ITA announces record-breaking 2015 North American forklift sales
The lift truck market in North America is at an all-time record high in the material handling industry. Total retail…
Industrial Packaging Safety Alliance urges OSHA to initiate rulemaking
The Industrial Packaging Safety Alliance (PackSafe) continues to urge the Occupational and Health Administration (OSHA) to evaluate and correct its…
Hyster-Yale announces agreement to acquire indirect control of Bolzoni S.P.A.
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.(“Hyster-Yale”) and the shareholders of Penta Holding S.p.A. (“Penta”) (the majority shareholder of Bolzoni S.p.A.) announced that they…
BTS Statistics Release: December 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry,…
AAR reports weekly rail traffic for week ending February 6, 2016
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 6, 2016. For this week,…
Manitowoc Company formally approves separation of Manitowoc Foodservice
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. announced on Thursday, February 11, 2016 that its board of directors has approved the separation of its…
Orders grew in December, but market remains flat
The U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report (USMTO) for December 2015 showed that order values grew 20.4% compared to the prior…
Continental selects site for new plant
Continental has selected a site in Mississippi for a new plant to drive the future growth of its tire business…
AAR reports weekly rail traffic for January and week ending January 30, 2016
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported weekly U.S. traffic, as well as volumes for January 2016. Carload traffic in…
BTS Statistics Release: Revised November 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry,…
Equipment Leasing and Finance Industry confidence eases in January
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the January 2016 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect…
YRC Freight adds former Senior Con-way Freight and FedEx Freight executives to team
YRC Freight, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, recently announced the addition of senior executives from Con-way Freight and FedEx Freight with more than…
AAR reports weekly rail traffic for week ending January 23, 2016
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Jan. 23, 2016. For this week,…
BTS Statistics Release: November 2015 North American Freight Numbers
The value of U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $88.2 billion in November 2015 as all modes of transportation carried a lower total…
Five great expectations for supply chain real estate in 2016
JLL’s annual Global Logistics Sentiment survey shows promise for occupiers and investors Industrial and supply chain real estate occupiers and…
How data science and supply chain management are driving the predictive enterprise
• Data-driven insight critical for organizations to control their future • Companies sitting on a goldmine of underutilized data in…
ELFA’s survey of economic activity: December new business volume up 105% month-to-month
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s;(ELFA); Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing…
AAR releases first-ever ‘State of the Industry Report’ to educate public on key rail trends and issues
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) released today its first “State of the Industry Report” focusing on the key challenges, accomplishments…
AAR reports weekly rail traffic for week ending January 16, 2016
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Jan. 16, 2016. For this week, total…
Grainger reports 2015 results with more restructuring in 2016
Grainger reported results for the year ended December 31, 2015 on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Sales of $10 billion were flat versus 2014. …
Inmar acquires Willard Bishop
Focused on empowering manufacturers and retailers through rich and actionable data and analytics, Inmar announced that it has acquired Chicago-based…
Lilly Ledbetter to address women in transportation
Lilly Ledbetter, the Women’s Equality Activist responsible for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, has been confirmed as the keynote…
AAR reports weekly rail traffic for the week ending January 16, 2016
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Jan. 16, 2016. For…
BTS Statistics Release: November 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry,…
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