WPA Magazine June 2026 | Page 45

The port is teaming up with the Wonderful Co. and Lincoln Transportation Services to develop the 150-mile trade route between Long Beach and Central Valley.

EXPO Richmond Show Review

The 40th East Coast Sawmill and Logging Equipment Exposition – commonly known as EXPO Richmond/The Richmond Show featured one of the country’s largest expos for live equipment demonstrations and physical equipment showcases of forest products and pallet machinery.

US softwood GMA pallet prices saw their largest increase in years in April, driven by a successful buyer education campaign from manufacturers highlighting rising low-grade lumber costs.

California Releases Final Packaging Rules, Recognizes Wood Pallets Reusability

California has finalized its sweeping packaging regulations under SB 54, the landmark bill passed in 2022 and now fully implemented by CalRecycle. The law was designed primarily to slash plastic packaging waste, but it was written broadly enough to rope in transport packaging if it is designed for single-use applications. 

The European Pallet Association (EPAL) will celebrate the 35th anniversary of its cooperative pallet pooling system with an international conference on June 19, 2026, in Munich, Germany, the city where the organization was founded in 1991.

As warehouses and manufacturing facilities become increasingly automated, one stubborn variable continues to create problems throughout the supply chain: the pallet itself.

In August 1961, Modern Materials Handling magazine posed a question that sounds surprisingly contemporary: “What’s Behind the Swing to ‘Cadillac-Type’ Pallets?"

June 2026