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PalletCentral • November-December 2022
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COLUMNS
6 From The President
DEPARTMENTS
8 Inside NWPCA
12 Policy at Play
44 NWPCA Advertisers
IN THIS ISSUE
On the Cover–iStock/Galeanu Mihai
November-December 2022 Volume 22 No. 6
FORECAST
14 | Forward Thinking
The Pallet Industry's Thought Leaders
Look Ahead to 2023.
SUPPORTING THE MISSION
26 | A Word From
Our Season Sponsors
Pendu Facility Upgrades Leads to
Success and Viking Engineering
– Building a Legacy, Exceeding
Expectations
GIVING
28 | The Pallet Foundation's
Amazing Virtual Race
Finding Inspiration
From the Virtual Race.
By Hallie Fuchs
WRANGLING THE INDUSTRY
36 | ALC 2023 Preview
Embrace Uncertainty.
Supercharge Results.
OSHA
38 | Put the Freeze on
Workplace Cold Stress
Weather is an issue all year long in the
pallet industry. Protecting your workers
in cold weather, too, is a hot topic.
By Adele L. Abrams, Esq., ASP, CMSP
NATURE'S PACKAGING
42 | What Is Cap & Trade?
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is
at the forefront of today's businesses
efforts to combat climate change.
By Glenn Meeks
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