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24 Pallet C e nt ral • No vem be r-D e cem be r 2 0 24 5. What Advice Would You Give To Companies In The Wooden Pallet And Container Industry To Prepare For The Challenges And Opportuni es Of 2025? T here w ill be a lot of oppor tunities in 2025. My adv ice would be to be versatile and adaptive. Create the oppor tunit y. Challenge yourself, your team, and your clients to f ind better ways of getting the job done and creating value in the marketplace. - Mohammed Alakoli, PALLETCO Pallet companies are run by ver y smart and hard-working professionals. Anything I say, they probably already know. Next year will be a ver y challenging year as well. Creating and maintaining relationships with customers will be as important as ever. Taking good care of your employees. Keeping an eye on your costs and cost analysis. Investing in equipment upgrades and new technologies. ese are some pieces of advice to stay afloat next year and in the years ahead. - Atlanta Pallets and Services Maintain a solid cash position. Borrow less due to higher interest rates. Look for ever y oppor tunit y to reduce cost. Keep in constant contact w ith your customers; they are experiencing the same cycle. Do not give them a reason to look elsewhere; be their par tner and solve their problems. K now your cost because there is a cost involved in ever y thing you do. - Jim Kesting, Madison County Wood Products Success begins w ith k now ing what 's out there and how to nav igate it. Don't let oppor tunities pass you by because you never thought to look. - Clay Wells, Universal Logic Automate and innovate. - Tree Brand Packaging FORECAST CONT.

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