by Matt Miller Nov 13, 2017
Va-Q-tec products deliver TCL for the healthcare sector
The logistics of the healthcare sector is growing fast. And companies like Würzburg, Germany-based Va-Q-tec are spawning new TCL technologies that are not only delivering the product but also the bottom line.
Canada losing ground to Mexico in manufacturing race
Two years back, prominent Canadian economist and car industry analyst Dennis DesRosiers shocked his countrymen when he predicted that Canada’s car manufacturing would completely die in the decades ahead.
Vehicle exports are climbing, but will they offset slowing imports?
Vehicle exports from the U.S. have come as a pleasant boost for American ports. The question is whether a boost in exports will offset declining auto import volumes?
Corporations embrace wind power
Paper products giant Kimberly-Clark this month announced that it would purchase about one-third of its North American electricity needs from two wind farm projects being developed in Texas and Oklahoma. The agreements call for Kimberly-Clark to take 120MW, or 78% of the electricity generated by the Rock Falls development in Northern Oklahoma and 125MW, or 42%, of that generated by the Santa Rita wind farm in West Texas.
Call them blade runners
The offshore wind version of an arms race is well underway. The current leader: A joint venture between Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Denmark’s Vestas Offshore Wind announced in January that its latest generation wind turbine had smashed through the 9MW barrier, less than a year after the industry’s first 8MW generators were commercially installed.
America’s offshore wind off and spinning
With the launch of the 30MW Block Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island, the establishment of America’s offshore wind industry is now a reality. But the question remains can offshore wind generate the amount of electricity at costs to commercially compete?
Europe strives to build more intermodal
Europe wants to build more intermodal traffic to lessen the region’s truck dependency. But there are many obstacles to reducing road haulage and increasing traffic by rail and short sea.
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