SDI Group USA has announced it will host SELF14 (SDI Executive Logistics Forum 2014) this year in Las Vegas at the Four Seasons Hotel. “As 2014 approaches, all businesses are in the process of preparing for the upcoming holiday ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor is set to add new diesel engine powered vehicles to its American product line for the first time. Mazda6 will be the first model to be rolled off the line with the new diesel engine, and will join the ...
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Miguel Galvez of NBD Nanotechnologies is recipient of 2013 Emerging Leaders Achievement Award. The International Desalination Association has announced the recipients of the Best Papers and Emerging Leaders Achievement Awards ths month's ...
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World crude steel production in October this year increased by 6.6 percent year on year to 134.26 million metric tons, while 1.29 percent growth was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). ...
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United Parcel Services Inc. (UPS) is the latest shipping company to raise its freight services by an average of 4.9 percent, effective Dec. 30. The higher rates, which will cover ground, air and international services, come amidst UPS and ...
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According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 82 percent of total world DRI production in 2012 amounted to 5.29 ...
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Lane Furniture is shutting down its trucking subsidiary, Action Transport, and turning its furniture transport operations over to Watkins & Shepard, the nation's largest specialized furniture carrier. The change, which takes effect ...
United Mechanical and Electrical Co. (United M&E) invested RMB 320 million (US $53.33 million) in an offshore energy efficient, environmental, and clean energy project. Subsidiaries Zhejiang United Mechanical and Electrical Co. and Insigma ...
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Canada-based specialty packaging firm CCL Industries is set to permanently shut down its aerosol manufacturing operations in Penetanguishene, Ontario beginning first half of 2014 to mid-2015. CCL Industries president and CEO Geoffrey ...
European Medicines Agency's (EMA) the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued positive opinion for AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's of Xigduo for adults aged 18 and older with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The ...
An expert says the Mexican diet -- more dangerous than fast-food -- combined with a sedentary lifestyle is the main cause of Mexico's obesity epidemic. Dr. Enrique C. Morales Villegas, director of the Cardiometabolic Research Centre in ...
The current volatility of crude oil spreads like Brent/WTI and Brent/LLS are a sign that, when it comes to light, sweet crude in the US, refining capacity limits are being reached, Ed Morse, head of commodities research at Citigroup, said ...
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Fitesa Simponsville Inc. — a Simpsonville, S.C.-based designer and manufacturer of nonwoven fabrics for hygiene, medical, and industrial specialty applications — is investing $50 million to expand its Simpsonville facility and ...
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Hollingsworth & Vose Co. (H&V) — an East Walpole, Mass.-based provider of filter media, battery separator materials and industrial nonwovens — will invest $6.1 million to expand manufacturing capacity at its Floyd, Va., plant, ...
Accuride announced today the development of a new coating technology for steel wheels, which it says will extend service life by two years. The new Steel Armor coating will better protect against corrosion, and will be available at no ...
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