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Image via Flickr by seier + seier Though the consumer market has been slow to embrace green products and sustainable practices, industrial companies are moving toward sustainability more quickly, especially in sales to business to business (B2B) products and processes. The glass, chemical, and paint manufacturer PPG, based in Pittsburg, PA, illustrates this point perfectly….
Image via Flickr by jdnx Amazon made headlines on Black Friday 2013 with an announcement that the online retail giant is developing flying drones to deliver packages. The U.S. Army and some interests in Europe are in the process of developing driverless trucks. Now Rolls Royce makes it known that they’ve been developing unmanned cargo…
Image via Flickr by Aero Lcarus Most of the clothing, electronics, and agricultural goods you buy are not made in the U.S. They are imported from developing countries, such as China. The Obama administration is pushing for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to create fair competition in the Asia-Pacific region. Their goal is to create an…
Image via Flickr by Agência CNT de Notícias President Dilma Rousseff recently created diesel fuel taxes to help the government in Brazil shore up their fiscal accounts. This has caused fuel prices to skyrocket where most places around the world are actually experiencing lower than normal fuel. The diesel tax took effect on February 1,…
Image via Flickr by Gerardo Barbarov Robots have been replacing human workers for decades, but research shows that there’s going to be a revolution in the supply chain industry. That’s because robots are getting smarter and cheaper. They can be programmed to do just about anything a human can do on the assembly line, packaging…
Image via Flickr mariordo59 Ford might not have been the first automaker to test autonomous cars on the road, but the company is making major strides now. The automaker plans to add 20 more Ford Fusion Hybrid cars to its autonomous fleet in 2016, which would triple the number of cars currently being tested on…