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XCMG presenta equipos de minería avanzada y maquinaria autónoma en Brasil, impulsando el desarrollo industrial local

POUSO ALEGRE, Brasil, 17 de diciembre de 2020 /PRNewswire/ — La fabricante líder de maquinaria XCMG (000425.SZ) presentó su línea de equipos para minería, que incluye una excavadora minera de 90 toneladas enviada recientemente al país, además de máquinas inteligentes autónomas, en un evento promocional especial en Pouso Alegre, en el estado brasileño de Minas Gerais.

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El evento representa un hito para XCMG en su entrada al mercado brasileño de equipos para minería, que implementa avances sin precedentes en la minería digital, la conducción autónoma y el control remoto. Las tecnologías y productos recientemente presentados impulsarán la industria minera del Brasil y permitirán mejoras en la gestión de la seguridad con costos de operación más bajos.

Durante el evento, XCMG hizo entrega de su primera excavadora hidráulica de 90 toneladas y recibió pedidos de reserva de cuatro excavadoras de 75 toneladas, ocho camiones mineros de 80 toneladas, veinte excavadoras de 21 toneladas controladas de forma remota y dos cargadores de 7 toneladas.

Un representante de CODEMGE, la autoridad responsable del desarrollo económico en Minas Gerais, señaló que el estado, con su importante industria minera, se beneficiará al tener equipos de ingeniería de alta calidad de un fabricante líder como XCMG para dar un impulso a su desarrollo económico.

«El equipo minero es un pilar emergente de XCMG y un área importante para que la empresa logre sus objetivos estratégicos», declaró Wang Yansong, vicepresidente de XCMG y presidente de XCMG Brasil. «XCMG aprovechará las oportunidades que ofrece el mercado minero brasileño para ofrecer soluciones de construcción completas e inteligentes para la industria, las cuales son seguras, eficientes y centradas en los clientes».

Entre los productos destacados presentados durante el evento están los siguientes:

La excavadora hidráulica XE900D, con un peso total de 90 toneladas y un motor de 535 caballos de fuerza. La máquina es un producto de primera categoría para tareas de mediana y gran escala en minería de cielo abierto como la que se realiza en las minas brasileñas de hierro, cobre y oro, gracias a la mejor potencia de su clase, su fuerza de excavado y sus avanzadas estabilidad, durabilidad y seguridad. También ofrece mayor eficiencia al tiempo que mantiene un nivel bajo de consumo de combustible.

La excavadora ambulante ET120 y la excavadora hidráulica inteligente XE225BR de operación autónoma y controladas remotamente. Estas dos máquinas autónomas tienen ventajas significativas en términos de movilidad en el terreno y adaptabilidad al entorno, y son alternativas de primer orden para los constructores locales que trabajan en condiciones geográficas complejas.

Un representante de la Asociación Minera Brasileña destacó que XCMG es un socio influyente en Brasil y, de hecho, en América del Sur. La Asociación espera desarrollar una relación más estrecha con XCMG que sea mutuamente beneficiosa para la comunidad industrial.

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XCMG presenta equipos de minería avanzada y maquinaria autónoma en Brasil, impulsando el desarrollo industrial local

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Entre los productos destacados presentados durante el evento están los siguientes:

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XCMG presenta equipos de minería avanzada y maquinaria autónoma en Brasil, impulsando el desarrollo industrial local

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Entre los productos destacados presentados durante el evento están los siguientes:

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XCMG presenta equipos de minería avanzada y maquinaria autónoma en Brasil, impulsando el desarrollo industrial local

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Entre los productos destacados presentados durante el evento están los siguientes:

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EAPC Wind Energy Business Acquired By Westwood

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Westwood Professional Services, Inc. (Westwood) is pleased to announce that it completed the acquisition of <a target="_blank"…

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Westwood Professional Services, Inc. (Westwood) is pleased to announce that it completed the acquisition of EAPC’s Wind Energy business on December 1, 2020. EAPC’s wind energy team has provided assessment and consulting services on more than 30,000 MW of wind farm projects throughout North America, South America, and Europe.

Jay Haley, P.E., Brian Muhs, and Anthony Schrader join Westwood as part of the acquisition. Haley, previously EAPC’s Principal of Wind Energy, will support the integration of EAPC wind clients in his new role as Wind Resource Specialist at Westwood. He feels this acquisition will provide growth opportunities to his team and expanded services for many clients. «We are excited to continue to do what we love,» Haley says. «Combining capabilities with Westwood allows us to become part of a larger team focused on the wind industry.»

