Mychrome, a Finnish manufacturer of adjustable pallet nailing machines and automated pallet production lines, is expanding its presence into the United States market. Founded on decades of engineering experience and family entrepreneurship, Mychrome designs and manufactures pallet machinery for customers...

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After years of working together through a sales partnership, Jeff Williams of PRS Group and the Perez family, the owners of CAPE, have developed a new business venture to sell and serve CAPE machinery to the U.S. and Canadian markets....

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Pallet inspection technology may not be everywhere yet. But it will play a major role in the industry in the near future. That’s why a legal dispute between CHEP USA and IVISYS Inc. has profound implications for wood pallets in...

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Con-Vey, a manufacturer of material handling systems, has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2026 honor by Top Workplaces for Engineering. This list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a confidential, third-party survey. For Con-Vey, the recognition reflects decades...

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One of the nation’s largest pallet companies just got bigger by acquiring three John Rock production facilities and Berry Pallets, Inc. of Waseca, Minnesota. For about $68 million, UFP Industries, which owns national pallet supplier PalletOne, added two world-class pallet...

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After investing in high speed, digital nail-making equipment and overhauling its quality systems, Michigan Fastener Inc. says the nail it makes today is a fundamentally better product than what it produced even a year ago. Jon Will, the president and...

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California has finalized its sweeping packaging regulations under SB 54, the landmark bill passed in 2022 and now fully implemented by CalRecycle. The law was designed primarily to slash plastic packaging waste, but it was written broadly enough to rope...

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The 40th East Coast Sawmill and Logging Equipment Exposition – commonly known as EXPO Richmond/The Richmond Show featured one of the country’s largest expos for live equipment demonstrations and physical equipment showcases of forest products and pallet machinery. The following...

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Callen Cochran had a moment of clarity standing in a pallet facility that wasn’t his own. It was 2018, and Cochran, president of United Pallet Services in Modesto, California, was visiting James Ruder of L&R Pallet in Denver. Ruder was...

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A fire that strikes at the wrong time can expose the limits of an operation. It can also cast a spotlight on a company’s core strengths. For Madeca, a vertically integrated Portuguese sawmill and new pallet manufacturing company, a 2021...

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