LAWRENCE, Mass. — At Heritage Packaging Inc., a customer’s machine or part that requires a shipping container gets individual attention and the integrated coverings necessary to get it safely from one place to another. “Our forte is packaging,” said Philip...

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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Pallet recyclers are participating in a program involving several nonprofit organizations and a millwork company in which used pallet lumber is remanufactured and assembled into lawn and garden products. The program provides several benefits – and...

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The future of the pallet industry is hard to predict, but there seems to be one certainty. Those that offer customers the best value will endure, and value will be measured to a certain degree by the innovative and customized...

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Arkansas Custom Crate & Pallet Inc. has formally existed only since January. Yet the new company has some old hands behind it in terms of both pallet industry and business experience. Robert Knott owns Arkansas Custom...

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If children can learn to read and think for themselves, they can avoid the bear traps now set by radical environmentalists in our public school curriculum. The problem is that too many of our country’s children read very poorly. At...

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The U.S. Commerce Department and the U.S. International Trade Commission will spend the next several months investigating the Canadian timber business. The Commerce Department investigation into whether Canada undercuts the U.S. softwood lumber industry by unfair government subsidies was launched...

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Oregon Pallet Co. has enjoyed extraordi-nary success for a young business. Begin-ning with just one account three years ago, the family-owned pallet repair and recycling company did more than $2 million worth of business in just its second year of...

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Richmond Forest Products Adds Pallet Chief Nailer ROCKINGHAM, N.C. — Pallet manufacturers have been faced with challenges in recent years as ever-increasing costs combined with competitive pressures have squeezed profits. The issue for many is: how to keep prices in...

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Changes in the sawmill industry over the past two decades and more have had dramatic impacts on the pallet industry as the price, quality, and availability of lumber suitable for pallet manufacturing has fluctuated wildly. The resulting decline in the...

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Brewer Twin-Select Cab Has New ControlsThe Brewer Inc. Twin-Select cut-off saw is one of the most versatile and productive systems to cut cants or other material to size. It combines high production and low labor with select cutting capability. The...

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