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Ceva Logistics airlifted more than 77
tons of urgent supplies to Monrovia,
Liberia, to assist in ongoing efforts to
combat the Ebola outbreak in West
Africa. … Bastian Solutions, a global
material handling systems integra-
tor, will move its software division
and Louisville, Ky., employees to a
newly renovated office building on
the east side of the city. … Crown
Equipment Corp. will now be man-
ufacturing the 2.4-liter liquid petro-
leum gas (LPG) engines used in its
Crown C- 5 Series industrial forklifts
in its own manufacturing plant in
Troy, Ohio. … Datalogic has added
the Cobalto CO5300 omnidirection-
al high-performance laser scanner
to its portfolio of presentation scan-
ners. The company has also expand-
ed its QuickScan 2-D imager line of
general-purpose handheld scanners
with the addition of the QuickScan
QBT2400 and QM2400 cordless imag-
ers. … Port Manatee in Florida is
now offering a direct weekly service
between Mexican and U.S. markets
for refrigerated produce and other
goods. … The demand for industrial
real estate in New Jersey remained
strong despite an uptick in available
space, according to commercial real
estate firm Cushman & Wakefield. …
Advance Storage Products, a man-
ufacturer of warehouse racking sys-
tems, is opening a new 65,000-square-
foot plant in Salt Lake City for its
pushback and selective rack systems.
… The Martin Bencher Group, a
professional shipping and forward-
ing service provider, has uploaded
its Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) Report to the United Nations
Global Compact. The report outlines
the various steps Martin Bencher has
taken in regards to human rights,
environment, labor, and anticorrup-
tion within the last year. … RoadOne
IntermodaLogistics recently hosted a
two-day Driver Appreciation Open
House at its headquarters in Randolph,
Mass. … The Conveyor Equipment
Manufacturers Association has
approved expanding membership
to conveyor companies in all of
the countries in the Americas. …
International logistics service pro-
vider Dachser has acquired the
remaining shares of Dachser India
from AFL Pvt. Ltd. … Third-party
logistics service provider Kane Is
Able Inc. has acquired the south-
east and northeast regional hubs
of Nexus Distribution Corp., a
third-party logistics company head-
quartered in Bloomingdale, Ill. …
Kewill, a developer of software for
supply chain execution, has acquired
the IBM Sterling Transportation
Management System (TMS), a soft-
ware-as-a-service–based multimod-
al TMS. … Crown Equipment Corp.
has designed new hard and soft cab-
ins for the Crown C- 5 Series forklift
that contain a number of features
to improve operator comfort, visi-
bility, and performance while work-
ing in unpredictable environments.
… Kuka Aktiengesellschaft, based
and listed in Germany, has made an
all-cash public offer to the share-
holders of Swisslog Holding AG for
all publicly held registered shares.
… Yale Materials Handling Corp.
has released a Spanish version of its
award-winning operator training
DVD program, “Yale Handle with
Care,” which features Yale Class
I-V lift truck products. … The sup-
ply chain consulting and IT services
company enVista has opened an
office in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire,
United Kingdom, that will serve as
its EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and
Africa) headquarters.
