Millwood is a dog-friendly company, and our corporate office in Vienna, OH has long been welcoming to our team members' dogs. According to
the American Heart Association
, studies show that having pets in the workplace reduces stress and anxiety and increases employee satisfaction at work. Pets are a beloved part of the family, and at Millwood, family is a priority.
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Guided by prayer and a
desire to meet
the spiritual needs of our team members, Millwood recently introduced a new Bible study called Back Side of the Cross. The lessons
are
publicly available on our
YouTube channel
and associated
Facebook group
for anyone to
learn from
, whether they are part of the Millwood family or not.
How do we avoid losing pallets? Considering that there are nearly two billion pallets in circulation each day, keeping track of each one of them is simply not feasible. However, lost pallets add up. According to Packaging Revolution, the cost of replacing lost packaging, including pallets, cost American businesses between $750 million and $1 billion per year. One cause of these losses is theft.
Millwood’s Cleveland, TN operations opened its doors four years ago, and since then, it has remained an accident-free facility.
Summer is in full swing, and many parts of the U.S. are facing
record-high temperatures
and heat waves. Those who work in physical
ly-demanding
jobs are especially vulnerable to
heat-related illnesses
, and that includes many of the team members at our facilities across the country.
Senior Controls Technician Tyler Wallace recently earned a certificate from Rockwell Automation. Rockwell Automation is an American provider of industrial automation, including programmable logic controllers and other automation products in use at Millwood. They also provide product-specific educational courses as a way to support their customers.
In
a recent blog post
, we explored how automation, AI and robotics are helping to fortify the supply chain against future disruptions. As a critical link
i
n the supply chain, pallet manufacturing also benefits from automated processes, and Millwood is no exception.
Millwood opened its 33rd facility in May with our second Florence, SC facility, Florence 2, which is on the same street as our original Florence facility. Florence 2 assemble
s
boxes
while
the original facility continue
s
to build pallets and crates.
Independence Day is around the corner, and Americans are getting ready to celebrate with friends and family. Many of us will host or attend backyard barbecues, picnics and fireworks shows
to celebrate as well as show
gratitude for
our country’s independence
.
In December 2021, a 1.5-mile-wide F4 tornado tore through 257 miles of western and central Kentucky, killing dozens of people and laying waste to entire towns. One of those towns was Bremen, Kentucky, a rural community with a population of only 350. Bremen lost 11 of its residents in the tornado, including a 5-month-old infant. Where buildings and homes once stood, only debris and devastation...
