With recovery in their grasp, business groups throw their weight behind vaccination push
Covid shot is the key to save lives, end the pandemic, and sustain our economic recovery, NAM says.
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Ben Ames
Ben Ames has spent 20 years as a journalist since starting out as a daily newspaper reporter in Pennsylvania in 1995. From 1999 forward, he has focused on business and technology reporting for a number of trade journals, beginning when he joined Design News and Modern Materials Handling magazines. Ames is author of the trail guide "Hiking Massachusetts" and is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism.
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Supply chain trade groups cheer Congressional progress on infrastructure bill
Awaited for decades, agreement on spending plan marks “history in the making,” National Association of Manufacturers says.
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Fabric to build micro-fulfillment systems for Instacart food sales
Online grocer says future of automated fulfillment is a mix of robots and trained shoppers.
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Uber Freight buys 3PL Transplace from its private equity owner for $2.25 billion
Combination could allow Uber Freight to become profitable by end of 2022 by adding customers, expanding into Mexico, and gaining capabilities in intermodal and customs brokerage.
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Fixed robotics vendor ABB moves into mobile robot market with acquisition
Swiss automation giant buys Spain’s ASTI Mobile Robotics Group and its AMR portfolio of autonomous towing vehicles, goods-to-person solutions, unit carriers, and box movers.
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Used truck prices soar “through the roof” amid vehicle shortage
No relief in sight for Class 8 truck market, as online shopping wave continues.
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Walmart to install Symbotic robots in 25 of its 42 regional DCs
Firm’s autonomous robots sort and pack freight onto pallets, building customized store- and aisle-ready loads.
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Biden calls for stricter enforcement of antitrust laws in transportation, other sectors
Executive order targets consolidation in air travel, freight rail, and maritime shipping in recent years.
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Private Equity firm rolls up another AIDC vendor as Supply Chain Services buys ISG Technologies
Sole Source Capital consolidates logistics tech firms, citing growth of smart, connected devices.
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Knight-Swift jumps into hot LTL market with $1.35 billion takeover
Truckload giant buys up regional carrier AAA Cooper and its 3,000 tractors and 7,000 trailers.
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