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Wodonga packaging company open for business

Manufacturer's Monthly

The manufacturing site – located along Hume’s freight corridor – will produce recycled and recyclable boxes and packaging to meet increased demand from businesses looking for sustainable packaging options. Logic Wodonga is on track to becoming a major hub for the manufacturing, transport and supply chain industries,” she said.

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Manufacturers using digital transformation to future-proof operations

Control Engineering

Future-proof manufacturing holds the promise of smart, connected factories able to use data to nimbly adapt to highly competitive environments, supply chain challenges and demanding customers. Emerging technologies, increased competition and supply chain challenges are making digital transformation a necessity.

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Scanwell – July Supply Chain Issues

Fastener News Desk

Ocean Carriers, Freight Rates and Ports: . Everyone; I wanted to send out a quick note about the current state of the global supply chain as there are a lot of things happening which can / will affect how cargo moves throughout this amazing country. The latest news in the ocean, air, rail, and trucking industries.

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Dockworkers threaten to strike at key U.S. ports over automation and pay

Fastener News Desk

The International Longshoremen’s Union is demanding significantly higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and container movements that are used in the loading or loading of freight at 36 U.S. by rail or truck, said Eleftherios Iakovou, associate director of supply chain resilience at Texas A&M University.

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Tentative US West Coast Port Contract Deal Reached, Union and Employers Say

Fastener News Desk

West Coast ports on Wednesday said they have reached a tentative deal on a new six-year contract, ending 13 months of talks and easing supply chain worries. A container ship is docked at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California in this aerial photo taken February 6, 2015.

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Foot on the gas: How biomethane is helping hauliers decarbonise

SMMT

Arla Foods is using seven new Volvo FM bio-LNG 6×2 tractor units, which refuel at Gasrec’s open-access site at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal and at the Gasrec built station at Reed Boardall’s depot, in Boroughbridge. “The demand right now is exceptional.”