So you have a bunch of personnel,the ungrateful kind,and they're whining about having lifting equipment for the heavy tasks.So you think to yourself'do I merely fire the whole lot of them and get fresh staff?Will the union try to murder me ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo is planning to slice its trucks production following the 17% slump in its global sales in November 2012. During the month, truck deliveries in Europe declined 13% to 3,835 units, while deliveries in ...
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Metinvest Group, a vertically integrated group of steel and mining companies continues to invest in new mining machinery for its Mining Division. Metinvest Group acquired a new BelAZ dump truck for the Annovsky open pit of Severniy GOK. ...
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Inventory software gives explosive freight a hand - no more exploding trucks! Chemical, Explosives, Fireworks, etc. companies are responsible for ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) weights in Transportation and ...
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Future warfare could be fought by soldiers using bullets and bombs as well as people hunched over laptops according to experts in cyber conflict. The analysis comes in response to a recent article, titled “U.S. Admits to Cyber ...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency is tightening its standard for the amount of soot released from industrial smokestacks, diesel trucks and other sources, the agency said Friday. The standard for annual measurement of soot, or fine ...
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Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is planning to invest $33m to buy the Navistar International’s shares in order to completely acquire its subsidiaries in India. The agreement of purchase would allow both the companies to continue the ...
General Motors has hosed down speculation the next-generation Holden Commodore Sportwagon and Ute could be headed to North America alongside the VF sedan. Rumours of an expanded export deal between Holden and US sister brand ...
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TRU-Vu Monitors, a leading supplier of industrial-grade LCD monitors, has added a new 15" model to its family of Sunlight Readable monitors. The new SRM-15 Series monitors feature 1,000 nits brightness, enabling users to see clear, vivid ...
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Business Line reported that Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd is buying out Navistar Group's stake in two of its subsidiary JV companies for approximately INR 175 crore. Following the buyout,Chakan based Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd and ...
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China-based truck manufacturer Foton has launched its commercial vehicles under Zubair Automotive Group in Oman. The company will start the sale of the vehicles like the Tunland pick-up, the View C passenger van and the Aumark and Auman, ...
Sterlite Copper has commenced operation of safety check pointsoffices over a stretch of 750 kilometers between Namakkalin TamilnaduandJhalki in the Bijapur district of Karnataka, to ensure safety of the trucks that pass through this area ...
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The UK government has injected a second round of cash into its pound 25m Higher Apprenticeship Fund. The funding aims to develop 4,230 new Higher Apprenticeships in sectors including low-carbon engineering, space engineering, legal ...
US based automobile manufacturer General Motors has unveiled new Chevrolet Silverado and Sierra 1500 pickup trucks in the US The pickups are powered by three new EcoTec3 truck engines, a 4.6-liter V-6, 5.3-liter V-8 and 6.2-liter V-8, ...
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Researchers at GE Global Research have tested the GE's new Durathon battery by powering an electric bus that also incorporates a lithium battery and a hydrogen fuel cell. The new development is aimed at accelerating the adoption of both ...
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