As a child, you probably heard your mother telling you not to buy a food can that was dented. She was right! In order to protect food from coming into contact with metal, food cans used to be coated internally with a phenolic lining. This lining was brittle and if the can was dented, it [...] Read Full Story
Since 2006, the National Motor Freight Transportation Association (NMFTA) has been investigating the overhaul of charges for empty packagings that are shipped LTL (Less-Than-Truckload). The trend of reducing wall thicknesses of steel, plastic and paper packagings resulted in lighter-weight containers. Currently, the rates for these packagings are based on the weight of the empty packaging [...] Read Full Story
In 2005, when Jay Cantor, an amateur wine maker and customer of Skolnik, entered his 2003 Dry Creek Valley Merlot at the 30th annual Marin County Fair for amateur winemaking competition, he never expected to win a 2nd place. Therefore, we were very excited to learn that this year, Jay entered his 2005 Dry Creek [...] Read Full Story