GL shares best practice in ship management study results Monday, Aug 05, 2013 Germanischer Lloyd (GL) will introduce the results of a joint global study on 'Best Practice in Ship Management', conducted with the Fraunhofer Center for ...
Tags: Transportation, customs, Ship Management
Marl International has started a bilateral engineering partnership with California-based LED lighting manufacturer Bivar Inc. under which the two companies will combine design resources and share IP to bring innovative LED lighting and ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED, lights
In July this year, the purchasing managers' index (PMI) of China's steel sector increased to 52.5 percent, exceeding 50 percent for only the second time since February this year, as announced by the China Steel Logistics Committee (CSLC) ...
Tags: Steel Sector, Mineral
Peach State Integrated Technologies, producer of the National Logistics & Distribution Conference (NLDC), announces the appointment of Ralph Henderson as NLDC executive director. Henderson is replacing Ron Dahlin, who has served in the ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
A new easy-to-carry water purifier that could give Marines and first-responders access to clean water wherever they go has successfully completed its first operational test. Funded by the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) and tested this ...
Tags: Water Purifier, Processing Machinery, Industrial Equipment
If you've spent any time in the materials handling industry, it's hard not to fall in love with automation. Still, some great ideas are so simple, yet so effective, that in retrospect you wonder: Why didn't I think of that? The order ...
Tags: Logistics, Transportation
GSE Dispensing has expanded its Colorsat program of gravimetric flexo, gravure and screen ink dispensing systems with the addition of the Colorsat Switch dispenser for label / narrow-web print runs. The Switch has been designed to ...
Tags: Dispensing Systems, Packaging
US-based Software firm SignalDemand has announced that ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston has selected its EnterpriseOptimizersoftware solution to provide additional insight on ways to maximize output and visibility of its potato supply and ...
Tags: Conagra Foods, Supply Optimization
German chemical firm BASF is investing about EUR90m to build a new plant at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China, for producing resins and electrocoat (e-coat) for use in automotive coatings. Scheduled to commence production during ...
Tags: BASF, Resin Plant, Automotive Coatings
The Government of Turkey has drafted an action plan to establish logistics centres for textile, apparel and leather sectors. According to the five year action plan 2013-2017, these logistics centres would be created to reduce the ...
Tags: Turkey Drafts, Textile
The strategic alliance covers the UK, US and Australian markets and will involve expanding supply of aluminium foil-based flexible packaging in those markets. Food packaging supplier KM Packaging specialises in logistics, supply chain ...
The Penske Automotive Group, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the Commercial Vehicles Group from Transpacific Industries Group Ltd. for a purchase price of $219 million. The completion of the transaction is subject to normal closing ...
Tags: Australian Truck
A new study conducted by the City of Edmonton is looking to evaluate and potentially improve trucking in the city limits. A draft city goods movement strategy released last week provided 34 suggestions to aid the city’s trucking ...
Tags: City Trucking, Truck
Uzbekistan’s capital city of Tashkent is once again gearing up to host the ninth international Uzbek Cotton and Textile fair on October 16 and 17, 2013. Since 2005, the Uzbek Government has been regularly organizing the fair in ...
Tags: Cotton and Textile Fair
Who says natural gas trucks can't be aerodynamic? Freightliner has partnered with one of the most experienced natural gas fleets in the US to create a new 113-inch BBC day cab Cascadia with advanced aerodynamics. The first 10 of these ...
Tags: Transportation, truck