Smart purchasing for any business involves determining which tasks are best done in-house and which can be built more efficiently by others. When it comes to crating cargo or procuring pallets for transport, building in-house is not as wise as it might seem—in fact, the decision is often riddled with oversights and in many cases,…
While plastic pallets are on the rise and hold certain advantages, wood pallets still dominate the market. Wood pallets can be easily customized, they hold more weight than plastic pallets, have a lower initial cost (depending on your need), and are a sustainable and environmentally sound option. When choosing between the two, consider how the…
With wood being a highly efficient, affordable, and sustainable material for creating the pallets we use to ship the goods that fuel the world’s economy, regulations are a must for controlling the spread of insects and even certain pathogens. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) created guidelines to govern how wood should be treated for…
CW Crates & Pallets, a company that designs, builds, and delivers custom pallets, is the best place where to get wooden crates, and provides onsite packaging and shipping, feels honored to be ranked in the Spokane Journal of Business as a top five 2016 Best Places To Work Inland Northwest survey. The inaugural list of…
CW Crates & Pallets has been manufacturing specially designed nesting platforms for Avista Utilities to support their ongoing programs in rapture protection. By providing these special nesting platforms as an alternative for the birds, CW platforms help Avista reduce rapture mortality and decrease the amount of rapture caused outages. How CW gives back Retrofitting power…