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12 PalletCentral • January-February 2023 palletcentral.com Universal Fastener Outsourcing – Patented, Tested, Approved™ U niversal Fastener Outsourcing (UFO™) will celebrate its 22nd anniversary on March 2, 2023, at the NWPCA Annual Leadership Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. During those two decades, changes in the pallet, crating, and fastener industries are staggering. UFO's best distribution partners now cover all 48 contiguous United States and Canada, and they ship internationally direct from manufacturing. Supporting the Mission A WORD FROM OUR Season Sponsors N WPCA's Season Sponsors are not only generous with their year-round support, they also provide essential services and supplies to the wood packaging industry. We applaud and recognize them for their hard work and commitment to the industry. is year we invited our season sponsors to share a "word" that is meaningful to them – their operations, their people, their products and what they're planning for the future. Here, we introduce two of them (see page 6 for full list). For more information about sponsorships, contact our Sr. Director of Business Partnerships, Mark Barford (mbarford@palletcentral.com). In the meantime, we hope you find inspiration from these two industry leaders. Find more in future issues of PalletCentral. Mr. Rees Watson, engineer and UFP director of operations in Ohio, says, "We have successfully used NailScrews® on numerous projects over the last 15 years. eir published load values, along with the expertise of the NailScrew team, have made it easy to match the correct NailScrew for each application. We like using NailScrews on pallets and crates that require screws because of their rapid installation compared to traditional screws. is has substantially increased our productivity in these applications, allowing us to deliver more quickly to our customers with a product engineered to meet their needs." e Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design (CPULD) at Virginia Tech, tested UFO screws and they were rated the highest level as multiple use. Complete CPULD test reports for 2¼" x .113 and 3" x .120 can be seen at NailScrews.com (https://911- nails.com/nstesting.html). Even the smallest .113 diameter NailScrews have over 1,218 lbs. of shear value, about double of most pallet nails. Withdraw resistance ranges in SYP from 500 to 1,200 lbs. varying with the NailScrew length and diameter (1¼" x .113 to 4" x .148"). BNS's patented designs have excellent holding power, and you have the option to adjust or remove them later. e reuse of wooden materials is an added benefit, and an easy "green behavior" that can help protect our Earth. www.nailscrews.com Jim Boyd