December is the time of year when the big fleets and leasing companies in North America are in the market to buy big rigs, according to Americas Commercial Transportation (ACT) research. “December Class 8 orders were up 50 percent ...
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BASF is globally launching a new ultra-high molecular weight cationic powder flocculant range with Zetag ULTRA for solid/liquid separation in industrial and municipal waste water treatment. Zetag ULTRA has been developed combining BASF's ...
Eleven leading German OLED companies and research institutions announced the successful completion of the OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) related project; So-Light. This € 14.7 m project was supported by the German Ministry of ...
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With the rise of haze in more and more places, the environmental protection has been a concern of the public. One of the reasons causing to the air pollution is the emission of vehicles which is then firstly to be regulated in many ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
It is learnt that JAC has chosen Sichuan Suining as its Southeast production base. The project invested with 1.1 billion yuan is constructed in three phases. The total production value will reach 10 billion yuan after completion. It is the ...
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Since it was first identified in the United States last May, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) has created significant losses to some pork producers in many parts of the country. Manure is a primary way the virus spreads from pig to ...
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Cold Star Freight is breaking new ground with its purchase of 10 natural gas Mack tractors. The company is the first to bring natural gas fuelling infrastructure to Vancouver Island, and is also among the smaller Canadian fleets to adopt ...
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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Transportation -- A patent application by the inventors Ogawa, Takayuki (Yokohama-shi, JP); Nishi, Mizuki (Matsusaka-shi, JP); Furuhashi, Kazunori (Matsusaka, JP), filed on March 2, 2012, ...
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Transportation Media is starting the new year with an important addition to its editorial team. Carolyn Gruske, an experienced, award-winning journalist whose byline has appeared in daily newspapers such as the Toronto Star and the Globe ...
An October transportation conference in Yellowknife saw business, community and government folk converge to discuss ways in which Canada's northern transportation policy can be moved forward through the 21st century. Organized by the Van ...
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A new type of touchscreen glass that combats bacteria and fungi has been unveiled US firm Corning said its Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass contains ionic silver, a substance that has been used to fight germs for more than 100 years. The ...
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Sean Lamb/Wikimedia XPO Logistics Inc. said it will acquire intermodal freight carrier Pacer International Inc. in a transaction valued at $335 million. The purchase will double XPO's expected annual revenue to $2 billion, the companies ...
Ken James/Bloomberg News Factory orders increased 1.8% in November, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 6. The rise followed a revised 0.5% decline in October. The increase was greater than economists’ forecast of a 1.7% rise, ...
Tags: factory orders, trucking industry, shipment
Ford Motor Company announced today the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a first-of-its-kind sun-powered vehicle with the potential to deliver the best of what a plug-in hybrid offers – without depending on the electric grid for fuel. ...
The cargo throughput of the five-tier ship lock of the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project, in Central China set a new record last year, the operator of the ship lock said. The throughput jumped 15.4 percent year on ...
Tags: Gorges Dam, hydropower project