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Sonepar USA Appoints HR Leaders

Sonepar USA has announced new senior vice presidents for Vallen North America and Sonepar North America.

A traveler stands on a bridge near a display showing government propaganda in the fight against the COVID-19 viral illness in Beijing, China Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. China is struggling to restart its economy after the annual Lunar New Year holiday was extended to try to keep people home and contain novel coronavirus. Traffic remained light in Beijing, and many people were still working at home.

Virus Blamed for Forecast Fall in Oil

The International Energy Agency said that the consequences of the outbreak for oil demand “will be significant.”

Paulson Manufacturing's disposable, anti-fog infectious disease control (IDC) goggle designed for splash, smoke, and particulate protection for the eyes.

California PPE Supplier Helping Fight Coronavirus

China enlisted the help of a Southern California maker of PPE products to help with the country's shortage of goggles and facemasks.

In this Feb. 25, 2019 photo, attendees walk to enter at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain. Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair are pulling the plug over worries about the viral outbreak from China. The annual Mobile World Congress show will no longer be held as planned in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 24-27.

Virus Worries Cancel Mobile World Congress

The plug has been pulled for the annual Mobile World Congress show, considered the world's largest mobile technology expo.

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Electrical Safety Tips for the Industrial Workplace

Industrial workers are surrounded by potential electrical hazards, which makes following safety instructions critical.

Moving company U-Haul has a new hiring policy and smokers need not apply. Starting this month the company will screen out people who use tobacco or nicotine when making new hires in certain U.S. states.

Company Anti-Tobacco Efforts Often Fail

Research shows little evidence that company wellness plans improve employee health or lower health care costs.

GWS Tool Acquires North American Tool

It's already the second acquisition for Tavares, FL-based GWS, which acquired Intrepid Tool Industries in January.

Installation of Robots Slumped in 2019

But industry stakeholders hope it's short-lived.

In this Feb. 9 photo, an electronic display board showing a precautionary notice of the coronavirus at a deserted upscale shopping mall in Beijing. Chinese authorities are struggling to strike a delicate balance between containing a deadly viral outbreak and restarting the world’s second-biggest economy after weeks of paralysis.

Businesses Struggle to Fix Supply Chains Hit by Virus

Global supply chains remain widely disrupted for businesses across the world that have built deep connections to China.

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5 Solutions for Distributor Technology & Customer Experience

Distributors tend to be slow to change with technology, but here are five manageable solutions that distributors can utilize to improve technology and the customer experience.

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Amazon Business Celebrates Five Years

Just last year, an Amazon executive said that its B2B operations were growing faster than its consumer business.

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DoL: Trump's Budget Boosts US Workforce

The DoL stated Tuesday how the administration's 2021 budget includes apprenticeship grants, support for veterans and a paid family leave proposal,

A passenger wearing a full-body protective suit catches the eyes of others as they walk out from the Beijing railway station in Beijing on Tuesday, Feb. 11. China's daily death toll from a new virus topped 100 for the first time and pushed the total past 1,000 dead, authorities said Tuesday after leader Xi Jinping visited a health center to rally public morale amid little sign the contagion is abating.

China Virus Deaths Top 1,000

The Chinese mainland has almost 43,000 confirmed cases as of Monday morning.

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ID's January/February 2020 Digital Edition

ID's January/February digital edition features our 2020 Watch List, which sheds light on small- and mid-sized distributors nominated by associations and buying groups. Other features include an ID In-Depth on Motion Industries.