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The Lumber Law: Selecting Wood for Pallet Production

The choice of what lumber goes into producing a pallet is usually based on price, and how durable the ...

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Four Ways Pallet KPI Impacts Your Business

When purchasing pallets, businesses should look at the cost, quality and performance of the wood itself. But pallet KPI ...

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3 Ways We Put the “Custom” in Custom Crates

Designing a custom crate involves more than just empirical measurements – what you are shipping will largely determine the ...

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4 Pallet Operational Costs You Might Be Overlooking

How much does a pallet cost? It’s true that pallet pricing relies on a number of external factors, the ...

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Why Supply Can’t Meet Demand: 3 Reasons Hardwood Lumber Mills Are Shutting Down

Pallet manufacturers currently face a big challenge: getting the lumber supply they need. Competition is high with other industries ...

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Case Study: How Custom Crating Helped Transport the Front End of a Commuter Jet

The Challenge A local plastics packaging and fiberglass products manufacturer had built the front end of a commuter jet ...

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7 Ways Pallet Manufacturers Can Secure Hardwood In The Face Of Low Supply

Demand for low-grade hardwood, typically used in the manufacture of pallets, is very high right now. Hardwood sawmills are ...

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Pining for Lumber: The Implications for the Pallet Production Process

Wood prices are going up in 2014 as a result of a combination of increased competition, bad weather, and ...

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The Pallet Production Process

Let’s take a look at what goes into the manufacturing of pallets. Because pallets are such a common sight ...

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Pallet Storage Laws: How New Codes Will Cost You on Inventory

Safe pallet storage is a new and heated issue between local fire marshals and pallet manufacturers because of the new code ...

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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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Common Injuries with Pallets and How to Avoid Them

Pallets are designed to bear thousands of pounds. Often times the unit loads are stacked up to three pallets ...

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