The month of June saw $93.5 billion of freight moved between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with trucks hauling the majority of that freight. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of ...
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In the second quarter of 2013, the Daimler Group sold 605,800 cars and commercial vehicles worldwide, surpassing the prior year total by 6%. Daimler Trucks’ second-quarter unit sales were slightly above the prior-year level at ...
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The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reported that based on US Government data, steel exports declined in June compared to May by 8.5 percent. "Exports declined in every major steel export market in June, with over 86 ...
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the US Department of Transportation Wednesday released May North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) freight numbers showing that trucks carried 60.8 percent of the $98.6 billion of freight ...
The Ostar Headlamp Pro LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has been used by Peterson Manufacturing Company of Grandview, MO, USA (a subsidiary of Peterson Corp) in its new 7-inch round automotive headlight, ...
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Shaw Tracking has announced a partnership with software provider UFOS, which it says will provide real-time, reliable communication. UFOS works with all Shaw Tracking in-cab mobile computing platforms to track shipments within NAFTA. ...
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Lighting Science Group Corporation®, one of the world's leading LED lighting technology companies, announced today it has received GSA Multiple Award Schedule vendor status. The GSA Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) program enables ...
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The World Apparel Fibre Consumption Survey recently completed by the Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (EST/FAO) and the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) ...
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Speaking this afternoon at a U.S. House Small Business Committee Hearing on worldwide American competitiveness, CEO of Alice Manufacturing, Smyth McKissick, urged lawmakers to endorse textile and apparel trading rules in the Trans-Pacific ...
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Within five years, higher manufacturing exports due to a widening cost advantage over China and other major economies could add $20 billion to $60 billion in output to Mexico's economy annually. And due to the North America Free Trade ...
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At the recent 74th Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee meeting held in Paris, Laplace Conseil, a consulting firm specialized in the metal and mineral industries, gave a presentation on the impacts ...
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The coal-fired capacity utilizing selective catalytic reduction for NOx control will nearly double in the period 2012 to 2017. This is the prediction of the McIlvaine Company in its continually updated, NOx Control World Markets. Total ...
Italian auto components maker Magneti Marelli has opened a new automotive lighting plant in Pulaski city, Tennessee in the US. The company has invested about $54m in the new production unit, which manufactures headlamps and rear ...
The apparel manufacturers in the US have expressed concern over increasing labor cost in the country as several global apparel brands are sourcing garments from other countries with low production cost North Carolina-based apparel ...
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The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reported according to government data, steel exports increased in March 2013 over February 2013 by 6.1 percent. "The stronger showing for steel exports in March was due primarily to ...