Springfield Veneer Plant – Photo from KOIN 6 NewsA couple of major mill fires this summer have caused some shortages in the plywood market. The first fire was in Mid July. A plywood mill in Springfield Oregon was totally destroyed in a fire that was probably caused by propane tank...
There was an article in packagingeurope.com regarding wood pallets that was posted in August 2014. The article was written by Jim Hardisty, Managing Director of Goplasticplallets.com. The post was in response to an UK Amazon retail worker getting sick and a claim by the GMB which is the Union that...
A couple of years ago we posted a blog on “How environmentally friendly is cardboard?”. In this post we observed that while cardboard is recyclable and biodegradable it still was getting poor grades based on its total life cycle.The main culprit is paper as the process for manufacturing paper consumes...
Since Packnet introduced hard sided cases with custom foam inserts, we are finding lots of applications from a variety of industries.One recent application was from a local technical college. Century College is a two-year college offering a high-quality, affordable education in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. It is the largest community and...
A recent article on a Vancouver Canada news site reports that Fed Ex denied a damage claim for an heirloom shipment. The recipient of the shipment complained that when she received the box, much of the contents were broken or smashed. The contents were valuable vases and dishes. Fed Ex...
Rarely a day goes by without corrosion problems making the headlines. Corrosion affects products in just about every industry and in every part of the world. The US Navy alone spends 22.9 billion dollars per year fighting rust. source. According to https://corrosion.org, 2.2 trillion dollars is spent world wide dealing...
Our last post was about the port labor negotiations going on in the West coast (read here). Since Labor Day is around this time, we thought it would be interesting blog about Labor Day and its connection to a famous labor strike.Labor Day is a national holiday celebrating the accomplishments...