Summer officially begins on June 20th, but it’s already hot in many parts of the country. This means your workers will soon be dealing with very hot temperatures. These conditions can lead to heat-related illness or injury. Thousands of workers...

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Editor’s Note: The following story is taken from a presentation that Chaille Brindley gave at this year’s Western Pallet Association meeting. If you want to be ready for the future, you need to develop answers to these key challenges: mergers...

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The numbers don’t lie. Your online reputation will impact your sales… period. • 97% of customers search online to learn more about a business. • 85% of customers trust online reviews as much as a personal recommendation. • 60% of...

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Michael Krisher picked up an idea from visiting a customer’s warehouse — an idea for a value-added product. And seeing a market opportunity to manufacture the product led Midland Wood Products to expand into pallet collars. Pallet collars, assembled from...

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SmartReturn (SmartRetur in Nowegian) is a company that believes in living up to its name. This February, it placed an order for its first Pallet Inspector automated vision inspection system with plans to install more at other facilities in Sweden...

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The cost components of making a pallet — particularly lumber and labor — continue to climb, and pallet prices have reached record highs, according to a U.S. Labor Department index. The soaring prices include new and recycled pallets. There is...

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You’ve spent good money attracting, hiring and training great employees. But what happens when your skilled workers retire or move on to other pursuits? Does all your investment go down the drain? Maybe not. You can capture the skills and...

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Choosing Viking was an easy decision for the three pallet manufacturers covered in this story. Viking has installed machinery throughout the world and has built a reputation for producing reliable machinery that gets the job done. But the company isn’t...

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The person who weathers a disaster well is a prepared person. This issue of the Pallet Enterprise features an article on key challenges facing the industry and things you need to do to prepare. One lesson the pandemic has taught...

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René Harpin is the owner of SPEC Wood, a lumber brokerage based in Quebec City, Canada. He shares his insight into today’s volatile lumber market.   Pallet Enterprise: How would you describe the current low-grade lumber market right now in...

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