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PFAS Lawsuits and Legislation: Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

The main industries that use AFFF products include defense, petrochemical, and aerospace. 2 PFAS in Food Packaging The majority of lawsuits about PFAS in food packaging were filed in Illinois, California, and New York. AFFF, or Aqueous film forming foam, is used to control petroleum-based fires. Conagra Brands, Inc.,

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A Holistic Smart City Strategy Requires a Digital Twin

Enterra Insights

As Ankit Srivastava, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Illinois Tech, explained to Solomon, “You can simulate the effects of your decisions on a physical object, in this case a city or a campus, before you actually make those changes in the real world.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up: March 4 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The new plant was to supplement the existing Normal, Illinois assembly facility and was being geared to supplement production for upwards of a further 150,000 vehicles annually, achieving a strategic goal to have a mass market EV line-up similar to Tesla. Yesterday, the company indicated in a filing with the U.S.

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Traceability Software for Process Manufacturing and Discrete Manufacturing

RFgen

An Illinois plant creates a car brake pad in the morning and an Indiana facility manufacturers a side mirror in the afternoon. Aerospace, Aviation and Defense. Discrete manufacturing (or discrete processing) breaks the production up into pieces, pulls them all together at the end, and creates autonomous items. Consumer Goods.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

Arabian Aerospace. But within that, it has a very broad scope covering, not just air cargo, but all aviation, aerospace and space news. Professor Bruce Hartman teaches logistics at the University of St Francis in Illinois. based niche site, covering air, sea, rail and road cargo news. Check out their ports handbooks as well.