and lumber companies, your website is something you worked on years ago and it gets ignored amid all the stresses involved in your day-to-day operations. According to the GE Capital Retail Bank Major...

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                While robots have been used in automobile and other highly complicated manufacturing processes for years, they have not been widely deployed in pallet production. That is until now. Jointec AB has deployed Yaskawa Motman robots in 20 pallet systems...

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                Pallets made from alternative (non-wooden) materials run the gamut from single-use  pallets that cost only a few dollars to highly-engineered, custom pallets that cost a couple thousand dollars.                 The grid supplied is a quick guide to the variety...

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What started with hard work and a drive to provide a better living for his family has grown into a thriving pallet manufacturing and repair business serving customers throughout northern and central California. Jose G. Padilla Sr. began working for...

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                Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to participate in a panel of experts that met to discuss the future of material handling and logistics in the United States. The conversations were fascinating and a bit frightening to think...

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Pallet Enterprise: How/why did you first get involved in the industry? Troyer: It started out as a summer job when I was 12 or 13 years old. I worked my way up through the different departments in the yard and...

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                Belacon recently announced a renewal of its relationship with iGPS Logistics, a nationwide all-plastic pallet leasing company. Belacon provides warehousing, transportation and logistics services coast-to-coast for iGPS Logistics’ diverse customer base – allocating, storing and tracking millions of pallet...

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                The new Cresswood HF-60 Compact Stroke (CS) single-shaft “Destroyer” wood grinder offers all the latest engineering updates from the company, packaged in a smaller footprint machine with both space and cost-saving advantages. Designed for processing applications that don’t require...

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                As the winter months approach, it is time to think about the efficiency of how you heat your facility, particularly if you are located in a part of the country that has real winters. The answer to lowering your...

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                While the players remain the same in terms of heat treated (HT) wooden pallets, presswood, paper or plastic, the makeup of the export pallet market is changing. One of those key trends seems to be in the growth of...

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