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TM Track Machines Opens Railcar Repair And Tamper Manufacturing Facility In Kansas

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“We are excited about the opportunities to leverage our long history of working with rail contractors, Class I, Regional and short-line Railroads, together with proven products, technologies and the Parsons workforce. Parsons is a community that was founded by the Katy Railroad and that heritage runs deep throughout our history.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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The Aerospace/Defense industry reported its third consecutive year of record revenue and profit last year. Although growth is expected to slow, commercial aerospace companies continue to be optimistic about the future, industry experts say. 12 percent of Tech’s engineering majors enter the aerospace/defense industry.

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Deepwater Horizon: Three Years Later

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billion fund to compensate seafood industry businesses damaged by the spill). Departments of the Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, and Homeland Security as well as the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the U.S. billion has already been paid out (the overall settlement includes a guaranteed $2.3-billion

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10 Best Class 2 Safety Vests for Men and Women

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This safety vest can be worn by: firefighters, EMS, construction workers, emergency responders, survey crews, engineers, surveyors, crossing guards, contractors, traffic control, forestry, police, security, public safety, parking attendants, TSA, trucking, and municipalities. The pockets are secured with Velcro. Who can wear this?

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FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results

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3 in Aerospace/Defense Industry Leaders, no. billion in additional investment from federal grants, private investors and industry has followed the TETF commitments, more than quadrupling the amount invested by the TETF. It was a bipartisan solution created with the input of industry and environmental groups.”.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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It is the largest business practice a company has to manage and to be deemed successful and efficient it should be done in a cost-effective, timely, safe and secure fashion. Industrial supplies represented the largest goods export category with a record $499.5 The Railroad sector was the big winner with a 15.3 percent to $2.66

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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Each of the four supersized cranes, known in the maritime industry as Super Post-Panamax, are 400-feet tall with the boom fully raised, can reach 22 containers across on a ship and can lift 187,500 pounds of cargo. The 50-foot deep container berth was completed in 2012, two years ahead of its original schedule.