QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Recently, I attended a dinner outside of Detroit hosted by QAD, the Korean Battery Industry Association and NAATBatt (an organization dedicated to the development and commercialization of advanced battery manufacturing in North America). What Incentives Does the Inflation Reduction Act Provide to Battery Manufacturers?

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

The shortages in PVC and other materials are even shutting down automotive production lines, as well as other manufacturers that I’ve been speaking with. Almost all packaging today is petroleum based, and in the lower 48 states, the bulk of refineries (which feed petrochemical plants) are in the Texas and Louisiana region, (see map).

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NC State SCRC

JULY 9, 2021

The surge in post-pandemic spending and travel is unprecedented, and has caught many airlines and manufacturers by surprise. This was soon forgotten by most people… unless you are a buyer of resins, packaging material, and other inputs into manufactured products.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The shortages in PVC and other materials are even shutting down automotive production lines, as well as other manufacturers that I’ve been speaking with. Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf coast, and knocked out more than 60% of America’s PVC production offline. However, worse was to come.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The upswing was largely driven by trade between Asia and North America, where the volume of containers jumped 33% from the average level for the five years preceding the pandemic. So New Orleans is erecting the Louisiana International Terminal, an estimated $1.5 million units of 20-foot containers, up 6.6% from 2020 and a 5.4%

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Headquartered in Louisiana, POOLCORP serves roughly 120,000 wholesale customers around the world. Recent supply disruptions have made supply chain agility even more crucial,” said David Barton, ToolsGroup’s general manager of North America. For more information about POOLCORP, please visit www.poolcorp.com.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 14, 2018

The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S. The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S.

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