Kamps Pallets Insights & News

A message from NWPCA: We have lived among and nurtured a natural resource available to us from the very beginning. Our very understanding of the world as we know it has been touched by forests, wood and wood products.  Our homes, flooring, furniture and fuel, provide us the warmth of our surroundings. Today, wood’s responsibilities in the supply […]

Timely and effective communication to employees is a challenge for most organizations. For Kamps, this is made more complex by a large and growing business with multiple locations in multiple states, production employees with limited or no email access and multiple languages. So how do we improve communication and continue to our vision of “Excellence […]

Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, reminds us that “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.” At Kamps, we live by this truth. Because we believe in our company mission and vision, we know the importance of hiring the best of the best for our growing and dynamic team. Bill Wood, our Vice President of Human Resources, […]

With a mild winter we eagerly anticipated an earlier spring to help rev up our colored mulch operations. As you know, it’s taking a bit longer to warm up, but we have been able to color and ship a good amount of product to our customers already in late March and early April. The benefits […]

For the past several years, the supply of pallets has been squeezed and many pallet suppliers have not been able to keep up with current demand. So why are pallets in shorter supply? Let’s examine some of the reasons. The economic downturn of 2008 affected the entire economy, and pallet manufacturers were not spared in this […]

Many people are not aware that Kamps buys pallets. We recently launched a campaign to advertise this in the Grand Rapids and Detroit areas. Some used pallets have good value, and Kamps particularly pays top dollar for 48×40 and 48×45 used pallets. We also buy other sizes, and we repurpose the lumber to better maintain […]

To most passersby of Kamps’ physical plants, our company might appear to be a small, family operation. While we certainly started out small and continue to emphasize the importance of a family culture, Kamps has experienced significant growth over the past 40 years, and in particular over the past 10 years. With our eyes focused on nationwide expansion, […]

We’ve talked before about how the majority of things that are shipped from place to place arrive on a pallet, but what kinds of products are on the pallets ​in the trucks that we see on our roads every day? One of the largest product markets is, unsurprisingly, food. Kamps Pallets began in Grand Rapids​, Michigan forty-­two […]

Last time we discussed the importance of Michigan’s lumber to manufacturing, jobs, and Michigan’s economy. We touched a little on shipping and how the lumber that is made into pallets affects international trade. This time we will talk about how crucial shipping, facilitated by those same pallets, is to Michigan and the United States. The […]

If you’ve been looking out your window for the past month, you’ll have witnessed the splendor of one of our state’s greatest treasures – our trees. Every fall we’re invited to experience Michigan by traveling up north or taking a drive into the country to visit an apple orchard, but we rarely consider other valuable […]