Issue link: http://palletcentral.uberflip.com/i/1009631
P U B L I S H E D B Y T H E N A T I O N A L W O O D E N P A L L E T & C O N T A I N E R A S S O C I A T I O N NWPCA STAFF President/CEO Brent J. McClendon, CAE, brent@palletcentral.com Vice President, Advocacy and External Affairs Patrick S. Atagi, patagi@palletcentral.com Senior Director, Business Partnerships Mark A. Barford, CAE, mbarford@palletcentral.com Membership Services Manager Mishelle Cavanagh, mcavanagh@palletcentral.com PDS and Membership Services Manager Susan Cheney, scheney@palletcentral.com PDS Structural Engineer Kristen DeLack PE, kdelack@palletcentral.com Vice President, Communications Annette Ferri, aferri@palletcentral.com Director of Science and Technology Integration Brad Gething, PhD, bgething@palletcentral.com Communications Manager Anne M. Lewis, alewis@palletcentral.com Director of The Pallet Design System™ John A. McLeod III, jmcleod@palletcentral.com PDS Software Engineer Kevin Richey, krichey@palletcentral.com PDS Finite Element Analyst Farhad Shahabi, PhD, fshahabi@palletcentral.com Vice President, Operations and Events Isabel ("Mimi") Sullivan, msullivan@palletcentral.com PalletCentral Design & Production: Driven By Design LLC Art Director: Caryn Smith, palletdesign@comcast.net Advertising: To advertise in PalletCentral, contact Mark Barford at 703-519-0186 or mbarford@palletcentral.com. Address changes and subscriptions: To update your mailing address or to subscribe to PalletCentral, call 703-519-6104 or email info@palletcentral.com. Reprints and back issues: To order article reprints or request reprint permission, please e-mail info@palletcentral.com. Order back issues by calling 703-519-6104. PALLETCENTRAL, Volume 18, Number 4. © Copyright 2018 by NWPCA. All rights reserved. The views expressed in all articles, editorials and advertisements appearing in PalletCentral are solely those of the author and advertiser, respectively, and do not necessarily represent the views of NWPCA. NWPCA palletcentral.com PalletCentral • July-August 2018 9 latest version. Current PDS Users will be prompted to update the software after login. On August 21-23, NWPCA teams up with Virginia Tech to present a short course on pallet design and performance in Blacksburg, Virginia. Dr. Laszlo Horvath, director of the Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design at VT, joins NWPCA's Dr. Brad Gething, to present a course on how pallet design and selection affects materials handling costs; the fundamentals of stringer class pallet design and performance, and much more, using the Pallet Design System™ (PDS). Registration is accessible at the events calendar from PalletCentral.com On the Road NWPCA President/CEO Brent McClendon, currently serves on the board of The National Association of Manufacturers' Council of Manufacturing Associations (CMA) and will attend their Board Meeting and Summer Leadership Conference, August 8-10, in Chicago. Topics of discussion include industry trends, policies impacting manufacturing, and ways to address the manufacturing workforce. Mark Barford, senior director of business partnerships, presented at the annual meeting of the New England Lumbermen's Association on June 13 in New Hampshire. He spoke on consistent demand for industrial lumber. He then attended a meeting of the Penn- York Lumbermen's Club to tour a new high production hardwood mill and discuss industrial lumber availability with its members. Brad Gething, PhD, director of science and technology integration, traveled to St. Simons Island, Georgia June 6-8, to speak at the Timber Products Inspection Board of Advisers meeting and gave an update on the current issues of the wooden pallet industry, as well as important ongoing projects of NWPCA. Patrick Atagi, vice president of advocacy and external affairs, headed to Chicago from June 25-27 for the UnitedFreshTEC Expo. NWPCA is a member of UnitedFresh, the organization that represents the fresh fruit and vegetable industry; growers, packers, shippers, and grocery stores. NWPCA represents the wood packaging industry on UnitedFresh's Supply Chain Logistics Committee and Government Affairs Committee. Patrick joined other forestry association executives at the National Council of Forestry Association Executives (NCFAE) July 16-20 in Portland, Maine at the NCFAE annual meeting to network and discuss priority issues of the NWPCA, with a broad spectrum of forestry-based organizations. He then heads to the National Conference of State Legislatures annual meeting and the State Government Affairs Council (SGAC) from July 30-August 3, and to the annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) August 8-9. PC