DC Velocity - September 2016

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Here’s our monthly roundup of some of the charitable works and donations
by companies in the material handling and logistics space.
b Atlanta-based freight and logistics giant UPS Inc. donated the transpor-
tation for five loads of bottled water to childhood nutrition crusader Feed
the Children in support of its flood relief efforts in West Virginia.
b Canton, Ohio-based transportation and distribution service provider
Peoples Services Inc. collected a truckload of tools, cleaning supplies, and
hygiene items through donations at its facilities across six states and deliv-
ered them to West Virginia Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (WV
VOAD).
b The International Warehouse Logistics
Association (IWLA) and its members
have donated more than $50,000 to the
American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN).

IWLA matched donations to the disaster
relief group made by its members this year
and has committed to a $25,000 annu-
al-match program through 2018.
b Auburn, Wash.-based material handling equipment supplier Raymond
Handling Concepts Corp. (RHCC) held a “Beat Breast Cancer” rummage
sale, with all proceeds supporting The Tina Fund and the HERS Breast
Cancer Foundation. The event was a precursor to RHCC’s annual Pink
Pallet Jack Project, in which a customized pink pallet jack or electric walk-
ie truck is auctioned off to the highest bidder in support of Breast Cancer
Awareness Month in October.
b Employees of Ifco North America, a provider of reusable packaging con-
tainers (RPCs) for fresh food, volunteered at the “Feeding Tampa Bay” food
bank as part of Ifco’s annual management meeting in Tampa, Fla., where the
company’s North American headquarters is located. In all, volunteers sorted
11,308 pounds of food, creating 9,423 meals for distribution.
Logistics gives back

There’s no substitute for seeing processing and packaging machinery in action, and visitors to Pack Expo International this November will have plenty of opportunities to do that.

The event, which will be held in Chicago’s McCormick Place convention hall, takes place Nov. 6 to 9. More than 2,300 exhibitors are expected to be on hand to showcase the industry’s latest processing and packaging advances. The show is produced by PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

In addition to the exhibition, Pack Expo will offer free educational sessions. Attendees can choose from an array of presentations taking place at four Innovation Stages located on the show floor. These learning hubs will offer 30-min- ute seminars on breakthrough ideas and technologies conducted by exhibitors and industry thought leaders.

Among the highlights of this year’s event are the Amazing Packaging Race, in which teams of students compete to solve engineering problems at the booths of participating exhibitors, and the annual charity and networking event. This year’s benefit event, which takes place Monday, Nov. 7, features a performance by the award-winning illusionists Penn & Teller.

Registration for Pack Expo allows visitors full access to the co-located Pharma Expo show floor, where attendees can learn about best practices for manufacturing operations, compliance trends, and pharmaceutical packaging, at no additional cost. To register, visit http://www. packexpointernational.com.

Pack Expo opens in
Chicago Nov. 6

Volkswagen’s admission last year that millions of its vehicles had been outfitted with software used to cheat on emissions tests resulted in a big ding to its polished corporate image.

Volkswagen’s pain may turn out to be the logistics industry’s gain, however, thanks to the company’s $15 billion legal settlement with U.S. regulators, according to Reuters. To reduce the impact of the extra greenhouse gases pumped out by dirty VW engines, $2.7 billion of those funds will be earmarked for an “environmental remediation fund” aimed at cutting diesel pollution.

Under terms of the plan, individual states can use the money to replace older vehicles with new models featuring better exhaust scrubbing technology (or to retrofit the older vehicles). Qualifying vehicles include medium-and heavy-duty trucks, ocean-going vessels, freight switchers, airport ground support vehicles, tugboats, ferries, and transit buses.

So, if you notice the air’s a little less hazy around your local warehouse, freight yard, or seaport next year, you might want to tip your hat to the next Audi, Porsche, or Volkswagen you pass.