According to a report by the Food Institute, consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketers introduced nearly 1,900 new products in 2012. With new products hitting store shelves in numbers not seen since pre-recession years—or ever before in ...
The National Statistical Service of Armenia has reported that cement production dropped by 3.5% year-on-year for the first six months of 2013, from 186,300t to 180,000t. Exports doubled in the same period to 92,000t from 46,000t. A crisis ...
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Freight volumes are higher than they've been in "many, many" years, but there remains excess capacity in the marketplace and continued downward pressure on rates. Doug Munro, president of Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines, told a packed ...
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Jacquie Meyers, president of Meyers Transportation Systems, issued a plea to shippers and carriers attending the Surface Transportation Summit, to re-evaulate the tender process that she has commoditized the trucking business. "There are ...
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Web-based tool helps growers 'see' nitrogen needs Cotton industry evolves to survive major challenges Calcot surviving a floundering cotton industry Here's a story that just won't die, even as folks continue to dig out of record snow in ...
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LLamasoft, a US-based supply chain software solutions provider, has unveiled an updated 8.0 release of Supply Chain Guru and Transportation Guru supply chain and transportation network design software. According the company, the new ...
Mannington Mills announced that it will be implementing a price increase of up to 6 percent on all engineered wood floors, moldings and wood adhesives effective with shipments on January 1, 2014. "The housing market continues to recover ...
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Carton Board Challenges Wood for Transport Packaging Helsinki, Finland (September 26, 2013) – The Eltete Group, developer and manufacturer of pallets, transport boxes, and other transport packaging, is spearheading a move to replace ...
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China's appetite for coal, once seemingly unlimited, is starting to wane, and the effects are rippling far from the Middle Kingdom. With the world's second-largest economy, China in recent years has been driving demand for all sorts of ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Packaging solutions provider Roberts PolyPro will unveil its two pack high-density polyethylene (HDPE) handles for gallon jugs at Pack Expo 2013 to be held from 23-25 September 2013 in Las Vegas. The new handles are said to offer 26% ...
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About 40,000 tons of recycled glass are processed through a Rumpke facility in Dayton every year, destined for a second life as insulation or another go-round as a container for your Coke. That’s the equivalent of 180 million 12-ounce ...
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A collaborative team led by Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc (APEI) and including Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America Inc, GaN Systems Inc, the University of Arkansas' National Center for Reliable Electric ...
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will spend more than $45 million for 38 new projects that will research and develop vehicle technologies to improve fuel efficiency, lower transportation costs and protect the environment. ...
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced more than $45m for 38 new projects that strengthen the research and development of advanced transport technologies. These vehicle technologies are aimed at improving fuel efficiency, ...
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The Clover, S.C.-based Synthetic Yarn and Fiber Association (SYFA) will hold its 2013 Fall Conference, titled "Resurgence of Textiles Back in the Region," September 26-27 at the Sheraton Airport Hotel in Charlotte. "After many struggles ...
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