Performance Corporation

Performance Corporation is an industry leading packaging manufacturer, recycler and trucking company that has been family owned and operated since 1981. We employ over 250 workers at our Northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan locations.

The Pallet and Transportation Operations are located in Seymour, WI. Performance manufactures more than 3,000,000 palletscratesboxes and processes about 300,000,000 pounds of recycled material each year. Our fleet of 40 trucks and over 350 trailers operates in excess of 5,000,000 miles annually throughout the Midwest, and we offer brokerage services to customers nationwide. The Sawmill Operation located in Carney, MI produces 20,000,000 board feet of lumber annually while recycling our waste product in the forms of firewood, animal bedding and boiler fuel.

Employees at Performance work in a team based environment and are recognized as the company’s greatest asset. Through job skills training and open communications with team leaders and managers, employee efforts and ideas support an ongoing company commitment to being “customer focused and cost competitive” in a fast-paced, labor intensive industry.

Company Profile

Jerry Brill and his son, Jim founded the company in 1981 after identifying a need for pallets and repair of pallets at a few of Jerry’s freight customers. As word of the Brill’s commitment to quality and service grew, the business naturally grew as well. After making a commitment to continuous profitable growth, Jim Brill assumed ownership of Performance in 1983, and has provided leadership and direction for the organization ever since.

Today, Performance is a leading wood products manufacturer as well as a growing transportation services provider located in Seymour, Wisconsin. Performance manufactures in excess of 2,000,000 new and reconditioned pallets, skids, and crates annually at their 105,000 square foot facility located on 22 acres in the Seymour Industrial Park.

Production of all new lumber product lines is supported by Performance’s lumbering operation located in Carney, MI. This facility generates over 12 million board feet of hardwood materials annually including high grade lumber sold for a variety of applications.

Performance operates its own fleet of over 40 semi-tractor trucks and in excess of 350 trailers. This fleet provides daily freight transportation services to a wide variety of customers throughout the United States while guaranteeing on-time delivery service to all pallet clients. Regional and State Plus drivers pull 53′ high cube van trailers, flat beds and walking floor / open top trailers to meet various customer freight needs.

Employees at Performance work in a team based environment and are recognized as the company’s greatest asset. Through job skills training and open communications with team leaders and managers, their efforts and ideas support an ongoing company commitment to being “customer focused and cost competitive” in a fast-paced, labor intensive industry.

Contact detials

Performance Lumber Operation

560 N. Guard St. Carney, MI 49812-9795

Phone: 906.639.2193