The recently-expanded Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America plant in Houston, Texas, is now at full capacity, building new forklifts under the Mitsubishi, Cat and Jungheinrich brand names, company officials announced recently. The facility recently underwent a complete overhaul that expanded its capacity by 40%. Since the expansion was completed last November, production has ramped back up … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you can expect to see this week on the Bahrns blog: A group of architecture students have discovered a new construction technology that allows buildings to actually expand and contract in size and shape in response to external factors such as heat, light and humidity. … Read more
Baseball has Cooperstown. Football has Canton. Hockey has Toronto. But where in the world is the Hall of Fame for the packaging industry? It might be in Reston, Virginia, home of the headquarters for the packaging trade association PMMI, which recently announced its six newest inductees into the Packaging Hall of Fame: Mel Bahr, MGS Machine James … Read more
Thanks to the growing popularity of online retailing and direct-to-customer shipments, practically everybody is always looking for a faster, cheaper and more efficient way to ship parcels. And with online retailers such as Amazon announcing plans to provide delivery within 30 minutes of customers ordering products from their website, the race to increase delivery efficiency … Read more
Two striking drivers were reportedly detained by police in Hong Kong and many more were arrested after a group of striking truck rivers stormed the local police station to demand the release of their colleagues last month. Picketing drivers at Ningbo’s Beilun Container Port reportedly smashed the windshields of trucks trying cross the picket line to … Read more
I.D. Systems, Inc. — the Woodcliff, New Jersey, based maker of wireless M2M asset management solutions — was awarded a patent by the US Patent Office for an automatic method of sensing, recording and reporting vehicle impacts. The patent is applicable to all of the company’s business segments, which includes vehicle management systems (VMS) for … Read more
In his groundbreaking science fiction series, author Isaac Asimov outlined his now-famous Three Laws of Robotics: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict … Read more
Akro-Mills — the Akron, Ohio, based manufacturer of storage, organization and transport products — has donated $2,500 worth of plastic storage bins and other products to benefit an Atlanta-area family in need of a helping hand. The company made the donation to the Atlanta chapter of Habitat for Humanity during the 2014 True Value Spring … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find on the Bahrns blog this week: As Labor Day 2014 fades into a memory, labor discord in the world’s container ports is heating up. In the US, East Coast ports are benefitting as new contract negotiations between West Coast longshoreman and port … Read more
An increasing number of cargo container ships heading for West Coast ports have been diverted to the East Coast due to concerns about ongoing contract negotiations between West Coast port operators and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. While container traffic at ports in Los Angeles, Long Beach and other West Coast locations saw near-record … Read more