Westwood’s Vice President, Wind, Steve Windingland, P.E., anticipates they will hit the ground running with Haley and his team. Windingland says, «Jay, Brian, and Anthony’s seasoned experience will bolster Westwood’s wind resource capabilities and increase the suite of available wind services to our clients.»

Westwood’s new team members bring additional services in wind resource assessment, met tower installation and service, sodar sensing equipment deployment, turbine, noise and shadow flicker studies, microwave beam path studies, and general project development due diligence.

Westwood will also be the sole sales and service provider of windPRO in the US and Canada. The software is used by many stakeholders in the wind industry. Westwood is eager to continue to implement and promote its capabilities in future work.

About Westwood Professional Services, Inc. (Westwood)
Westwood is a multi-disciplined national surveying and engineering services provider for wind energy, solar energy, energy storage, electric transmission, private development, and public infrastructure projects. Westwood was established in 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has grown to serve clients across the nation from multiple US offices. View more Westwood facts.

Awards
In 2020, Westwood placed #4 and #9 respectively on Zweig Group’s national Hot Firms’ and Best Firms to Work For Lists. Westwood also ranked consistently higher three years in a row on the Engineering News Record (ENR) List as a leading design firm in the country. The firm consistently ranks on industry top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on award-winning projects nationwide.

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2020 Trends Making and Braking Rooftop Solar in the South

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced its 2020 Solar «Makers» and «Brakers» list highlighting some of the most impactful policies affecting rooftop solar growth across the sunny South.

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The 2020 Solar Makers include states, regulators and utilities taking action to encourage rooftop solar. This year’s Solar Brakers shed light on utility policies that undermine, and in some cases, completely put the brakes on rooftop solar as a cost-effective, clean energy choice for Southerners.

«In a challenging year, we are still able to highlight a few bright spots in the Southeast where solar power policies are shining,» said Lauren Bowen, Leader of SELC’s Solar Initiative. «On the whole, we’ve seen some real consistency in the kinds of policies that encourage more clean, renewable solar power and those that dampen consumer access to solar power. Especially now, consumers need more opportunities to control their electricity bills, and we are encouraged by the Solar Maker trends leading the way.»

Solar is booming across the South as more homeowners turn to clean, affordable rooftop solar to meet their energy needs and state policy makers embrace local solar growth and the benefits that come with it. Currently the Southeast has over 12 gigawatts of solar installed, and over 14.5 gigawatts installed or committed. When SELC launched Rates of Solar in 2018, there were approximately 25,000 homes and businesses in our six-state region with rooftop solar. Two years later, that total has more than doubled.

People in the South have some of the highest residential electric bills in the country and going solar is one of the few options that customers have to reduce the amount of energy they buy from utilities and lower their bills. Yet, residents across the region interested in putting solar on their homes, schools or businesses must first consider their utility’s rooftop solar policies before making the investment to determine if it’s a feasible option.

Southerners who want to learn more about solar policies and how their local electric utilities might be impacting solar can visit SELC’s Rates of Solar website. This digital tool summarizes complicated and often difficult-to-find rooftop solar policies for over 400 utilities across the region.

«The Rates of Solar website allows people to access the most up-to-date solar policies for hundreds of utilities across SELC’s six-state region,» said Jill Kysor, SELC staff attorney. «Our website provides simple, straightforward information for homeowners and businesses interested in rooftop solar about how utilities across the Southeast are treating those customers. As we update the website each year to capture policy changes, we are able to identify key regional trends that are making or braking rooftop solar’s growth in our region.»

Here are the 2020 Solar Makers and Brakers:

2020 Solar Makers

Significant State-Level Progress: Virginia legislation expands net metering and access to financing

This is the second year in a row that Virginia has been a Solar Maker because of groundbreaking clean energy legislation. The Virginia Clean Economy Act dramatically expands net metering, making rooftop solar more economical for a greater number of Virginians. A portion of this expanded capacity is set aside for Virginians earning a lower income, helping to broaden access to the bill-savings and other benefits of solar. The legislation also makes rooftop solar more affordable by ensuring that Virginians who earn a lower income can avoid high upfront costs by financing their solar installations. In addition to these changes, Virginia passed legislation establishing new shared solar programs, including programs for residents living in multi-family housing. The details of the new programs aren’t finalized yet, but they have the potential to further increase access to solar. With these big steps forward, Virginia to continues to pave the way for significant, local solar growth in our region.

