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Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design Announces Pallet Design Short Course April 23-25, 2019

Pallet Design for the 21st Century, April 23-25, 2019 at Virginia Tech

What is the short course about?

To be held April 23-25, 2019 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg VA, this intensive three-day short course will teach techniques that pallet designers can use to save money when designing pallets by considering the interactions between all of the components of the material handling system. The course will use a state-of-the-art pallet design software called “Pallet Design System” (PDS) to better demonstrate the steps that go into the pallet design process. You will also be taken on a tour of a working, state of the art, pallet testing laboratory!