Feb 18, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. James Jones’ subsidiary, Unit Pallets, is the first pallet business in the UK to be accredited to the new Timcon ‘premium’ drying standard for timber pallets. The premium standard guarantees that the pallets are air dried, under cover, for a minimum of 14 days and that the supplier is achieving 95%+ conformity, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The new standards have been drawn up after a research programme into pallet wood drying and the avoidance of mould and staining, carried out by Napier University on behalf of Timcon.

Gil Covey, Managing Director of Unit Pallets, commented: “This new standard is a major step forward for the timber pallet sector and Unit staff were very much involved in conducting studies on drying batches of new pallets at UPL’s Golborne factory. In all, over 15,000 moisture content readings were taken during the study!”

Unit Pallets Limited operates from a 10 acre site in Golborne, Warrington, manufacturing high quality new and repaired pallets and with extensive heat treatment and kiln drying capacity.