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Cdn. inflation rate dropped in January, grocery prices still rising

Canadian Manufacturing

Statistics Canada’s consumer price index report released on Feb. 20 says the largest contributor to the decline was lower gasoline prices on a year-over-year basis. 20’s report offers several layers of good news for consumers as price growth decelerated in five out of eight components of the consumer price index, including food.

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Australian Producer Price Index reports positive figures as manufacturing input prices went up

AU Manufacturing

The Australian Producer Price Index has increased by 5.2 The Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed one of the main contributors to input price rises to the manufacturing industries was metal ore mining to manufacturing with an additional 6.4 per cent in Q1 year-over-year versus a forecasted 5.0 per cent over the quarter and rose 5.0

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Machine Shops Move Beyond Metal Removal Rate as a Measure of Success

Modern Machine Shop

Cutting tools tend to be a relatively small contributor to part cost relative to other process factors. A shift toward greater use of indexable tools is another way to control carbide cost. Tungsten carbide is an example of both; cutting tool prices have risen as a result. This, too, leads to more measured cutting.

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StatCan report shows Cdn. inflation rose to 3.3% in July

Canadian Manufacturing

Statistics Canada released its July consumer price index report on Aug. Excluding energy prices, the consumer price index decelerated to 4.2 The rapid rise in interest rates has fed into higher mortgage interest costs, which Statistics Canada says continue to be the largest contributor to inflation. per cent, down from 4.4

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Henkel Adhesives Technologies Publishes Audited Method for Sustainability Assessment

MEM

As a result, the assessment clusters products into four main categories: Challenged, Straight Performers, Contributors and Pioneers1. The contribution of Pioneers and Contributors to at least one of the key dimensions has to be proven through relevant documents. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX.

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First Cars, Now Aftersales: How Tesla’s Vertically Integrated Aftersales Service Delivery Model is Transforming the Automotive Ecosystem

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Accordingly, the company’s services segment will emerge as a major contributor to gross margins. Going forward, Tesla will need to focus on strengthening its Customer Service Index (CSI) by ramping up its mobile services, boosting in-house body repairs, and promoting higher workshop stock-keeping units (SKUs).

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IFE 2023 Fastener Hall of Fame and Young Fastener professional of the Year inductees

Fastener News Desk

They also launched the widely circulated Fastener Distributor Index in 2011 to measure and publish current market conditions and sentiment. This endeavor marked the inception of a tradition that would spotlight outstanding contributors to the fastener industry for decades to come.