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Recycling Efforts Fail to Keep Up with Growing Worldwide Demand for Plastics, Report Finds

For more than 50 years, global production of plastic has continued to rise. Some 299 million tons of plastics were produced in 2013, representing a 4 percent increase over 2012. Recovery and recycling, however, remain insufficient, and millions of tons of plastics end up in landfills and oceans each year, according to Gaelle Gourmelon, communications and marketing manager at the Worldwatch Institute.

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What Threat, If Any, Does AmazonSupply Pose to Industrial Distributors?

With any discussion regarding the future of industrial distribution, the impact of AmazonSupply is sure to come up. Distributors seem to have differing views on this impact, ranging from fear of ArmageddonSupply to a shrug indicating "this too, shall pass."

Chemical Industry Advised to Make Big Changes, Harness Digital Technologies

Chemicals companies can no longer afford to be passive about restructuring their business models or technological transformations.

DHL Completes Work on New Facility in Chicago

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight arm of Deutsche Post DHL, has completed work on a new $35m facility in Chicago.

'De-costing' Programs May Save Manufacturers Huge Sums

U.S. manufacturing executives have an opportunity to make their factories even more competitive through parts and components de-costing programs. De-costing is simply a term that refers to removing cost from operations period-over-period. Parts and components usage is a great place to focus because improvements can provide such clear returns.

Regardless of Which Manufacturing Model Is Used, Cloud-based ERP Is Important

Companies with centralized manufacturing have a single facility to produce and distribute their products or a central factory with multiple distribution points in their supply chain. A decentralized manufacturing company has multiple facilities that cover large areas, allowing products to be manufactured and distributed close to customers. Which is right for your enterprise?

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'Smart' Manufacturing Boosts Bottom Line, Report Finds

The venerable factory is an important competitive weapon in the digital economy, according to Smart Manufacturing - The Path to the Future Factory, a report from research firm IDC Manufacturing Insights.

CEVA Expands Operations With New Facility in Chicago

CEVA Logistics, a non-asset-based provider of supply-chain management services, has expanded its presence in the Chicago market with the opening of a fourth facility.

Fueled by Cheap Natural Gas, Reshoring Predicted to Continue, But Pace Is Expected to Slow

Manufacturers typically evaluate seven critical areas when it comes to operational decision making: transportation and energy costs; market demand for their products; rising labor costs in China and other developing nations; access to talent, tax and regulatory policies; availability of capital; and currency trends.

Overall U.S. Manufacturing Continues to Look Robust in 2015

The recent robust manufacturing performance should continue in the near-term despite marginal declines in some indicators, according to the quarterly MAPI Foundation Business Outlook, a survey conducted by the MAPI Foundation, the research affiliate of the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation.

Manufacturing Capacity Is Leaving China. But Where's It Going?

We've heard it before: manufacturing is leaving China and coming back to the West. But the reality isn't that simple.

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Manufacturers Upbeat and Gearing Up to Hire More in 2015, Survey Says

Manufacturing executives like what they are seeing on their balance sheets, are increasingly confident about the U.S. economy and plan to do more hiring and operational spending in the year ahead, a new survey from PwC US reports.

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