Planning for the Future: Duke Energy in South Carolina creates a long-term plan for rooftop solar

Net metering has encouraged the adoption of solar power in South Carolina from less than 500 rooftops in 2014 to more than 20,000 today. Building on this success, Duke Energy recently announced an agreement with conservation groups, solar advocates, and solar industry members to evolve the state’s net metering policies while also continuing to encourage investments in rooftop solar over the next ten years. The agreement pairs rooftop solar with smart thermostats and dynamic pricing to encourage customers to conserve electricity during peak demand while compensating more for solar production during those same times. Customers who install rooftop solar may also be eligible to receive an upfront incentive for agreeing to a new solar plus smart thermostat program. The program is expected to expand to solar plus storage opportunities in future years, and Duke Energy has committed to exploring a version of the program for customers earning a lower income. The innovative new arrangement must be approved by the South Carolina Public Service Commission and is expected to be proposed in North Carolina at a later date.

Shift to Fair Monthly Netting: Georgia Power customers can use homegrown solar to offset energy purchases

The Georgia Public Service Commission directed Georgia Power to change how rooftop solar customers are credited for valuable clean energy their systems provide to the grid. Under the new monthly netting policy, customers can use 100% of their homegrown solar energy to offset their energy usage over the course of a month, making solar much more affordable than it had been under the Georgia Power’s previous policy that did not allow for monthly netting. This improved policy is only available to 5,000 Georgia Power solar customers (or 32 megawatts of new rooftop capacity, whichever comes first), just a fraction of the utility’s more than 2 million customers. The Public Service Commission created a big opportunity with this policy change, but SELC will continue to monitor what the Commissioners and Georgia Power do as the program reaches capacity.

2020 Solar Brakers

Plummeting Pay Backs + Punitive Fees: TVA’s rooftop policies go from bad to worse

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a Solar Braker for the third consecutive year. Across TVA’s territory, residents who invest in rooftop solar receive rock-bottom rates for excess energy. The rates can change every month, giving homeowners no certainty about the credits they’ll receive for clean energy provided to their utility. Making matters worse, this year TVA approved a policy that allows retail utilities in their territory to put rooftop solar customers into a separate rate class. This opens the door for utilities to impose monthly fees on solar customers that are higher than existing monthly fees imposed on non-solar residential customers. We’ll be watching Tennessee to see whether local power companies take action on TVA’s new policy and start imposing discriminatory rates on rooftop solar customers next year.

Steep Monthly Fees: Alabama Power increases its already sky-high solar penalties

Alabama Power makes our list of Solar Brakers for a third time. Alabama Power, the largest utility in the state, imposes sky-high monthly fees on rooftop solar customers. This year, Alabama Power increased its already-steep fees for solar customers, making it even less affordable for Alabamians to go solar. In light of these additional roadblocks, it’s no surprise that Alabama has far fewer rooftop solar customers than any other Southern state.

Stopping Customers from Using Homegrown Energy: North Carolina municipal utilities force solar sales

In North Carolina, more than 15 city-owned electric utilities continue to impose punitive policies requiring rooftop solar owners to sell 100% of their homegrown electricity at low wholesale rates and buy back electricity at much higher retail rates. It’s simply not fair to stop residents from using the clean energy that their solar panels produce, especially at a time when consumers need more control over their electricity bills—not less.

Southern Environmental Law Center
For more than 30 years, the Southern Environmental Law Center has used the power of the law to champion the environment of the Southeast. With more than 80 attorneys and nine offices across the region, SELC is widely recognized as the Southeast’s foremost environmental organization and regional leader. SELC works on a full range of environmental issues to protect our natural resources and the health and well-being of all the people in our region. www.SouthernEnvironment.org

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Autor venredPublicado el 17 diciembre, 2020Categorías Geovanny Vicente

Greenland Ice Sheet Thinning–Does a Glacier’s Shape Affect it?

COLUMBIA, Md., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Scientists at Universities Space Research Association and their colleagues at NASA, University of Texas and other organizations have determined that the slope of the bedrock underneath glaciers around the Greenland ice sheet can either spread ice thinning farther inland or stall it.

