Forty years ago, Bernard Sadow, a vice president of a Massachusetts luggage and coat company,was traveling back from Aruba with his family. While struggling with his suitcases at the airport, a bulb went off: He realized putting wheels on ...
Tags: Luggage, Wheeled-Luggage, Cases, Boxes
Vexcon has added StarSeal PS Ultra Guard SPE to the StarSeal PS family of products. Vexcon Chemicals' new StarSeal PS Ultra Guard SPE is a water base stabilized penetrating and film forming curing polymer that provides durable long ...
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CHICAGO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is serving as the Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the emergency response to an oil spill that occurred last night when approximately 3500 gallons of diesel fuel was released into ...
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Researchers from Ohio State University (OSU) and University of California–Irvine (UCI) have developed a band engineering technique to improve the results from photo-electro-chemical (PEC) etch of nitride semiconductors [Prashanth ...
Two years ago, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced it made a commitment to hire 1,000 United States military veterans, and today the company has surpassed its three-year goal more than a year early, and has pledged to hire an ...
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BOSTON – The Rhode Island Air National Guard will tighten its emissions limits and comply with federal and state air pollution laws at its North Kingstown aircraft repair facility, thereby ensuring that air quality in nearby ...
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The Exo Grappler AWT from Nitto provides year-round traction, including in snow and ice conditions. It has the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rating. Nitto Tire U.S.A. has added an all-weather tire certified for use in severe snow ...
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Mercedes-Benz has updated its special protection model with S 600 Guard which will provide an all round protection in the transparent and the non transparent areas. The new Guard model features V12 engine, which generates 390kW (530hp) ...
Bemis Europe, a division of Bemis, has developed new shrink bag, ClearShield PRO, to protect bone-in and hard surface cuts of meat. The company has designed the bag for beef, lamb, pork and processed meat producers to reduce high leaker ...
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According to a report Monday from the Lake Carriers’ Association, iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 6.4 million tons in May, a virtual repeat of a year ago. The total would have been about 600,000 tons more, but three ...
Tags: Iron Ore Shipments, Great Lakes
Each time a user completes a mission in the Ultra Agents app, they receive alternative building instructions to help transform their existing sets into something new. LEGO has unveiled its new Ultra Agents product range and tie-in app ...
We don’t regard Chrysler, Ford and General Motors as the Big 3 anymore, and for good reason. Detroit’s near-total dominance of the American car market and the U.S. policies that shape it is a fading memory. They operate in a ...
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According to the Lake Carriers’ Association, US-flag Great Lakes freighters (“lakers”) moved only 3.8 million tons of cargo in April, a decrease of nearly 50 percent compared to a year ago. Heavy ice, especially on Lake ...
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According to a report from the Lake Carriers’ Association, heavy ice formations on the Great Lakes continued to slash iron ore shipments in April. Shipments totaled only 2.7 million tons, a decrease of 52 percent compared to a year ...
Tags: Iron Ore, iron ore shipments
Farmers got 10% of the nation's corn crop planted in the last week. That's not bad considering the cool, damp conditions up to this week, but it's still well off the normal pace, according to Monday's weekly USDA-NASS Crop Progress report. ...
Tags: corn crop, Corn Planting