Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. ( MCFA) announces that the first Jungheinrich brand lift trucks have rolled off MCFA production lines and are ready for distribution.

Pregis Corp. has acquired foam-in-place (FIP) packaging provider IntelliPack Inc. of Tulsa, Okla.

The board of directors for the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has expressed its support of the U.S. EPA’s Product Stewardship and Extended Producer Responsibility efforts.

Brennan Investment Group, an industrial real estate investment firm, is partnering with Institute St. Onge to develop industrial buildings on a build-to-suit basis across the United States.

Packaging should ensure your product arrives at its destination in the same condition it was in when it left your facility.

The fact that more than 280 dust-related explosions or fires have occurred in the past 25 years, resulting in 119 fatalities and more than 700 injuries, has not gone unnoticed by regulatory agencies.

The bullwhip effect has begun, but it will take time for inventories and jobs to recover fully.

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Limited Logistics Services, a division of Limited Brands Inc., announces its Bath and Body Works headquarters and distribution center (DC) in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, is the first building in Ohio to earn a LEED Silver, Existing Building: Operations and Maintenance (EB O&M), certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Tax on Warehouses Will Drive Away Jobs, Says IWLA
The International Warehouse Logistics Association has told Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell that his proposal to impose a 4% sales tax on warehouse services would drive jobs out of Pennsylvania by making it more difficult for warehouse operators there to compete with similar businesses in surrounding states.

Remembering a Champion
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