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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

How a global nickel shortage could disrupt the electric vehicle industry. Amazon has announced that it is converting warehouse space in Slovakia, previously used to fulfill customer orders, into a massive humanitarian aid hub to get much-needed supplies to refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Ukraine.

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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Shift in the centers of gravity of the demand: As of the beginning of April 2022, about four million Ukrainians have left the country for neighboring countries such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. This has resulted in massive spikes in demand for basic necessities in these countries.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

And HighJump Software announced a new partner in the Middle East, Dubai-based Norq Solutions that provides mobility solutions for warehouse management, field service, retail, and other industries. The functionality accounts for all applicable national tolls in France, Germany, Austria and Slovakia. percent.

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Three Months after Tianjin, the Area is Still Reeling.

Elementum

New productions are also in line in Slovakia, Austria and Brazil. billion in losses, considering it is the fourth most costly man-made disaster ever for the insurance industry. To mitigate the investment and production loss in Tianjin, JLR has planned new production centers in continental Europe and South America. billion to US $3.3

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Metal Cutting Machines Plasma

Exapro Hub

In the modern industrial world, construction is simply impossible to imagine without metalworking, shaping or cutting metal. Metal structures are being built every day, to cover the industry demand millions of parts of various shapes and sizes are produced. It ionizes, increasing its volume by 100 times. CNC plasma cutting machines.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

Export processing zones are trade districts or industrial estates that import raw materials, manufacture them into goods, then export the finished product. Export processing zones are established to stimulate industrial development, promote exports, and increase foreign exchange earnings.

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Doing Business in Poland

QAD

Poland’s bordering countries include Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Automobiles account for 11% of the total industrial output. The industrial production growth rate was 7.5% Other Important Industries. work in industry. km, about twice the size of the U.S. of the GDP. .

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