Outlet glaciers are essentially rivers of ice flowing over the bedrock and draining into the ocean. They…

COLUMBIA, Md., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Scientists at Universities Space Research Association and their colleagues at NASA, University of Texas and other organizations have determined that the slope of the bedrock underneath glaciers around the Greenland ice sheet can either spread ice thinning farther inland or stall it.

Outlet glaciers are essentially rivers of ice flowing over the bedrock and draining into the ocean. They retreat and thin as the climate warms and this thinning spreads farther inland toward the center of the ice sheet.

Recently, by investigating the bed topography of 141 outlet glaciers around Greenland, scientists gained a better understanding of which glaciers could have a significant impact on the Greenland Ice Sheet’s contribution to sea level rise in the coming decades. They found that steep bedrock features, called «knickpoints», can effectively stall the spread of ice thinning. This often occurs in regions where the bed topography is mountainous. In contrast, in regions with more gentle topography where knickpoints are not present or are less steep, glaciers can transmit ice thinning far into the interior, away from the seacoasts. The results were published in Geophysical Research Letters.

Universities Space Research Association scientist Dr. Denis Felikson at NASA’s Godard Space Flight Center, and the lead author of the study noted, «There are numerous small glaciers flowing over gentle topography in Northwest Greenland that can allow ice thinning to spread to the center of the ice sheet. These smaller glaciers, which have not garnered much attention may play as big a role in future sea level rise as the more well-known and well-studied glaciers.»

Glaciers that flow through gentle topography are found to either have gradual knickpoints, or no knickpoint at all. Such glaciers are of interest, and concern, because in spite of their size they have the potential to let thinning expand hundreds of kilometers inland, eroding the heart of the ice sheet.

Researchers have hypothesized that by allowing thinning of ice sheets to spread far inland, these smaller glaciers without knickpoints will cause the ice sheet to continue to lose ice over a longer period of time than the larger glaciers flowing on a bedrock with knickpoints.

«Only recently have scientists been able to identify the steep changes in topography using digital elevation models to map the topography under the ice. Without that ability, the research team would not have been able to come up with the findings,» says Felikson. The bed topography digital elevation model, known as the BedMachine Dataset–a high resolution model of the bed beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet –created by using airborne data from NASA’s Operation IceBridge, was crucial for this research.

Using NASA’s remote sensing data, scientists were able to determine whether thinning of the ice sheet can continue to spread upstream from a glacier’s ocean boundary by computing a single metric based on the shape of the glacier at every location along a glacier’s flow line. This helped them identify a break point between upstream and downstream glacial ice. «Ice below the knickpoint is susceptible to thinning from the glacier’s edge. But thinning does not extend upstream so the interior of the ice sheet is not impacted. This means that some parts of the Greenland Ice Sheet interior are more sensitive to what happens at the edge than other parts», says Felikson.

«Small glaciers could be impactful in terms of sea level rise, not because they are big and thick, but because they have access to more ice that they can eat away at,» said Felikson. «It will take them a lot longer to respond, but over the long term they could end up contributing significantly to sea level rise, just as the large glaciers do.

According to Felikson, «We are looking for confirmation from models for the theoretical limits on thinning that we have found, and hope that future modeling efforts will further confirm how thinning of ice spreads along glaciers. »

This research was funded by NASA under grant NNX12AP50G and by the Gale White Fellowship at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.

Related Resources:

Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090112.

BedMachine Database Link: BedMachine v3: Complete bed topography and ocean bathymetry mapping of Greenland from multi-beam echo sounding combined with mass conservation, Geophysical Research Letters. 44. . https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074954

IceBridge BedMachine Greenland, Version 3. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/2CIX82HUV88Y.

About USRA
Universities Space Research Association is an independent, nonprofit research corporation where the combined efforts of in-house talent and university-based expertise merge to advance space science and technology. USRA works across disciplines including biomedicine, planetary science, astrophysics, and engineering and integrates those competencies into applications ranging from fundamental research to facility management and operations. USRA engages the creativity and authoritative expertise of the research community to develop and deliver sophisticated, forward-looking solutions to Federal agencies and other government sponsors.

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Autor venredPublicado el 17 diciembre, 2020Categorías Geovanny Vicente

Meijer Joins Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Meijer announced today that it’s joined the Beyond the Bag Initiative aimed at identifying, testing and implementing sustainable solutions to move beyond the single-use plastic bag.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Meijer announced today that it’s joined the Beyond the Bag Initiative aimed at identifying, testing and implementing sustainable solutions to move beyond the single-use plastic bag.

