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Manufacturers Report Significant Improvement

Posted April 15, 2010

Emerg­ing opti­mism pre­vails in the man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor that the “Great Reces­sion” is finally turn­ing to recov­ery, accord­ing to the quar­terly Man­u­fac­tur­ers Alliance/MAPI Sur­vey on the Busi­ness Out­look March 2010, a lead­ing indi­ca­tor for the in……read more

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Manufacturing activity grew in March at the fastest rates since July 2004

Posted April 6, 2010

Eco­nomic activ­ity in the man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor expanded in March for the eighth con­sec­u­tive month, and the over­all econ­omy grew for the 11th con­sec­u­tive month, accord­ing to the lat­est Man­u­fac­tur­ing ISM Report On Business®.“Both new orders and…read more

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Pleasing to the pallet

Posted April 1, 2010

By Carol Radice Pub­lished: April 1, 2010 While the mate­ri­als dif­fer— wood, plas­tic, steel and var­i­ous combinations—the pal­let indus­try appears to be com­mit­ted to safety and sus­tain­abil­ity. As gro­cers and CPG firms con­tinue to squeeze money from their trans­porta­tion bud­gets by build­ing more-efficient truck­loads and deliv­ery route and stream­lin­ing dis­tri­b­u­tion cen­ters, experts say some com­pa­nies …read more

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