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The Reuse of Existing Design Solutions Speeds up Production Process

With Solid Edge, DONIDO generates engineering changes and production-ready drawings two times faster

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Organic Farming Boom Challenges USDA Certification System

There are 81 accredited “certifying agents,” or groups that stamp food as organic in the U.S., but of the 37 that had a complete review this year, 23 were cited for failing to correctly enforce certification requirements on farms in audits.

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Spot Reefer Rate Jumps To $2.41 Per Mile

DAT Freight & Analytics

A 17 percent increase in demand for reefer capacity on the spot market, coupled with a 7.7 percent capacity increase, moved the national average refrigerated load-to-truck ratio up 8.9 percent from 11.6 to 12.6 loads per truck.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Maersk Line Announces January Rate Increase And Surcharge

A.P. Moller- Maersk

Both the general rate increase and the peak season surcharge will take effect GRI Jan. 15, 2015.

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Food/Bev Cannot Ignore E-Commerce Challenges

A report in today’s Business Insider notes that groceries are the biggest untapped opportunity for e-commerce, and claims the online grocery market will witness a 21 percent compound annual growth rate from 2013 through 2018.

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Amazon Enters Restaurant Takeout Delivery Service

The service only appears to be live in Amazon's hometown of Seattle for now, but you can be certain that the company has much larger ambitions than food delivery in a city with 650,000 residents.

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Victorville, Calif. To Expand Southern California Logistics Airport

In 2010, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group completed its manufacturing and warehouse facility at SCLA, which now serves the company’s entire West Coast beverage-consuming demand. M&M/Mars also relocated its refrigerated candy warehouse operation to SCLA in 2011.

Del Monte Recalls Fresh Cut Fruit Over Listeria

Fresh Del Monte Produce

The recalled products include apple slices, apple slices with dip, apples with cheese, snack packs, pineapple medley, apples with grapes and cheese, apples with yogurt, gourmet fruit bowl, apples/carrots/cheese with dip and harvest blend.

Maersk Line To Close Pacific Shipping Service

In a notice advising customers of the decision, Maersk Line said the overall trans-Pacific trade and its TP5 service between North China, South Korea and Japan to the West Coast had provided unprofitable results for nine out of the last 10 years.

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FDA Sets Compliance Date For Food Labeling Regs Issued In 2015 And 2016

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

January 1, 2018, will be the uniform compliance date for food labeling regulations that are issued by the FDA in calendar years 2015 and 2016.

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Chick-fil-A Launches Mobile Payment Nationwide, Pilots Mobile Ordering

The national rollout in all Chick-fil-A restaurants, with the exception of licensed locations, marks the official launch of the Atlanta-based restaurant chain's mobile payment system.

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Caterpillar Sets Sandcastle World Record

Caterpillar Inc.

Guinness World Records was at the site to take final measurements and confirmed that at 41 ft. 3.67 in. (12.59 m.), the Caterpillar sandcastle was the new world record holder, topping the previous record of 37 ft., 10 in. (11.53 meters).

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