Buckeye Recyclers, Inc., located in South Charleston, Ohio, filed a complaint against Chep USA in the Court of Common Pleas for Clark County, Ohio on September 18, 2001. This law suit was just beginning at our deadline, but much can...
SEATTLE — Wooden containers usually are not the main attraction at a pallet industry meeting, but they were center stage at the Wood Container Technology Conference. The conference, co-sponsored by APA-The Engineered Wood Association and the American Wood Packaging Association,...
(Editor’s Note: This article is based on a presentation that Bob made recently at a conference of the Virginia Forest Products Association. It was published subsequently in the association’s newsletter.) It wasn't that long ago that the lumber industry was...
A “border war” over Canadian lumber coming into the U.S. has been ongoing for decades. When the five year quota system expired on March 31, a period of waiting to see what the U.S. would do began. The U.S. has...
ASHLAND, Ohio — The pallet industry is intensely competitive, posing significant challenges to company managers responsible for maintaining profitability. A successful manager must pay attention to even mundane aspects of the plant's operation in order to achieve success. American Wood...
Paslode now offers a new 15-degree coil nailer made especially for pallet work. The CoilMaster™ Pallet Series P275C features an excellent power-to-weight ratio, allowing it to drive nails into the hardest woods and virtually eliminate standing nail heads. The CoilMaster...
The U.S. sawmill industry, for both hardwoods and softwoods, is going through some stormy waters. I will make a few comments about the softwood industry before getting to the hardwood theme of this article. Softwood Sawmills In spite of a...
(Editor’s Note: Rich Jefferson’s column, ‘In the Arena,’ was published in one of our other publications, TimberLine magazine, starting in January 2000. In June, we also began publishing his column in Pallet Enterprise. Rich recently accepted a position as national...
The spread of insects internationally through wood packaging has been a brewing issue for more than a year. The European Union (EU) is set to put in place new requirements for some solid wood packaging exported to Europe. These requirements...
CENTERVILLE, Tenn. — If innovation breeds success, Freeman Wood Products has a solid future in the pallet industry. Freeman already is a well established company in the pallet industry, thanks to the considerable efforts of its founder, Joe. A. Freeman,...