Packaging Design Short Courses Provide Strategic Training Opportunities - Apr 11, 2013 


By attending some short courses or dialoging with packaging consultants, your staff will get some experience that they would not have if they just rubbed shoulders with other pallet guys or lumber operations.; Asian Markets Hold Potential for Wood Pellet Exports: Researchers with the U.S. Forest Service studied the three major wood pellet markets in Asia - China, Japan and South Korea.; Business Intelligence-Make Customers, Not Just Sales: Having established customers is especially beneficial to small businesses as it is more cost-effective than constantly looking for new sales.; News Briefs: Tom Searles will retire as its president at the end of the year. CHEP USA and LeanLogistics were recently recognized by the seventh annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Georgia-Pacific is planning to invest almost $400 million in its plywood and lumber operations.; Economic and Housing Recoveries Limit Each Other: The housing market is still in the ‘healing’ process.; Timber County Payments Retroactively Subjected to Sequestration Cuts: Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell sent letters to 41 states informing them that they must return 5.1% of the Secure Rural School (SRS) payments.


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