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Meet Canvas, the Drywall Finishing Robot Offering Level 5 Quality

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Robots are great at repetitive, high work; people are great at having the expertise of navigating and negotiating the broader job site, figuring out edge cases, and so on. The crews that Canvas employs to work with the machine are also union workers. We're excited that our partnership with Canvas has developed in the manner it has.

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British Airways could pull out of Gatwick and cut a quarter of its pilots, leaked memo reveals

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British Airways plans to cut the jobs of a quarter of its pilots and could abandon Gatwick Airport altogether in a bid for post-coronavirus survival, it was revealed today. British Airways planes seen parked up on March 31 at Gatwick airport. Will air travel get more expensive? Advertisement. ’ .

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Its proximity to O’Hare International Airport means that residents and businesses alike have direct, non-stop access to 200 destinations worldwide through 1,400 daily departures. Midwest Airports. Currently, O’Hare International Airport is ranked #6 in the nation in cargo coming through the airport with 4.6

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Steel Bar Processor Investing $36.9 Million to Locate in Porter County

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million to develop a greenfield site at the Airport Industrial Park in Valparaiso. Pitterich owns Col-Fin Specialty Steel and Beaver Valley Heat Treat facilities in Pennsylvania, as well as Canada-based Union Drawn Steel, one of North America’s leading manufacturers of cold finished large diameter bars and turned polished bars.

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Steel Bar Processor Investing $36.9 Million to Locate in Porter County

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million to develop a greenfield site at the Airport Industrial Park in Valparaiso. Pitterich owns Col-Fin Specialty Steel and Beaver Valley Heat Treat facilities in Pennsylvania, as well as Canada-based Union Drawn Steel, one of North America’s leading manufacturers of cold finished large diameter bars and turned polished bars.

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Location Focus: Washington – Scenic Vistas And Soaring Industry Side By Side

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More than 20 states had aggressively courted the aerospace giant when in the midst of negotiating a new contract with the Machinist’s Union it signaled it was willing to consider relocation its primary assembly facilities. Inslee praised the union workers who approved the new contract that sealed the state’s long-term deal with Boeing.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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BF Editor in Chief Jack Rogers noted that China’s status as the alternative energy leader may not last long because Chinese dumping of underpriced photovoltaic panels has been successfully challenged by the United States in the World Trade Organization and negotiations are underway to eliminate the PRC’s subsidies.

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