DC Velocity - January 2014

newsworthy

Apptricity’s Jetstream solutions and Smartfleet Field
Services for fleet-based inventory management are now
available for use on Microsoft Surface tablets. … DB
Schenker has been named the official logistics supplier
of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. …
Clark Americas, the North American parent company of
Clark Material Handling Co., has announced that its
Clark Mexico factory locations will double their forklift
production in 2014. … EnerSys, a global manufacturer
of industrial batteries, has launched a first-of-its-kind
program dedicated to educating businesses about the
process of converting lift truck fleets to electric. … Old
Dominion Freight Line Inc. has relocated and expanded
its Fort Myers, Fla., service center to accommodate
increased demand in the Southwest Florida region. …
GS1, a global standards organization, was accredited by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an issu-
ing agency for unique device identifiers (UDIs). …
Automatic data capture company Datalogic has released
the Gryphon GPS4490 2-D presentation scanner. …
Through an affiliation with East Carolina University
(ECU) athletics, NACCO
Materials Handling Group Inc.

has donated $63,000 to the United Way of Pitt County based on the number of ECU touchdowns completed throughout the 2013 football season. … Crowley Maritime Corp. awarded two Thomas B. Crowley Sr.

Memorial Scholarships to U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadets Christopher Anthony and Thomas Treat. … Material handling company Crown is expanding its activities in Germany with three new investments intended to enhance customer service throughout Europe. … Following a $12.4 million reconstruction project, the heavy lift cargo berth at Jaxport’s Blount Island Marine Terminal in Jacksonville, Fla., now ranks as one of the nation’s highest weight-bearing-capacity docks. … Symphony EYC has rolled out Symphony EYC Click & Collect, which provides merchandise management across the order, fulfillment, collection, and replenish-ment processes.

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