Surging worker compensation and employee liability insurance rates have caused many pallet operations and sawmills to rethink their insurance approach. Let’s look at how your Experience MOD can impact everything even though it really shouldn’t. The Experience MOD is the...

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Has your company found itself in the news for the wrong reason? Taking a proactive approach to community outreach can turn the public perception of your company from villain to superhero. It can help build strong bonds with neighbors and...

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Dismantling used and scrap pallets to recover and recycle lumber is a key task for pallet recycling operations. Dismantling pallets provides a steady stream of raw material for repair stock to refurbish pallets, for assembling ‘combo’ pallets made of new...

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Starting something new is always a challenge. But the leadership team at Greenway Products & Services, a pallet recycler with locations in New Jersey, New York and now Maryland, is focusing on growth by starting up a new location from...

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I wasn’t in grocery distribution for long before I grasped the importance of block pallets. In the 1980s, we operated on 48×40 stringer pallets, as was the norm in the Canadian grocery industry at the time. But Kraft Foods, a...

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Diversification has been a major reason for Franklin Pallet’s success, and the company has added another product line by turning its wood waste into a value-added product – bagged pellet fuel. Kelly Gregory, the operator of Franklin Pallet located in...

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Some tasks are just too big for any one company to take on by themselves. That’s why smart companies realize when they can make small investments that will pay off with big dividends through industry advancements. Wood pallets are the...

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Paul Gaines is one of four owners of Madison County Wood Products in Fredericktown, Missouri. The business was founded by his father, Douglas Gaines, and James Kesting. Today, it is operated by Doug, Paul, and James and James’ son, Bryan....

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The labor shortage is not only getting worse, but it’s hitting at a time when demand for workers who will do physical labor is very high due to explosive growth in e-commerce and construction. The bad news is that the...

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Two major deals recently took place that demonstrate who the two mega recyclers are as industry mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity heats up. First, 48forty Solutions (48forty), the nation’s largest pallet recycler, shocked the industry by acquiring Prime360 shortly after...

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