It’s among the retailer’s latest efforts to reduce waste and improve recycling, said Vik Srinivasan, Senior Vice President of Properties and Real Estate.

«Meijer operates under the philosophy that to be a good company, we must be a good neighbor,» Srinivasan said. «We are committed to lessening our impact on the environment and believe our participation in this initiative is an important step in keeping our communities clean for generations to come.»

Meijer is among numerous other retailers industrywide that are partnering in the Beyond the Bag Initiative that launched earlier this year by Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy. The 3-year collaboration is working to find a replacement for the single-use plastic bag that’s functional, easy for customers to use and better for the environment. The initiative also engages with stakeholders, including suppliers, materials recovery facilities, municipalities, advocacy groups and others to support this collaborative approach designed to promote viable market solutions that can be scaled, and bring value to retailers and customers.

«The scale of the challenge is vast, with single-use plastic bags used widely across industries, sectors and geographies,» said Kate Daly, Managing Director of the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners. «Addressing a systemic waste challenge requires bringing stakeholders together to solve for a shared challenge. That’s why we’re thrilled to have Meijer join the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, alongside CVS Health, Target, Walmart, DICK’S Sporting Goods, Kroger, Hy-Vee and Walgreens. Together, we are thinking outside the box and collectively reinventing the retail bag, and we encourage other retailers to join us.»

Meijer has made significant strides in recent years regarding its commitment to sustainable practices and the reduction of plastic waste in our environment, said Erik Petrovskis, Director of Environmental Compliance and Sustainability for Meijer. For example:

In January 2020, Meijer opened its first small format store, Woodward Corner Market, without single-use plastic bags. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the use of reusable bags has been restricted with the exceptions of customers using the company’s Shop & Scan technology and at self-checkouts.

Since 2014, each Meijer store has placed collection bins inside its front entrance vestibules for customers to deposit clean, dry plastic bags and films, including single-use, bread, dry cleaning, produce and water softener bags. This year, Meijer expects to recycle 6 million pounds of plastic bags that are sent to its distribution centers for remanufacturing into decking.

In 2019, Meijer began adding a How2Recycle label on its own brand packaging to better help customers understand how to dispose of the materials. By 2022, the How2Recycle label will be on all True Goodness by Meijer packaging.

In 2019, Meijer set a goal that Meijer brand packaging will be made from 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable materials by 2025.

«Lessening our impact on the environment through increased recycling efforts is an issue that is important to us and our customers, and one that we are working diligently to address,» Petrovskis said. «I look forward to reviewing the innovative solutions that will stem from this collaboration.»

About Meijer: Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer that operates 256 supercenters and grocery stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. A privately-owned and family-operated company since 1934, Meijer pioneered the «one-stop shopping» concept and has evolved through the years to include expanded fresh produce and meat departments, as well as pharmacies, comprehensive apparel departments, pet departments, garden centers, toys and electronics. For additional information on Meijer, please visit www.meijer.com. Follow Meijer on Twitter @twitter.com/Meijer and @twitter.com/MeijerPR or become a fan at www.facebook.com/meijer.

About the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag

The Beyond the Bag Initiative, launched by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, aims to identify, pilot and implement viable design solutions and models that more sustainably serve the purpose of the current retail bag. Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy launched the initiative with Founding Partners CVS Health, Target and Walmart. Kroger joined as Grocery Sector Lead Partner, DICK’S Sporting Goods as Sports & Outdoors Sector Lead Partner and Hy-Vee, Meijer, and Walgreens as Supporting Partners, alongside Conservation International and Ocean Conservancy as Environmental Advisory Partners. OpenIDEO is the Consortium’s Innovation Partner. Learn more about the Consortium here.

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Autor venredPublicado el 17 diciembre, 2020Categorías Geovanny Vicente

Ram Announces Start of Production for New 2021 Ram 1500 TRX

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ —

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Production of the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX begins with VIN No. 001 – a Launch Edition model – rolling off the assembly line

First 2021 Ram 1500 TRX to be auctioned for charity, with more details coming soon

2021 Ram 1500 TRX is assembled at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) in Sterling Heights, Michigan

Located in a suburb north of Detroit, SHAP was built in 1953 as a jet engine plant and operated by the Army as the Michigan Ordinance Missile Plant

Ram announced today that production of the all-new 2021 Ram 1500 TRX has begun at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The first vehicle – VIN No. 001 – is a Ram 1500 TRX Launch Edition adorned in exclusive Anvil exterior paint that will be auctioned for charity. More details on the auction will be available early next year.

