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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

Source: Xwing A joint program by the U.S. In modern conflict, it’s axiomatic that logistics wins wars. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. It’s a lot of freight, requiring lots of airframes, engines, and, of course, pilots. Air Force and Xwing Inc. The future?

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Foot on the gas: How biomethane is helping hauliers decarbonise

SMMT

Increasingly, operators of all sizes are turning to the fuel, from some of the country’s largest logistics operators, to family-owned hauliers, as they look to find alternatives to petrol and diesel HGVs. Arla Foods is now turning cow manure from its farms, and food which would otherwise go to waste, into a source of renewable fuel.

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Most commodity prices drop, but PE stays flat

Plastics News

Regional PP prices were down an average of 15 cents per pound, according to market sources contacted by Plastics News. That drop was a combination of a decline in price for polymer-grade propylene (PGP) feedstock and buyers reclaiming some margin from PP makers, sources said. The firm had sales of $21 billion in 2020.

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Stronger together: WA Super Branch supports national supply network

Manufacturer's Monthly

In 2020, the originally separate BSC and CBC branches merged, providing a much more holistic service to the area,” he said. “We In addition, the Motion Industrial Centre’s position – both geographically and within the national supply landscape – offers possibilities to navigate the current import and freight delays.

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Nature-inspired tech to move transport towards net-zero

E&T

million in 2020 to 11.2 The team explored how to create a resilient and more efficient ecosystem of 24 small food and drink producers and their logistics providers in the Highlands of Scotland, where logistical difficulties and challenging geographical conditions can make it difficult and less cost effective to get products to market.

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Embrace Disruption: The Supply Chain

Fabricating & Metal Work

The ultimate manufacturing supply chain disruptor was the arrival of the global pandemic of 2020, which is still affecting the timely delivery of products, noted Leigh Chesley the Chief Customer Officer of Longbow Advantage Inc. When the need arose to source large actuators for their new line of linear servo presses, Beckwood Press Co.

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US, Canada and Mexico to bolster chips and hydrogen industries

E&T

The factsheet also discusses the importance of p artnering with the region’s private sector to increase student development and mobility, as well as c onvening industry and academia experts in semiconductors, ICT, biomanufacturing, and other key advanced manufacturing and logistics industries. .

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