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Standard Urges Safety Messages, Symbols on... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > General AdviceJune, 1, 2003
A trade association representing manufacturers of nailing tools and fasteners revised a safety standard. The changes, which apply to tools manufactured after May 1, 2003, include recommendations for six messages to be included on tools as well as three standardized...
Ro-Mark Pallet Adapts in Order To... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > New Pallet ManufacturingJune, 1, 2003
LOVELOCK, Nevada—An old axiom in business is that the simpler something can be kept, the more likely the potential for success. Ed Macedo’s business, Ro-Mark Pallet, is an example of how carefully designing a production system to achieve efficiency and...
Are Wall Panels in Your Future? - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Equipment, Products & ServicesJune, 1, 2003
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—When I first heard that Viking Engineering, a well known supplier of nailing systems and nails to the pallet industry, had acquired and developed the ADT wall panel manufacturing line, the potential connection with the pallet industry seemed like...
Blazes Strike Even Plants That Are... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsJune, 1, 2003
(Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series of articles on fires at pallet companies; part two is scheduled to be published in July issue.) It was the end of an ordinary day for Jim Kesting, vice president...
Minnesota Pallet Makers Serve Niche for... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Industry StandardsJune, 1, 2003
Heightened public interest and involvement in forestry issues is one trend noted by the forest products industry. Consumers want to act in an environmentally responsible manner, but they do not have time to research the products they buy. This often...
Wizard Technologies Introduces Foam-Based System to... - Pallet Enterprise
Sawmills > Equipment, Products & ServicesMay, 1, 2003
A new foam-based coloring technology for mulch and other materials has been developed by a New Jersey company with extensive experience as a landscape material supplier. The new technology uses considerably less water than other colorants and requires less...
On Art, The Art Of Escape,... - Pallet Enterprise
Pallets > Design/Engineering ResearchMay, 1, 2003
Once upon a time, pallets were headline news. In an Alaskan publication some 50 years ago, the Alaska Steamship Company ran several banner advertisements celebrating its new “unitized cargo.” This was a radical approach consisting of goods being put on...
Company Moves To Sterilization Kilns For... - Pallet Enterprise
Sawmills > Lumber DryingMay, 1, 2003
How do the owners and managers of a start-up pallet manufacturing business reach $11 million in annual sales in 12 years, then double the size of the company in five more? The question has several answers, according to Rob Meister,...
Pasadena Skid Takes The Bull By... - Pallet Enterprise
PalletsMay, 1, 2003
PASADENA, Texas—Pasadena, a city of about 140,000, was the setting for the film Urban Cowboy, known for a honkey-tonk where patrons enjoyed trying to ride a mechanical bull. That seems a somewhat fitting image for the region’s competitive pallet market,...
New On the Market – May... - Pallet Enterprise
LoggingMay, 1, 2003
New Clock System Halts ‘Time Theft’ Innovative Data Systems has introduced a new time clock system for tracking hours worked by employees. The Pallet Track ® Hand Punch Clock System uses an employee’s actual handprint. Since only the employee can...
