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UAW Targets a Second Nonunion Automaker in the U.S. South

Supply Chain Matters

Alabama’s Governor Kay Ivey has publicly called the Mercedes and Hyundai organizing efforts as a “ threat from Detroit ” which prompted a sharp rebuke from UAW President Shawn Fein. The organizing effort was narrowly defeated by a narrow margin in a highly publicized election. Such activism involves other industries as well.

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4 Food and Beverage Manufacturing Trends on Tap for 2020

USC Consulting Group

Household names like Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods are among the major meat suppliers and manufacturers who now offer plant-based options in lieu of chicken or beef, the Detroit Free Press reported. According to the Good Food Institute, the plant-based meat industry is presently valued at approximately $4.5 Less or no alcohol.

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Van Rates Are on Pace to Break Records

DAT Solutions

Prices on a number of lanes out of Seattle and Stockton, CA , spiked again last week. There were huge spikes on a couple lanes heading inbound to Salt Lake City: Seattle to Salt Lake City surged up to an average of $3.19/mile Stockton to Seattle gained 31¢ at $2.89/mile. Stockton to Seattle gained 31¢ at $2.89/mile.

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Van Rates End 2017 With a Bang

DAT Solutions

Winter weather likely affected these lanes: The average van rate on the lane from Chicago to Detroit rose 42¢ to $3.97/mile. Los Angeles to Seattle rose 31¢ to $3.18/mile. Seattle to Eugene, OR , surged 79¢ to $3.63 – way above what this lane usually pays. RISING LANES. mile is still really high.

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Van Rates Still Feeling Pressure for the ELD Mandate

DAT Solutions

Chicago to Detroit was down 39¢ at $3.86/mile. Out West, Los Angeles to Seattle was down 21¢ to $2.64/mile. Warmer weather around the Great Lakes also brought van rates back down closer to earth in the Upper Midwest. Chicago to Buffalo came back down 29¢ to $3.55/mile Chicago to Buffalo came back down 29¢ to $3.55/mile

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2019 recap: eventful times in America’s Aerospace and Automotive industry

SupplyOn

In February at PNAA in Seattle we learned that Boeing and Airbus had delivered a record amount of aircraft in 2018 while projecting even more in 2019. Looking back at the 2019 events in the American Aerospace and Automotive industries Aerospace in 2019 and beyond This was an exciting year in Aerospace! During AIA events in Wichita and Ft.

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Investing in Manufacturing Innovation & Competitiveness: Will the next Silicon Valley be located in the United States?

GlobalTranz

After all, over a hundred years after Henry Ford revolutionized car manufacturing, automobile R&D and production are still tightly clustered in Detroit. Seattle and New York specialize in software publishing research, Boston, and San Diego in pharmaceuticals and medicines, and Houston in mining research.