WiscoLift Selects N4 Systems’ Field ID to Manage Their RFID Based Inspection and Safety Services and Joins the Field ID Safety Network

WiscoLift has selected the market leading automated inspection and real-time safety compliance management system, Field ID, to manage their inspection, testing, certification and repair services. Field ID Distributor Edition will enable WiscoLift to have full safety traceability of products they sell as well as take advantage of the Field ID Safety Network; sharing critical safety data with their vendors... 

Caterpillar Aligns to Better Serve Customers and Focus Accountability

To strengthen its world-class product and service offerings, Caterpillar Inc. is aligning its machine product and marketing organizations to sharpen customer focus, position the company to achieve its 2010 and Vision 2020 goals and build deep expertise in product development. “We are well-positioned for long-term success,” said Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Jim Owens. “And Team Caterpillar... 

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Komatsu Ltd. to Implement Servigistics Service Parts Pricing Solution Globally

Servigistics, the leading strategic service management solution provider, announced today that Japan-based Komatsu Ltd., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, will implement Servigistics’ award-winning Service Parts Pricing solution globally to optimize pricing and to strengthen its service parts pricing strategy worldwide. Servigistics Service Parts... 

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Caterpillar to Unveil the Next Generation of Mining Trucks

Caterpillar Inc. is unveiling the next generation of mining trucks at MINExpo 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. Along with improved safety features, Tier 2 compliant engines and new integrated technologies in the existing Cat mining fleet, the company has developed electric drive mining trucks that will debut at the expo September 22-24, 2008. “When our customers asked us for improvements to our mining... 

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Schnitzer Steel Industries Acquires Puerto Rico Metals Recycler

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ponce Resources of Salinas, Puerto Rico. Ponce is engaged in the business of collecting, processing, and selling ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal and operates at four locations in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The acquisition is expected to close during Schnitzer’s fiscal first quarter of 2009. Commenting... 

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ICL Announces Record Share Repurchase Program

Israel Chemicals Ltd., a multinational fertilizer and specialty chemicals company, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved its intention to commence a stock repurchase program of up to five percent of its outstanding Ordinary Shares over a ten month period through June 30, 2009. The share purchase program, which could amount to NIS 3.5 billion ($971 million) according to yesterday’s... 

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Inergy Acquires Salt Production Company Located in Upstate New York

Inergy, L.P. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Inergy Midstream, LLC, has executed a definitive agreement to purchase 100% of the membership interests in US Salt, LLC (“US Salt”), an industry-leading solution mining and salt production company located in Schuyler County, New York, between Inergy’s Stagecoach and Steuben County natural gas storage facilities. The transaction is... 

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CDC Software Adds Two Latin American Companies to Franchise Partner Program as It Expands in Rapidly Growing Emerging Markets

CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software applications and business services, announced today that it has added two new partners from Chile and Brazil to its growing and diversified Franchise Partner Program, that now totals seven companies. The CDC Software Franchise Partner Program funds CDC Software’s investments, through... 

Great Western Minerals Group Updates Activities

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. is pleased to provide an update of its unique “mine-to-market” strategy to become a fully integrated explorer and global supplier of rare earth elements (“REE’”) and other strategic metals. The Fundamentals of the Rare Earth Sector Remain Strong: The world demand for REE continues to accelerate while China, the primary supplier of REE,... 

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Petrobras Wants Latin America Gas Pipeline to Aid Oil Exports

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, plans to promote a South America- wide network of natural gas pipelines to reduce costs in the region and increase energy exports. Rio de Janeiro-based Petrobras is studying a plan that would begin by extending pipelines in the southern half of the continent, Ildo Sauer, the company’s gas chief, said in an interview. A 50 million-cubic-meter-a-day...