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Industry News - March, 2020 - Page 2 of 4

  • Second Harvest launches Canada-wide Task Force to guarantee food supply to vulnerable Canadians

    Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food rescue organization, announced March 18th the launch of the Food Rescue Canadian Alliance (FRCA) Task Force, a national network that will support food redistribution efforts across the supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Task Force will work to make food available to organizations and reach populations that are in acute need. Led by Second Harvest, the Task Force consists of national leaders and includes collaboration between the food industry, non-profits, and government. Members include businesses like Loblaw Co. Ltd. and Sysco, and charities like Breakfast Club of Canada, Salvation Army and food banks.

    “In times like these, vulnerable community members need our support the most,” said Lori Nikkel, CEO of Second Harvest. “With over 60,000 non-profit organizations in Canada supporting people, we must work together – there is no organization that can do this alone.”

    Second Harvest recently completed a national mapping project in partnership with Value Chain Management International which identified over 60,000 Canadian organizations that provide food to vulnerable populations. The Task Force will work together to support tens of thousands of community food programs across the country who are struggling to access food for their program participants.

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    Mar 18, 2020 - 5 years ago

  • CASE Unveils “Project Zeus” — The All-New 580 EV — The Industry’s First Fully Electric Backhoe Loader

    Two units to be delivered in Q1/Q2 2020; fully electric backhoe loader will significantly lower daily operating costs, produce zero emissions, reduce maintenance demands and satisfy local/project-based incentives for working with electric equipment/vehicles. 

    CASE Construction Equipment introduces “Project Zeus” — the 580 EV (Electric Vehicle), the construction industry’s first fully electric backhoe loader. The power and performance of the 580 EV is equivalent to other diesel-powered backhoes in the CASE product line and provides considerably lower daily operating costs while also producing zero emissions — a motivating factor for utility and government contractors incentivized to work with equipment that leverages alternative fuels and lowers emissions. 

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    Mar 13, 2020 - 5 years ago

  • Why 3D Parametric Architecture And 3d Printing Is About To Boom

    “Big box store.” It’s a pejorative term for a place where you shop for everyday items. You don’t go to the big-box store to find distinctive, quality products. A big-box purchase fills a need but isn’t likely to be the kind of thing you boast about to your friends. A big-box purchase is dull.

    “Dull” also describes the big box building itself. And not just the big-box retail sites. Big-box everything. Office buildings. Schools. Government centers. Big box is tired. It’s common. It’s mundane. It’s boring.

    PARAMETRIC ARCHITECTURE

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    Mar 13, 2020 - 5 years ago

  • Truck World rescheduled to June 4-6

    Truck World rescheduled to June 4-6 TORONTO, Ont. – Truck World – the national trade show serving Canada’s trucking industry – is being rescheduled to June 4-6 in the wake of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic. The event will still be hosted at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ont., and the corresponding TruckTech fleet maintenance summit is being rescheduled to Friday, June 5. “There is no higher priority than the health and safety of our community, exhibitors, attendees and team members,” said Joe Glionna, president of Newcom Media, which hosts the show. “This decision is being made after consulting with industry suppliers and manufacturers, and they have been overwhelmingly supportive in our decision to change the dates,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do.” Glionna also thanked longtime partners at the International Centre for helping to reschedule the dates, ensuring that exhibitors would still have the same number and pattern of days to load and unload exhibits.
    Truck World is a showcase for more than 500 industry suppliers, and draws more than 15,000 trucking industry professionals.
    Newcom Media is Canada’s leading publisher of business-to-business magazines, websites, trade shows and events. The family-owned business serves markets as diverse as trucking, transportation and logistics, fashion, meetings and incentives travel, dental, insurance, financial services, waste and recycling, and bridal.

    source : Truck World

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    Mar 12, 2020 - 5 years ago

  • Canada’s Forest Sector Supports Efforts To Address National Truck Driver Shortage

    On March 11, 2020 Trucking HR Canada released a Labour Market Information (LMI) report entitled: The Road Ahead: Addressing Canada’s Trucking and Logistics Industry Labour Shortage. This is a vital step forward in addressing the ongoing truck driver shortage, as it provides a comprehensive look at the challenges facing the trucking and logistics workforce in Canada. 
    Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) represents wood, pulp, and paper producers from coast to coast. Given that our members ship well over half of their product volume via truck, we support Trucking HR Canada’s work toward a fundamental understanding of the dynamics affecting this portion of the supply chain. Without strong empirical knowledge of Canada’s labour pool and relevant demographic trends, no meaningful progress can be made toward improving the situation for truck drivers and other industry personnel—as well as the Canadian shippers and customers in Canada and around the world who depend on them. 
    “Transportation costs can account for up to one-third of a forest products company’s total production costs,” noted FPAC President and CEO Derek Nighbor.  “Efficient and reliable trucking services are essential to our business so it’s important that challenges in Canada’s trucking and logistics industry are well understood and addressed,” he added. 

    FPAC provides a voice for Canada’s wood, pulp, and paper producers nationally and internationally in government, trade, and environmental affairs. The $73.6-billion-a-year forest products industry represents 12 per cent of Canada’s manufacturing GDP and is one of Canada’s largest employers operating in over 600 communities, providing 230,000 direct jobs, and over 600,000 indirect jobs across the country.

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    Mar 11, 2020 - 5 years ago

  • Cranes Recovered in Rostock - Part II

    The first of the two Liebherr cranes was recovered March 7th, the second device was lifted ashore 2 days later on March 9th . Both lifts were carried out by the “Hebo Lift 9” floating crane.

    The salvage company HEBO started the salvage work last week in close cooperation with BALTIC Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH and Krebs Korrosionschutz GmbH. The first task was to recover the two outriggers. The specialists at BALTIC divers released the lattice booms of the two mobile harbour cranes so that they could be recovered before the large floating crane arrived. The separated jibs were recovered by the “Baltic Lift” floating crane, which has a maximum lifting capacity of 200 tons. Thanks to this preparatory work, the “Hebo Lift 9” floating crane was able to safely bring both cranes (consisting of undercarriage, rotating platform and tower) ashore in one lift. With a maximum lifting height of 67 meters, the floating crane has a maximum lifting capacity of 800 tons.

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    Mar 11, 2020 - 5 years ago

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