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Pressroom added to PlastiKote website
PlastiKote has added a pressroom section to its newly updated website at www.plastikote.com/press-room.jsp. The pressroom page, which features all of the latest news from PlastiKote and other relevant brands from Valspar, links to the Valspar global pressroom and a “retailer locator.” Future enhancements will include a video section, as well as a Spanish language section. […]
December 8, 2010
Business
Monthly freight index rose 0.2% in October, year-to-year up 3.2%
The Freight Transportation Services Index rose 0.2 percent in October from its September level, rising for the second consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported Wednesday, Dec. 8. BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the Freight TSI has risen 5.7 percent over the last […]
December 8, 2010
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FedEx Freight Canada improves cross-border service
FedEx Freight Canada, a provider of cross-border and intra-Canada less-than-truckload shipping services, on Tuesday, Dec. 7, announced reduced transit times in more than 500 lanes connecting Toronto and Montreal to dozens of cities and regions in the United States. The company says these service enhancements will enable cross-border LTL shippers to achieve supply chain improvements. […]
December 7, 2010
Business
Dynamex receives yet another ‘superior’ buyout offer
The bidding war continues for Dynamex Inc., a publicly-traded provider of same-day delivery and logistics services in the United States and Canada, as the Dallas-based company announced Tuesday, Dec. 7, that the “excluded party” who attempted to outbid its original buyer is making a second attempt. The “Takeover Party” submitted a “superior proposal” for the […]
December 7, 2010
Business
UPS adds photo ID requirement for retail shipping
As part of its ongoing review to enhance security, UPS on Tuesday, Dec. 7, announced it is expanding its policy to require customers who ship packages from retail shipping locations to present a government-issued photo ID for verification of identification. The directive will apply at The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. locations as well […]
December 7, 2010
Business
ABF Freight System awards Medal of Excellence to heroic driver
ABF Freight System Inc. recently recognized the lifesaving actions of John Boyd by awarding him the ABF Medal of Excellence. An ABF road driver in Dayton, Ohio, Boyd became the sixth recipient of the award, which is the highest honor the company can present to an employee. Boyd was presented the award during a ceremony […]
December 7, 2010
Business
CHEP honors Greatwide for innovation
Greatwide Logistics Services announced that it had been selected as the winner of the Innovation Award from CHEP. The global provider in pallet and container pooling services presented Greatwide with the honor at its 2010 Supply Chain Symposium recently held in Orlando, Fla. This year CHEP is honoring service center operators and carriers with a […]
December 7, 2010
Business
Ground broken on Indiana-Kentucky bridge replacement project
Ground recently was broken on the Milton (Ky.)-Madison (Ind.) bridge replacement project, which received a $20 million grant earlier this year under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grant is from the U.S. Department of Transportation TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) program. The project will replace the Milton-Madison Bridge (U.S. 421), a vital […]
December 7, 2010
Business
Social media marketing summit to co-locate with NATSO Show 2011
NATSO, the U.S. travel plaza and truckstop association, and the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association announced that they will co-locate two education events for hospitality and truckstop industry leaders in February 2011 – The NATSO Show and the FRLA Social Media Marketing Summit. Set for Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort outside Orlando, Fla., The NATSO Show […]
December 7, 2010
Business
Snap-on enhances rebate program
Snap-on’s “The Doubler” instant rebate program will double a standard rebate if a featured Snap-on tool storage unit or diagnostic product is purchased from a participating Snap-on franchisee or representative. “In addition to double rebates on select Snap-on products, standard rebates are available on all of our other products, so this is the ideal opportunity […]
December 7, 2010
Business
Phillips launches ‘Qwik Tech Tips’ fleet newsletter
Phillips Industries has launched “Qwik Tech Tips,” a monthly newsletter intended to offer easy solutions to electrical maintenance issues facing trucking fleets. Phillips says its expertise in finding answers to fleet problems through aggressive testing and product development programs can help any heavy vehicle operator reduce its own costs from electrical problems. “Qwik Tech Tips” […]
December 7, 2010
Business
Mahle Clevite releases new piston ring catalog
Mahle Clevite Inc. recently released its 2010 Mahle Original Performance Ring Catalog, offering new coverage for a range of high performance applications. Key additions to the new catalog (PR-40-10), which supersedes (PR-40-06), include a section on steel compression rings that explains why steel is important for today’s performance engines; and new information regarding the difference […]
December 7, 2010
Business
Luber-finer launches social media sites
Champion Laboratories has launched social media sites for its Luber-finer brand of automotive, medium-duty and heavy-duty lines of filtration products on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Luber-finer’s social media presence has been designed to connect with channel partners, installers and end-users in a way that provides quick access to information about the Luber-finer brand, its […]
December 7, 2010
Business
Accellos announces electronic business document solution
Accellos, a provider of supply chain execution software solutions, announced Accellos One Nexus, a B2B gateway product used for exchanging and managing electronic business documents with critical supply chain partners. According to the company, Accellos One Nexus delivers immediate value to mid-market companies by leveraging best-of-class technology to simplify the challenge of maintaining compliance requirements […]
December 7, 2010
Business
Qualcomm elects Ros to board of directors
Qualcomm Inc., a developer of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, announced the election of Dr. Francisco Ros to its board of directors. Ros brings more than 25 years of telecommunications experience to the position and recently served as Secretary of State (vice minister) of the Government of Spain, responsible for telecommunications and the development […]
December 7, 2010
Business
FMCSA defends CSA 2010 in court
Claims that disclosure of data related to the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program will have disastrous consequences for many trucking companies fail to acknowledge that similar data has been available for more than a decade without causing such problems, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration told a federal appeals court Monday, Dec. 6. Moreover, various […]
December 7, 2010
Business
U.S. diesel price rises 3.5 cents to $3.197
After two straight weeks of decreases, diesel prices resumed their recent surge, rising 3.5 cents during the week ended Monday, Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The national average price is now $3.197, which is nearly 25 cents higher than the level at the end of September when prices […]
December 6, 2010
Business
ATA blasts new offshore drilling delays
The American Trucking Associations on Monday, Dec. 6, blasted the Obama administration’s decision last week to scale back the federal offshore leasing program to limit domestic oil and gas exploration. “This latest plan, coupled with the ‘de facto’ moratorium on both deep and shallow water drilling in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, keeps abundant […]
December 6, 2010
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