Monthly Archive: September 2017
The U.S. chemical industry is one of the largest and most important industries worldwide. It is the largest national producer of chemical products globally. Including the pharmaceutical sector, its chemical output value was more...
Fleets of all sizes that are running Detroit power trains are about to get access to several new tools that will make it easier to analyze the vast amount of data available from...
By air, land or sea, cybersecurity has become a basic ingredient for safe and secure operations across all business sectors, including transportation. This is especially true in the age of the Internet of Things...
Although many people don’t know it, acids are an important part of our daily lives. Sulfuric acid, for example is used in everything from fertilizers to pharmaceuticals. Sulfuric acid is one of the most...
Pulling a tanker trailer, especially one without internal baffles is much more challenging than pulling a standard dry van trailer. Those who have pulled a tanker trailer have experienced the sloshing effects. This aspect...
PacLease of Bellevue, Wash., recently held a two-day annual sales meeting in Dallas where seminars and breakout sessions focused on how the company can provide “best-in-class’’ experience. PacLease is a division of PACCAR. “Our...
Navistar says it will cease all engine production at its plant in Melrose Park, Ill., by the second quarter of next year. The company will continue the facility’s transformation into Navistar’s technical center, including...
Tampa, Fla.-based Quala, a North American leader in industrial container cleaning, said it has acquired Alpha Technical Services (ATS). Operating from a strategically located 23-acre facility in Pasadena, Texas, ATS offers container cleaning solutions...
The U.S. chemical industry has generated 264 new projects and about $161 billion in capital investment in the past seven years, according to the American Chemistry Council. About 426,000 new jobs and $301 billion...
Adam Bowers and Quintin Wyandt have joined the inside sales teams at J&J Truck Bodies and Trailers, and J&J Truck Equipment, divisions of Somerset Welding and Steel Inc., company officials said. Both men will...