The Pallet Enterprise, Pallet Profile Weekly, and Recycle Record are teaming together to conduct a Human Resources and Wage Survey of the wooden pallet and container industry. The last labor survey we conducted was in 2013. We are asking readers...

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From its inception Interco has tried to do more with less labor, and the company has been on the forefront of automation in the North American pallet market. Interco, a pallet manufacturer in Quebec, was the first to run a...

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If there is one business worry keeping most pallet and lumber industry leaders up at night it is labor. Our staff regularly talks with companies around the country, and the lack of qualified workers who will show up regularly and...

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The pallet industry can use Iron Bull self-dumping hoppers to assist in its materials handling requirements. They can be used to handle shavings, wood chunks, and cut stock parts. Iron Bull has focused on engineering its material handling hoppers for...

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The new Key Knife chipper package lets Rotochopper owners diversify into chip markets without the hassle of a typical chipper conversion package. The Key Knife package allows horizontal grinder owners to chip and grind with a single machine. The chipper knife...

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Go Fast has supplied machinery for the pallet industry for a number of years, but its growth into an expanded line of products seems to have grown. At first Go Fast was known to us for its deduster, but it...

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Pallet Enterprise: What is the greatest challenge facing your business right now? Miller-Bopp: Supply and demand can be hard to manage. It is always feast or famine in the recycling industry, and it can be difficult to balance core costs...

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 “Outsourcing” definitely has some negative connotations. It makes one think of jobs being lost in your own country and suppression of local wages for cheaper labor elsewhere. But “outsourcing” in the broader sense really refers to any service that is...

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Start with the Beginning and the End in Mind There are several questions that need to be answered when considering a purchase of a wood grinder including: What type of material are you planning on grinding? What are the thickness...

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The U.S. logistics industry is in good shape, but the seismic shift in consumer spending is going to put more pressure on a system that was not designed for it. The seismic shift, of course, is e-commerce — people making...

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