So what does the cost of my wooden pallets and packaging have to do with an improved economy and greater new housing starts?
The wood packaging industry depends on many of the same lumber producers that supply the housing industry. Lumber prices (especially softwood dimensional lumber) go up with increased housing demand. Those higher prices trickle down to the housing industry's by-product lumber that we use for building pallets and wood packaging.
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Are empty containers taking up too much room in your warehouse?
When not in use, collapsible plastic containers fold to a fraction of their size and can drastically increase your available warehouse space. Your pallets look clean, your production facility is exemplary, yet once you put your product on the pallet and stretch wrap the unit load, mold starts to appear!
What's to blame and how can I avoid this from happening? Ventilated plastic bins play an important part in North Carolina's sweet potato industry.
So the next time you order up some sweet potato fries with a dusting of cinnamon you can thank the smooth and moisture-resistant qualities of ventilated plastic containers for keeping those taters fresh. That's because the way these spuds are planted, harvested and stored can all have a significant impact on the quality of the sweet potato. In my last post we talked about how the STRUCTURE of a plastic pallet can impact the way it interfaces with pallet racking. In this discussion, we will address MATERIAL as it relates to the rackability of a plastic pallet. For our purposes here, we will assume our pallets need to bridge an open span in a rack. If you haven't been following along in this series, check out my 7 Ways to Use Rackable Pallets post to get up-to-speed. In my last post we discussed 7 basic types of pallet racks. Now that we know EVERYTHING (well, almost everything) there is to know about pallet racking, let's talk about how pallets interact with racks and why structure matters.
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