Hay Creek Pallet Co., Inc., was founded in January of 2000 when the opportunity to acquire a small pallet rebuilding operation provided the means to produce and market pallets in Wisconsin. Today, that company has grown to Hay Creek Companies, a manufacturing operation that produces a number of wood products, all while keeping our number one focus on our employees. Our BaaM (Business as a Ministry) leadership model helps us to focus on the right things as we serve our employees and customers with integrity and with quality products
Our operation features a fully automated saw room that produces our component parts. We have assembly lines featuring some of the latest technology in the industry that build new pallets, remanufacture used pallets, and dismantle non-repairable and odd sized pallets.
Hay Creek is a full-service pallet manufacturing operation providing businesses with new and remanufactured pallets including many in the food, paper and manufacturing industries. Additionally, as a by-product utilization, we also manufacture wood landscaping mulches and shredded wood animal bedding by recycling wood waste material.
Hay Creek Companies is a member of The National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA), which is the largest organization of wood packaging professionals in the world.
Pittsville Team
Our Company Verse is Proverbs 3:5-6:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
C12 Membership
We have been a member of the C12 Group since 2012. The C12 Group is the largest network of Christian CEOs and executives working together to increase company performance and integrate faith and business.
C12 is an objective advisory board for brainstorming and decision-making, learning what we don’t know, and focusing on areas we need to sharpen. In a confidential, non-competing trusted C12 peer board, business owners learn from their group’s wisdom and insight – and encourage and hold each other accountable to the principles and core values that guide them.
When someone joins our team, we give an overview of what it's like to work at Hay Creek Companies during their orientation. We invite you to learn more about what it's like to be part of our team with this "welcome" video. If you'd like to know more about working for Hay Creek Companies, we invite you to stop in our office. We'd love to tell you about opportunities to work on our growing team!
Meet the team
Tom Gardner
Owner/President
Janeen Gardner
Owner
Jeremy Janssen
Human Resources/Safety
Sean Strahota
Controller
Andy Hoogesteger
General Manager
Shawna Bratlie
Office Manager
Kerry Freeman
Purchasing Assistant
Casey Krohn
Outside Sales Associate
Kenny Frank
Truck Shop Manager
Belinda Hamilton
Payroll Administrator
Mike Ober
Logistics
Steve Votava
Sales Administrator