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.
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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 residentsin the tornado, including a 5-month-old infant. Where buildings and homes once stood, only debris and devastation...
Forklifts, also known as powered industrial trucks, are an integral part of the warehouse environment. They are compact and maneuverable, and they allow us to transport heavy loads quickly. Most warehouses and other industrial environments’ operations would come to a screeching halt if forklifts suddenly disappeared.
Even before the pandemic launched the industry into a full-blown crisis, the supply chain was a complex and cumbersome beast. Each link on the chain must perform its function with as few errors as possible, a s bottlenecks at any point ripple through the rest of the chain. Using technology , we can mitigate the risk that any given link in the chain will fail, leading to a stronger and more...
Millwood’s corporate office was recently named as a Great Place to Work in the Youngstown Business Journal, a publication for the area near our corporate office in Vienna, OH. Two nominations, from corporate team members Josh Stipanovich, multimedia manager, and Chad McConnell, sourcing manager, were featured in the publication.
Millwood, Inc. acquired its 10thOhio facility and 32ndlocation nationwide. The acquisition was made official on May 2 after Millwood Co-owners Chip Trebilcock and Steve Miller made the trip to Cleveland Custom Pallet & Crate, Inc. in downtown Cleveland to meet with the team members who are now a part of our Millwood family.
On March 28-31, several members of Millwood’s sales team attended their first in-person trade show in two years, Modex 2022 hosted by MHI (Material Handling Industries) in Atlanta, GA. The team was supported by Trade Show Manager Paige Greene and resulted in hundreds of new leads for Millwood over the course of four days.
On Tuesday, May 10, Millwood held its tenth annual gathering at Faith Family Church in Canton, OH. Team members from across the country gathered to honor Christ and offer fellowship with one another. The theme of the event was “ Make a Difference, ” based on 1 Corinthians 11:1, which reads, “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.”
Those outside of the pallet and packaging industry sometimes live under the misconception that pallets are all the same, but this could not be further from the truth. Pallets come in different shapes, sizes , styles and even colors . They can be made of a wide variety of materials and can even include unique features to suit the particular load they are intended to carry. In the wide world of...
