There is almost nothing that is not being impacted by rising commodity prices and tight availability in the supply chain.
Add the humble pallet to the list. On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston speaks with an expert on pallet markets, Matt Zielenski of the Freedonia Group, on how the price of lumber is affecting pallets and where there are other signs of squeezes in the pallet supply chain.
Also on this week’s Drilling Deep: a price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil we haven’t seen in a long time.
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Bill Stankiewicz
Pallets continue to be in short supply within the USA markets. I have seen successful usage of recycled cardboard pallets that are structurally sound for up to 3500 pounds used as a substitute.
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