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How to Stand Out and Grow With Value Marketing Part 3
June 13, 2013 9:14 am | by Curtis Alexander, Author and Business Growth Strategist | Blogs | CommentsIn Parts 1 & 2 of this sereis, Curtis Alexander talked about some of the things value marketing can do for your business and how to build a plan to start the process. Now, he presents four roadblocks that could be hampering your ability to put that plan into action.
DHL Express & U.S. Commerce Dept. Launch Trade Initiative
June 12, 2013 5:18 pm | by DHL | News | CommentsThrough the partnership, announced at the Oil and Gas Expo, DHL Express Canada and the U.S. Department of Commerce will match DHL customers in Canada with U.S. manufacturers or sellers who are already exporters or who are interested in reaching markets in the United States.
Industrial Supply Company Launches Workplace Safety Campaign
June 12, 2013 4:58 pm | by Industrial Supply Company | News | CommentsEvery day, 13 people go to work and never make it home to their families. 4,693 workers were killed on the job in 2011 and workers reported an additional 3.8 million job-related injuries and illnesses, at a cost of $250-300 billion dollars to employers. Industrial Supply Company is launching a campaign for staying safe at work in support of National Safety Month—a month-long education campaign of the National Safety Council held every June.
GHX Industrial Acquires Flowline Components & Flowline OEM Group
June 12, 2013 4:55 pm | by GHX | News | CommentsFounded in 1988 by Larry Blackburn and Greg Johnston, Flowline operates two branches in Baltimore, Maryland and Greencastle, Pennsylvania and is a value added distributor of fabricated hose, MRO products and other related products. Flowline’s core customer base has historically consisted of agriculture, construction and food & beverage OEMs.
Custom Printed Floor Marking Tape
June 12, 2013 11:42 am | by Insite Solutions | Product Releases | CommentsNow with the ability to customize the Superior Mark, management can create a safer workplace for employees by properly identifying exits, pedestrian ways, floor directional paths, and safety zones.
Low-Voltage Arc-Resistant Solutions
June 12, 2013 11:35 am | by Schneider Electric | Product Releases | CommentsThe Power-Zone 4 Arc Resistant Low Voltage Switchgear is designed, tested and certified to provide arc flash protection at the front, back, and sides, while the instrument compartment door is open.
ABB To Purchase Dynamotive In UK
June 11, 2013 2:51 pm | by ABB | News | CommentsCoalville, UK–based Dynamotive designs, commissions and upgrades systems of drives, controls and motors for industrial and marine applications and automotive test rigs. Dynamotive has about 40 employees and is privately owned. Its owners will continue to work for ABB.
Interline Appoints John Bakewell As New CFO
June 11, 2013 2:47 pm | by Interline Brands | News | CommentsBakewell joins Interline after spending the last 22 years as the Chief Financial Officer of several large public and privately owned companies. Most recently, Mr. Bakewell served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RegionalCare Hospital Partners. Previously, Mr. Bakewell held the same position with Wright Medical Group, a global orthopedic medical device manufacturer.
Brennan Industries Names New General Managers
June 11, 2013 2:45 pm | by Brennan Industries, Inc. | News | CommentsMichael Caliebe was named general manager of Brennan’s Ohio distribution center, located in Solon, Ohio.Nick Longo was named general manager of Brennan’s Washington distribution center, located in Sumner, Wash. Longo joined Brennan as an OEM manager 16 years ago.
Millennials’ Frugal and Green Lifestyles Raise the Bar for Brands
June 11, 2013 2:42 pm | by Suley Muratoglu, Vice President for Marketing and Product Management, Tetra Pak | Blogs | CommentsAppearances can be deceiving. Millennials represent the fastest-growing segment of luxury goods and services purchasers, according to a recent study by American Express. Yet they are also giving rise to a new lifestyle that can be characterized in two words: frugal and green.
MC Machinery & Dener Release New Flagship Press Brake
June 11, 2013 2:33 pm | by MC Machinery Systems, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe ULTRA features a large, open height and stroke, and range from 150-ton x 10 ft. to 363-ton x 13 ft. in size. The up to 200 mm (7.87 in.)/s approach speed.
New Upgrades To ProTac Models From Streamlight
June 11, 2013 11:11 am | by Streamlight, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsAll four upgraded lights now feature Streamlight's new TEN-TAP programming, which enables users to select among three programs: high/strobe/low (the factory default setting); high only; or low/high.
Trico Launches New Line Of Oil Containers
June 11, 2013 9:31 am | by Trico Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsThe containers have a wide opening for rapid no-spill filling and are available in 2, 3, and 4 gallon sizes. They are semi-transparent with molded volume markings, in gallons and liters, to provide visual monitoring of fluid levels.
Integrated Material Handling & Parcel Manifesting Platform
June 11, 2013 9:26 am | by Agile Network | Product Releases | CommentsAgileShip integrates essential, rules-based, multicarrier rating, routing and manifesting functions directly with Invata’s FastTrak WMS and material handling systems, which support pick-to-light, put-to-light, automated cartonization, GOH, weigh-in-motion, sortation, and shipping label print-and-apply, among other fulfillment processes.
Preparing To Succeed When Your Network Has Been Breached
June 11, 2013 9:22 am | by Jeff Multz, Director of North America Midmarket Sales, Dell SecureWorks | Articles | CommentsSince it’s almost certain that every organization will experience a cyber security incident at some time, you need to be well prepared in advance. According to the 2013 Verizon Data Breach report, 22 organizations, mainly in manufacturing and professional services, with only one to 100 employees became a victim to cyber espionage last year.
MRC Global Opens Regional Distribution Center In OK
June 11, 2013 9:16 am | by MRC Global, Inc. | News | CommentsMRC Global Inc. has opened a new regional distribution center in Tulsa, OK. The facility includes a two acre pipeyard, 80,000 square feet of warehouse space and a valve automation center. The location will support 13 MRC service locations throughout Oklahoma and the Midwest U.S.
Haggard & Stocking Wins Excellence In Industry Award From ISA
June 11, 2013 9:14 am | by ISA | News | CommentsThe award recognized how Haggard & Stocking, working closely with inventory management system supplier CribMaster, developed a customized program to manage the Foreign Object Debris (FOD) requirements of an aerospace company. In order to meet stringent FOD requirements or risk losing major government contracts, the company requested Haggard & Stocking’s assistance in developing an automated program to track tooling.
Grainger May Sales Increase 5% Year Over Year
June 11, 2013 9:12 am | by W.W. Grainger, Inc. | News | CommentsDaily sales increased 5 percent versus May 2012, and included 3 percentage points from volume, 2 percentage points from price and 1 percentage point from acquisitions, partially offset by a 1 percentage point decline from unfavorable foreign exchange.
Engineered Plastics For Fracking Applications
June 10, 2013 9:40 am | by Ensinger Engineering Plastics | Product Releases | CommentsThe frac balls, starting with the smallest and ending with the largest, travel as far as they can until they seat securely in the seal designed to receive it.
Rotabroach Fusion Annular Cutters
June 10, 2013 9:36 am | by Hougen Manufacturing | Product Releases | CommentsThe new cutters have patented Fusion groove innovation shanks for use in magnetic drills having one-touch tool-less arbors. This reduces setup times and further boosts the Rotabroach already superior productivity.
