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Vehicle Lightweighting offers economical solution for trucks.

March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on Vehicle Lightweighting offers economical solution for trucks.

According to Confidence Report on Lightweighting by Trucking Efficiency, commercial truck fleets looking to increase fuel efficiency, haul more freight, and retain more drivers can look to lightweighting as a key enabler. Report found that investing …

DOE Releases Report on national energy employment.

March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on DOE Releases Report on national energy employment.

Inaugural U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) provides information on how changes in USA’s energy profile are affecting national employment in multiple energy sectors. In addition to detailing number of workers already employed by traditional and efficiency-oriented energy industries, report provides numbers on projected new jobs. Yet, according to USEER, over 70% of all employers surveyed found it “difficult or very difficult” to hire new employees with requisite skills.

DoE Congratulates Jonathan Pershing on recent appointment.

March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on DoE Congratulates Jonathan Pershing on recent appointment.

Department of Energy (DoE) congratulated Jonathan Pershing for his appointment as Special Envoy for Climate Change at the Department of State. Over his 3 years at DoE, Pershing served as Deputy Director of the Energy Policy and System Analysis office. Pershing, who was also part of core team designing Mission Innovation, was credited as being “instrumental” in analyzing USA’s energy systems. He also led DoE efforts to support U.S. negotiating team prior to and at COP21 climate negotiations.

LIA offers Desktop Evaluator software.

March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on LIA offers Desktop Evaluator software.

Unlike web-based Evaluator, Desktop Evaluator will be available on USB drive, from which it can be downloaded to computer. Laser Safety Officers will be able to perform a number of repeated calculations based on ANSI Z136.1 American National Sta…

February New Business Volume up 2% month-to-month.

March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on February New Business Volume up 2% month-to-month.

According to ELFA’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, overall new business volume for February was $6.1 billion, up 2% from new business volume in January. Volume was down 2% from $6.2 billion in February 2015, and year to date, cumulative new business volume decreased 7% compared to 2015. Receivables over 30 days were 1.4%, up from 1.3% the previous month and up from 1.15% in the same period in 2015. Charge-offs were 0.37%, up from 0.26% the previous month.

Four Industry Volunteers receive IPC Rising Star Award.

March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on Four Industry Volunteers receive IPC Rising Star Award.

Recognizing leadership and support of IPC standards, education, advocacy and solutions to industry challenges, 4 IPC Rising Star Awards were presented at IPC APEX EXPO 2016. Recipients included Steven Bowles of L-3 Fuzing and Ordn…

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