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Where’s the Wood? 4 Industries That Compete With Pallet-Makers For Lumber

Competition for lumber is a fact of life in the pallet business. Other industries use the same low-grade hardwoods ...

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Alternatives To Pallets: Are They Up To The Job?

Pallets aren’t the only option when it comes to shipping and storing goods – some businesses use slip sheets, ...

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What’s in a Price? An Introduction to Pallet Pricing

Have you ever wondered how pallet manufacturers set the price of their pallets? While the answer may seem simple ...

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Pallets: Making The Most of What Seems Like a Loss Leader

Generally speaking, businesses don’t like purchasing pallets. Because they are an added expense with little return, they are a ...

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How Can Your Pallet Vendor Save You Time & Money?

Your pallet manufacturer can be more than just the supplier of your pallets. They can be a partner to ...

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Domestic Law vs. International Standards: Interstate Pallet Travel and Pest Problems

ISPM15 certification is an international regulation. There is no comparable domestic standard to regulate the travel of pallets across ...

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What Do American Lumber Standard Certified Third Party Inspectors Look For?

Third party pallet inspectors are certified by the American Lumber Standard (ALS) to regularly inspect and regulate the production ...

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Supply and Demand: How the Pallet Market is Affected by Other Industries

A hardwood sawmill owner once described the low-grade wood, or heartwood, used in the pallet industry as the “hamburger” ...

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What You Need to Know About Palletizers

Palletizers automate the creation of the unit load. Finished products, such as bags of concrete or cartons of milk, ...

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What are the Benefits of Vendor Managed Inventory to Pallet Customers?

Vendor managed inventory (VMI) has the potential to make any organization’s packing and shipping departments run much more efficiently. ...

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What are Heat Treated Pallets and What are the Benefits of Using Them?

Sometime around 1900, a fungus called Diaporthe parasitica was introduced into America from Japan. More commonly known as chestnut ...

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Why Your Pallet Price is a Direct Reflection of the Building Market

The two largest end-users of pallets are the grocery industry and the building materials industry. If the grocery industry ...

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