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Toyota Material Handling, Raymond Corp. to Become One Unified Organization

Toyota Material Handling U.S.A., Inc.

Toyota Material Handling and The Raymond Corporation will formally integrate into one company under the name Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA), effective April 1.

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Carriers Express Optimistic Outlook for 2025: Report

The majority of carriers (91%) feel optimistic about achieving their primary professional goals in 2025, with 54% describing themselves as “extremely optimistic.”

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Climate Change No. 1 Supply Chain Concern in 2025

Everstream Analytics

Geopolitical instability, rising regulations and AI infiltration remain other areas of concern for the supply chain industry in 2025.

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Fleet Management

Uptick in Electric Vehicle Production Supports 50K Jobs: Study

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

At the close of 2024, manufacturers announced $197.6 billion in concrete investment in U.S. EV and EV battery manufacturing facilities over the last decade.

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SpotSee Launches Time-Temperature Sensor for Cold Chain Monitoring

SpotSee launched WarmMark QR, a single-use, battery-free, time-temperature visual indicating sensor that combines digital integration to transform cold chain monitoring.

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Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award

Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award: Tai Software's Lina Castaneda Talks Power in Differences

Lina Castaneda, chief customer officer at Tai Software, talks about the power in our differences and why diversity matters.

Is Right-Sized Packaging the Secret to Transforming the Modern Warehouse?

As e-commerce demand continues to surge with no end in sight, brands are increasingly taking notice of right-sized packaging and its potential to transform its warehouse operations.

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AIT Worldwide Logistics acquires Krupp Trucking to Strengthen Global Position

AIT Worldwide Logistics

AIT Worldwide Logistics announces that it has completed an agreement to purchase Krupp Trucking LLC’s (“Krupp”) business.

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AI Spending Expected to Surge 52% Beyond IT Budgets: Study

A new global study from the IBM Institute for Business Value found that surveyed retail and consumer product executives are dramatically shifting their focus toward artificial intelligence (AI).

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Ambi Robotics Deploys Vertically-Integrated AI Foundation Model for Warehouse Robots

PRIME-1, which stands for Production-Ready Industrial Manipulation Expert, provides a unified transformer backbone that can be fine-tuned for a variety of robot operations including 3D perception, package picking and quality control.

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BlueGrace Logistics Acquires FreightCenter, Expands Transportation Solutions

BlueGrace Logistics LLC

BlueGrace Logistics acquired FreightCenter, an online transportation solutions provider.

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Spike in Imports, Slowdown in Inventory Levels: LMI Report

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)

Although overall inventory levels are down (-6.1) to “no change” at 50, upstream and downstream firms reported totally different numbers.

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