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Copper State’s main southern branch located in Tucson, AZ.
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The Evolution of Support
Discipline, customer focus drive Copper State Bolt & Nut's steady business strategy.
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How Vending Can Help Distributors and Customers Move Past the Pandemic
Are you ready to help your customers navigate the challenges of a post-pandemic world?
August 8, 2022
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Distributors Optimistic About Oil, Gas Markets
Despite numerous economic problems, they anticipate a strong year.
July 28, 2022
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Industrial Distribution’s July/August Digital Edition
Featuring ID's annual salary report, a look at sentiment in the oil and gas sector, and a visit with Copper State Bolt & Nut.
July 27, 2022
In this photo provided by Wabtec, a completed modernized Union Pacific locomotive is prepped for delivery at Wabtec's Fort Worth plant in Fort Worth, Texas, in October 2021. Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years and make them more efficient, but regulators still want it to do more to cut pollution from its engines.
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Union Pacific to Spend $1B to Upgrade 600 Old Locomotives
But regulators still want it to do more to cut pollution from the engines.
July 27, 2022
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Shipping Companies' Owner Indicted on Tax Charges
Prosecutors allege he helped file 10 false corporate income tax returns.
July 12, 2022
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Buckeye Industrial Supply Celebrates 75th Anniversary
August 9, 2022
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Exoskeletons, Wearables Face an Uphill Battle with Comfort and Mobility
August 8, 2022
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Eastey Relocates Production Operations
August 2, 2022
In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, the Boeing Company logo on the property in El Segundo, Calif. Boeing is reporting a $193 million second-quarter profit for shareholders, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, but the results are falling short of Wall Street expectations.
Boeing Reports Q2 Profit
July 27, 2022
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What Comes After Just-in-Time Manufacturing?
If your supply chain isn’t delivering, now is the time to make a move.
July 25, 2022
Traffic drives in view of a Boeing Co. production plant, where images of jets decorate the hangar doors on April 23, 2021, in Everett, Wash. Roughly 2,500 Boeing workers are expected to go on strike the following month at three plants in the St. Louis area after they voted Sunday, July 24, 2022, to reject a contract offer from the plane maker.
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About 2,500 Boeing Workers to Strike After Rejecting Deal
The strike is planned to begin Aug. 1.
July 25, 2022
Braidy Industries Inc. CEO Craig Bouchard, right, and then-Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speak with reporters in Wurtland, Ky., on April 26, 2017. Braidy Industries still needs to raise $500 million to build a long-promised $1.7 billion aluminum plant in Appalachia, a top company executive told Kentucky lawmakers on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.
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Gov. Tries to Save Kentucky Aluminum Mill Deal
The company wants to build a $1.9 billion plant.
July 22, 2022
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Wisconsin AG Sues 18 Companies Over PFAS Contamination
The defendants include 3M, Tyco and BASF.
July 21, 2022
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Making Warehouse Operations Sustainable with Lean Manufacturing
How to be simultaneously sustainable and profitable.
July 19, 2022
The General Electric logo is displayed on a sign outside their headquarters, Nov. 10, 2021, in Boston. General Electric has decided on the names it will give to the three companies that it plans to divide itself into. GE said Monday, July 18, 2022 that the healthcare business will be named GE Healthcare; the aviation business will be called GE Aerospace; and its energy businesses, including GE Renewable Energy, GE Power, GE Digital, and GE Energy Financial Services, will be named GE Vernova.
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GE Reveals Identity of 3 Companies After Historic Split
The company has already rid itself of the products most Americans know it for.
July 18, 2022
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Top 10 Ways to Ensure Worker Safety During the Summer Heat
With this summer forecasted to be hotter than average across much of the U.S., heat safety needs to be a major concern.
July 18, 2022
Free online resources to assist small and medium-sized CNC machine shops are now available.
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New Online Resources Help CNC Machine Shops Make Better Tooling Choices
Resources are now available to answer questions prior to project bidding or purchasing equipment.
June 30, 2022
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Stanley Black & Decker to Sell Oil & Gas Business
The agreement includes its pipeline services and equipment businesses.
June 28, 2022
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Optimas Advances Transformation Strategy
Company officials highlighted the progress on its "Forward Faster" initiative.
June 28, 2022
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MRC Global Says its Renewable Use Doubled
The distributor also said its fleet’s carbon emissions dropped by 10%.
June 23, 2022
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Grainger Says Women Account for One-Third of its Leadership Positions
The company detailed its social and environmental progress in its latest annual governance report.
June 23, 2022
High gas prices are shown as a pedestrian waits to cross the street in Los Angeles, June 16, 2022. President Joe Biden on June 22 will call on Congress to suspend the federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months. It's a move meant to ease financial pressures at the pump that also reveals the political toxicity of high gas prices in an election year.
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Biden to Call for 3-month Suspension of Gas Taxes
The president will also call on states to suspend their own gas taxes or provide similar relief.
June 22, 2022
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A Century In and Still Evolving
CBT Company leans into the latest business challenges.
June 21, 2022