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  • Priority Pallet Makes Quality and Performance Job Number One

    Priority Pallet Makes Quality and Performance Job Number One

    Priority Pallet Major California pallet company sets high standard for quality, environmental certification and fire safety. Unique for the West Coast, it cuts own logs on a Baker saw line. Ray Gutierrez Sr.’s commitment to quality is evident as soon as you see his company’s property from the highway. Stacks of neatly organized pallets with…

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  • Reminder: We are always very committed to 100% sustainable forestry! (with a funny picture to share)

    Reminder: We are always very committed to 100% sustainable forestry! (with a funny picture to share)

    We were the first pallet company in the United States to be SFI Certified.  View our SFI Certificate. You can learn more about the SFI Standards here and why SFI is important here.

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  • Priority Pallet Makes Quality and Performance Job Number One

    Priority Pallet Makes Quality and Performance Job Number One

    By Chaille Brindley Major California pallet company sets high standard for quality, environmental certification and fire safety. Unique for the West Coast, it cuts own logs on a Baker saw line. Ray Gutierrez Sr.’s commitment to quality is evident as soon as you see his company’s property from the highway. Stacks of neatly organized pallets…

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  • January WPA Meeting Roundup

    WPA Meeting Roundup By Chaille Brindley A large group of pallet and lumber industry members gathered in Palm Desert, California for the annual Western Pallet Association meeting. Literally, one of the hot topics at the meeting was the current problems in California with suspicious pallet fires. Arson is suspected to be the cause in many…

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  • Congressional Fly-In Receives Rave Reviews

    Congressional Fly-In Receives Rave Reviews

    NWPCA’s Congressional Fly-In this June received an extrememly positive response from those who participated in Washington DC, including a number of WPA members. “I really enjoyed the whole experience,” stated Kathleen Dietrich,Operations Manager of Commercial Lumber and Pallet Company and Current President of the Western Pallet Association. “I believe the collaboration with NAM (National Association…

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  • Part of Our Story

    Part of Our Story

    In 1962, Ray Gutierrez started his first year of work at Commercial Lumber Company and was hired as a yard worker pictured in the upper left corner. Now, he is our President-CEO. The collage of these pictures were all taken in 1962 and all of these employees transferred with us to City of Industry when…

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  • Industry Thought Leaders Share Keys to a Trust-Centered Culture

    Industry Thought Leaders Share Keys to a Trust-Centered Culture

    Company executives like to say they have strong corporate cultures, but does that translate into higher performance? As it turns out, yes, but only if executives say what they mean, and mean what they say. A study by researchers from MIT, Northwestern and University of Chicago found that a firm’s performance is stronger when top…

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  • Industry Thought Leaders

    Industry Thought Leaders

    Share What’s on Their Mind, Whats on Their Desk. The wooden packaging industry is a dynamic, evolving, and ever-changing network of businesses and business models. The only constant is change. Whenever NWPCA staff travels to visit members, they always return with interesting stories on how people originally got into the pallet business, what they do…

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  • Commercial Lumber and Pallet Company backs responsible procurement

    Commercial Lumber and Pallet Company backs responsible procurement

    Commercial Lumber and Pallet Company backs responsible procurement with their recent 5 year renewal audit for SFI Certified Sourcing. City of Industry, California As part of its broad commitment to the corporate social responsibility, Commercial Lumber and Pallet Company announced today it will meet Sustainable Forestry Initiative© (SFI) lumber sourcing requirements across its City of Industry and Beaumont…

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