The forests of North America represent enormous natural bounty, yet in the United States this bounty is being squandered. Forests managed by the U.S. Forest Service face catastrophic wildfire, insect infestation, and invasion by alien species. Taxpayers...

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      More than ten years after reverse auctions developed into a major purchasing fad, the process is still around although the hype has worn off as real world numbers have raised practical issues. While the concept did save...

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Known for pushing CHEP USA over the billion dollar mark, Bob Moore helped drive the rental concept in the United States. While CEO of CHEP International for more than seven years, Bob was a controversial figure even for some at...

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      If you’re like most pallet companies that I have encountered, your business data is scattered throughout various software programs, spreadsheets, drawings, and hard copies on file in your office. Although time and experience have made all of...

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BRISTOL, Pennsylvania —When you arrive at the yard of Lumbermen Associates Inc., there is a bustle of activity: trucks lining up to pick up material, lumber being loaded, suppliers’ trucks arriving, and rail cars being offloaded.       Inside,...

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      As soon as I landed in Quebec City, I knew this was going to be a different experience than any of my other previous mill tours or plant visits. The winds were howling around the plane. Snow...

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GREENCASTLE, Penn. – When Industrial Pallet Corp. looked to expand and open a new plant, it went by the adage, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’       To start up the new pallet recycling operations, the company...

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Litco Develops Inca Half-Pallet       Litco International, which manufactures Inca presswood pallets, has developed a new half-pallet for the domestic market. The new Inca pallet, which is half the size of the standard 48×40 GMA pallet, will enhance...

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    “That’s a-mazing!” laughed Chaille, my effervescent boss, as he perused pictures of a gargantuan pallet maze on my desktop.     Over 1,500 CHEP pallets were arranged in Auckland City, New Zealand, in order to transform Queen Elizabeth...

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    When Irish brewing legend Guinness made a corporate decision to use only one pallet supplier in 1992, veteran Irish pallet manufacturer Canice Sheeran weathered a huge blow to his business.     His company, C.J. Sheeran, was one...

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