Acme Skid

About Acme Skid

Acme Skid presents itself as a division of Apache Products, Inc., a family-owned wooden skid and pallet maker on John Hare Road in Silsbee, Texas, whose line of work it sums up as "Wooden Skids, Pallets & Other Specialty Lumber Items." The company says it "maintains a full-scale, state-of-the-art manufacturing and production facility," listing Computer Pallet Design Software, Computerized Viking 505 Nailing Machines, a Hand Nail Department for Specialty Items and Baker Re-saws, and adds that it runs "a TQM program that interfaces with customers' ISO9000 requirements." Sales are pitched as consultative: "Acme Skid has a knowledgeable sales force ready to call on your company. We can custom-design pallets to meet your specific needs, and we follow our manufacturing with superior customer service." Heat treatment gets its own page, described as "A Necessity In Today's World Of Imports" - all pallets produced in the facility are heat treated in a Brunner Hildebrand heat chamber that the company says has been certified by Timber Products Inspection Inc., reaching "the Internationally required temperature of 60 degrees Celsius (140F) for 45 minutes," after which items can be stamped with the company's licensed mark for compliance with the International Plant Protection Treaty. The site also describes a Vendor Managed Pallet Inventory Control System, carrying "7-10 days of finished goods in inventory" and "upwards of 45 days of pre-cut, Cants and dimensional lumber in stock," bought from "a diverse set of lumber providers throughout the Southeastern part of the US - Mills and Brokers," with imported lumber purchased when necessary. Scale figures repeated across the pages: over 90 employees, more than 7,000 pallets a day and almost 2,000,000 a year from 50,000,000 board feet of lumber annually, a fifth pallet assembly line added in 2015, and 9 trucks and 14 trailers moving 67 loads of pallets a week. Service area is given as Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Freeport, Texas, naming Beaumont, Houston, Victoria and Dallas. A history timeline runs from 1956, when "Apache Products DBA Acme Skid begins operations," through the 2006 purchase by LaNita and Brook Gilchriest, the 2011 purchase of M&T Pallet, Honey Island Sawmill construction in 2014 and a 60th anniversary in 2016. The company states it is WBENC-certified as a Women's Business Enterprise, an Equal Opportunity Employer, and a member of the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association, the National Safety Council and the Texas Forestry Association, having "participated in the OSHCON program since 1991." As described on acmeskid.com, read 23 September 2026.

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