Industry Announcements

• In late May, Combi Packaging Systems will proudly roll out their second Demonstration Trailer. For the past five years, Combi has been supporting its network of distributors by traveling across the United States and Canada providing live demonstrations of their packaging equipment. (May 15, 2012) | permalink
• Warehouse Services Inc has launched a new corporate website. The website address www.wsionline.com remains the same but offers those looking for logistics solutions a user-friendly Website that is far more comprehensive in its offering. (May 15, 2012) | permalink
• PrimeRevenue Inc., a SaaS platform for global Supply Chain Finance (SCF), has been named as a finalist for the World Trade Group's Supply Chain Distinction Awards 2012 in the "Best Value Chain Solutions Provider" and "Supply Chain Technology" categories. Winners will be announced on June 20, 2012. (May 14, 2012) | permalink
• I.D. Systems, a provider of wireless solutions for securing, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets, has executed a multi-year contract with one of the world's leading logistics service providers to deploy its VeriWise Track and Trace system across a fleet of intermodal containers. The logistics provider acquired the VeriWise system to optimize its investment in a new fleet of intermodal containers. The system will track container locations & provide web-based reports to optimize fleet pooling and dispatching. (May 14, 2012) | permalink
• Acklands-Grainger Inc., Canada's largest distributor of industrial, safety and fastener products, has opened a new 122,000-square-foot facility in Saskatoon, SK. The facility includes a 102,000-square-foot warehouse along with a branch showroom and regional support centre to service its expanding product lines and customer base. (May 11, 2012) | permalink
• The European Logistics Association (ELA) honored Penske Logistics and Ford Motor Company with this year's European Award for Logistics Excellence for the Network Integrator concept developed by the two companies. The winning case study submission is a joint project of Ford's European Customer Service Division (FCSD) and Penske Logistics to optimize spare-parts supply chain enabling collaboration for multiple car brands across Europe. The "Network Integrator" application has led to savings in transportation of more than 25 million truck kilometers and a reduction of more than 10,000 tons of CO2 emissions each year. (May 11, 2012) | permalink
• Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has been named one of America's 100 Most Trustworthy Companies by Forbes magazine. The annual recognition is awarded to publicly traded corporations that have consistently demonstrated transparent, conservative accounting practices and solid corporate governance and management. (May 11, 2012) | permalink
• The storage, organization, and transport product company Akro-Mils has donated $1,000 in platform carts to the charity organization Mercy Ships, which provides free surgical procedures to patients in West Africa. Akro-Mils' donation to Mercy Ships included two VERSA/Deck platform carts. VERSA/Decks are heavy-duty structural foam carts featuring multiple handle and caster options. Peter Koontz, chief steward of the ship Africa Mercy, said the donated carts are making a difference for the crew of the world's largest charity hospital ship in serving an average of 1,500 meals per day. (May 11, 2012) | permalink
• The Traffic Club of Chicago's May Executive Series Luncheon on May 17, 2012 will feature "Intermodal-What the Future Holds" with guest speaker Mark Yeager, vice chairman, president & COO, Hub Group, Inc. (May 11, 2012) | permalink
• Penske Truck Leasing Co. L.P. ("PTL") and its wholly owned subsidiary PTL Finance Corp. have issued an aggregate of $1.75 billion in senior notes in two equally sized tranches of notes with three- and five-year maturities. The net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used to refinance existing PTL debt. The offering was managed by J.P. Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Wells Fargo Securities. (May 11, 2012) | permalink
• Elite Medical Supply of New York has improved their operational efficiency by deploying CYBRA Corporation's EdgeMagic asset tracking solution to track medical supplies in their inventory at their West Seneca warehouse location. (May 11, 2012) | permalink
• MIQ Logistics announced a new, multi-year service agreement with Minera San Cristobal S.A. (MSC) for all off & on shore logistics services for resupply materials supporting mining activities in southern Bolivia. (May 10, 2012) | permalink
• Eleets Transportation, Co. Inc., an asset-light provider of transportation and logistics services, has named Mitch Luciano Chief Operating Officer. (May 10, 2012) | permalink
• Retailer Aritzia has chosen to rollout RedPrairie's supply chain execution solutions in its 80,000-square-foot distribution center located in Vancouver, British Columbia. (May 10, 2012) | permalink
• Global Container Terminals Inc., a North American marine terminal operator with facilities on both coasts, unveiled final plans for a multimillion dollar expansion project to develop a 70-acre technologically advanced container terminal on the Bayonne, NJ, waterfront. (May 10, 2012) | permalink
• The truck technology and fleet leasing company Fleet Advantage earned two top 25 rankings on Monitor magazine's Top Private Independents list and scored the largest percentage increase in new business volume - more than 200 percent - of any company in this year's ranking. (May 10, 2012) | permalink
• Total Quality Logistics begins its $1 per load fundraising campaign this Monday, May 14, 2012. During the week of May 14 thru May 20, one dollar from every load TQL arranges will be donated to the Yellow Ribbon Support Center and the Let Us Never Forget Scholarship Fund. The money is used to defray costs toward shipping tens of thousands of care packages to our service men and women and to provide college scholarships to graduating seniors. (May 10, 2012) | permalink
• Apriso, a provider of manufacturing software solutions, today announced a new extension to its Global Trace and Genealogy (G-TAGâ„¢) software and services solution tailored to meet the specific industry requirements of Medical Device manufacturers. Apriso's new offering enables greater operational flexibility by delivering timely, contextual manufacturing intelligence and product genealogy data. This new solution helps to accelerate compliance initiatives and improve both in-house and supplier quality performance throughout the life cycle of a product, ultimately helping to reduce the total cost of quality. (May 10, 2012) | permalink
• The American Logistical Aid Network (ALAN) is launching a new capabilities mapping tool that will enable ALAN to geographically target companies with the potential to provide necessary resources during disasters. The project is funded by grants from The UPS Foundation and the Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program, Project on Supply Chain Resilience. The capabilities mapping tool is a geo-coding tool that will be populated with data on member companies from ALAN's 21 association partners. Companies will be categorized according to their key product or service offerings and geographic footprint. These maps enable efficient sourcing of disaster support to meet the needs identified through the National Donations Management Network. (May 9, 2012) | permalink
• CaroTrans, a global NVOCC (non vessel operating common carrier) and ocean freight consolidator, opened a new office in Seattle, Washington. This office will provide enhanced, expedited import and export ocean transportation services in this trade region. (May 9, 2012) | permalink

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