Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: After more than nine months of negotiations, West Coast dock workers and owners have FINALLY reached a new five-year contract agreement. We’ll give you the details and take a look at what comes next … You … Read more
After more than nine months of contact talks and a work slowdown that snarled cargo container ports up and down the West Coast, port owners and dock workers finally reached a tentative five-year contract agreement over the weekend. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s leadership has agreed to a five-year contract with the Pacific Maritime … Read more
Saia, one of the nation’s largest freight truck companies, just got bigger by purchasing Dallas-based LinkEx Inc. for $25 million. LinkEx, which was founded in 2002, is a diversified, asset-light third-party logistics firm that has about 50 employees and generated revenues of approximately $36 million in 2014. The company provides customers with a variety of … Read more
Editor’s Note: In this week’s featured article, we are going to be “kicking it old school” by taking a look at a handful of simple, low-tech tools that provide more productivity than other complicated high-tech devices that cost exponentially more. Companies that produce materials handling products are always trying to outshine each other with the … Read more
A Swedish construction equipment manufacturer has unveiled a new type of breaker that provides more power for asphalt cutting, breaking and post driving while delivering less vibrations to operators’ arms and hands. The gas-powered 2015 Cobra PROe and TTe breakers — introduced this month by Atlas Copco, of Stockholm, Sweden — feature a unique percussion … Read more
Combilift is hoping the “luck o’ the Irish” helps them strike gold when they build a new $50 million manufacturing facility in County Monaghan, Ireland. The facility is slated to open in 2017. Combilift –which has its US headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina — is doubling down on its home-grown investment with the announcement of … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: Two of the biggest names in the forklift industry are scheduled to face off against each other in a North Carolina federal courtroom. We’ll tell you what’s at stake … Sometimes low-tech or “no-tech” is better … Read more
A lawsuit filed by Clark forklifts against Japanese giant Toyota will finally get its day in court tomorrow. The jury trial in the case of Clark Materials Handling Co. versus Toyota Material Halding USA Inc. (TMHU) is slated to begin Tuesday morning in front of US District Judge Max O. Cogburn, of the Western District … Read more
When temperature-sensitive products such as food or medications are shipped, most packagers today rely on polystyrene foam coolers. But the problem with polystyrene is that it is non-biodegradable. So after the product is shipped, the packaging it arrived in can end up in a landfill for hundreds or even thousands of years. Now a Nebraska … Read more
NEWS ANALYSIS — The following is the latest in series of news analysis articles taking a closer look at some of the most important economic questions facing businesses today. How optimistic are you about the prospects for the US economy during the coming year? While many of the most recent economic indicators are show positive signs … Read more
