National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA)

NWPCA Becomes First "Gold-Level" Member of VT's CPULD; Pallet Foundation Commits to Research: NWPCA staff met with Virginia Tech leadership to finalize and celebrate NWPCA’s membership in the Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design (CPULD) and our direct support of four undergraduate student scholarships. The students will spend their fall conducting testing on the interaction between corrugated boxes and wooden pallets. From left: Dr. Laszlo Horvath, CPULD Director; Dr. Bob Smith, Department Head and Associate Dean Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment (CNRE); PDS Director John McLeod, Dr. Paul Winistorfer, Dean of Virginia Tech’s CNRE; and NWPCA’s President and CEO Brent McClendon