Kamps Pallets Insights & News

Recently, Pallet Enterprise wrote an article about an Indiana woman named Kat Scott who uses Kamps recycled pallet wood as a medium for her muse. Kamps Pallets played a unique role in this story, and we are proud both of it and our local pallet artist. Kat Scott has found a way to make something […]

Understanding the pallet market is our job at Kamps. We keep ourselves continuously updated about things like hardwood availability, ​ world pallet availability​, and the price of nails​ so that we can continue to provide our customers with reliable pallets that are competitively priced. But sometimes customers have questions about the terms we use for the different types of […]

Americans are becoming more environmentally conscious, and we at Kamps often get questioned about our use of wood as a resource. It’s common knowledge that trees are a good thing. They have many benefits for the environment. They reduce carbon dioxide in the air, capturing it and using it to produce a material that has countless practical […]

Kamps prides itself on producing a good product ­- our pallets ­- and doing so in an environmentally responsible way. We’ve talked before about ​common myths about forests and lumber, but it’s important to remember that pallet making doesn’t result in deforestation. The trees that pallet lumber comes from are harvested sustainably. What does that […]

There has been some concern within the pallet industry about the increased price of nails and what it means for the future of pallets. So we thought we’d examine the problem. What is this business with nails, and why is it important? First of all, pallets are not manufactured in a vacuum. Pallet construction is […]

Bernie Kamps, owner and CEO of Kamps, Inc. expresses his joy in what he perceives as “harmony in the pallet industry at Kamps.” On his recent plant visits he recalls enjoying the visits because of our fantastic people and what they accomplish. “The plants are in great shape, with outstanding housekeeping, neat and orderly pallet yards, and […]

We at Kamps understand the impact the pallet has on the transportation of goods in today’s global economy. Do you? There are 2 billion pallets in supply in the United States, and 3.2 billion board feet of hardwood is produced every year to maintain this supply. Approximately 80 percent of U.S. commercial goods are shipped on pallets. The […]

Heat treat pallets are required for all wood packaging material used in international shipments.  One of the necessary steps for ensuring the safety of not only the product being shipped but also the environment of the product’s destination, is heat treatment. Wood pallets are made from organic material – trees.  Trees do not grow in […]

While the public is only just becoming aware of the dangers facing North American trees from pest infestations such as the Emerald Ash Borer, pallet makers have been waiting to see how this will affect shipping and pallet making for over a decade. ISPM-15, or International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15, is “an international […]

While the average person probably does not often stop to think about pallets, when he does, he probably thinks that pallets are all the same. Obviously this isn’t true, as anyone in the pallet industry knows. Governments, pallet companies, and universities – to name a few – are constantly conducting research to determine the best […]