«We’re ecstatic to announce the start of production of the award-winning, all-new 2021 Ram 1500 TRX,» said Mike Koval Jr., Head of Ram Brand. «The Ram 1500 TRX bolsters the brand’s strong history of high-performance trucks while expanding Ram’s light-duty lineup with the segment’s best combination of performance, capability, luxury and technology.

«We are also well aware that Ram 1500 TRX Launch Edition VIN #001 will be an instant collectible truck that is sure to excite enthusiasts, so we plan to make it available via auction with all proceeds going to charity,» Koval added. «We look forward to providing further details about the auction and how potential buyers can bid on this very special Ram truck early next year.»

FCA invested nearly $1.5 billion to retool SHAP to build the next-generation Ram 1500 and to support the future growth of the Ram brand. The all-new truck officially launched in March 2018. More than 7,200 employees currently build the award-winning truck.

Designed bolt by bolt to significantly outperform every other truck, the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX has been tested to handle the most punishing conditions with extreme durability. A proven and reliable high-performance engine, the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX is powered by a 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI® V-8 engine that delivers top output for extended driving sessions without degradation in performance. The quickest, fastest and most powerful mass-produced half-ton pickup truck in the world is rated at 702 horsepower, 650 lb.-ft. of torque and delivers a new level of performance: 0-60 miles per hour (mph) in 4.5 seconds, the quarter mile in 12.9 seconds at 108 mph and a top speed of 118 mph.

The new 2021 Ram 1500 TRX was recently named the winner of the prestigious MotorTrend Truck of the Year® competition, marking the third consecutive year the Ram brand captured the coveted award. Ram 1500 won in 2019, and Ram Heavy Duty took top honors for 2020.

Commemorating America’s most powerful truck at 702 horsepower, the 2021 1500 TRX Launch Edition is limited to 702 units, which sold out in less than three hours. The Ram 1500 TRX Launch Edition is visually distinguished by its exclusive Anvil Gray paint, and inside, each truck features a special red and brushed-aluminum center console badge identifying it as a limited-edition Ram 1500 TRX Launch Edition model.

The Ram 1500 TRX Launch Edition package is coupled with the TRX Level 2 Equipment Group, adding carbon fiber interior trim, color accent package, head-up display, beadlock-capable wheels, 19-speaker Harman Kardon premium sound system, dual-pane panoramic sunroof, Advanced Safety Group, and hood and bodyside graphics. Additionally, Ram 1500 TRX VIN No. 001 includes other optional equipment, such as RamBar by Mopar, rock rails by Mopar, bed-mounted tire carrier by Mopar, Trailer Tow Group and Trailer Reverse Steering Control.

Ram Truck Brand
In 2009, the Ram Truck brand launched as a stand-alone division, focused on meeting the demands of truck buyers and delivering benchmark-quality vehicles. With a full lineup of trucks, the Ram 1500, 2500/3500 Heavy Duty, 3500/4500/5500 Chassis Cab, ProMaster and ProMaster City, the Ram brand builds trucks that get the hard work done and families where they need to go.

Ram continues to outperform the competition and sets the benchmarks for:

1,075 lb.-ft. of torque with Cummins Turbo Diesel

Towing capacity of 37,100 lbs. with Ram 3500

Segment first 1,000 lb.-ft of torque with Cummins Turbo Diesel

Payload of 7,680 lbs. with Ram 3500

Most luxurious: Ram Limited with real wood, real leather and 12-inch Uconnect touchscreen

Best ride and handling with exclusive link coil rear and auto-level air suspensions

Most interior space with Ram Mega Cab

Most capable full-size off-road pickup – Ram Power Wagon

Most awarded light-duty truck in America

Highest owner loyalty of any half-ton pickup

Over the last 30 years, Ram has the highest percentage of pickups still on the road

Ram is part of the portfolio of brands offered by global automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. For more information regarding FCA (NYSE: FCAU/ MTA: FCA), please visit www.fcagroup.com.

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Autor venredPublicado el 17 diciembre, 2020Categorías Marco carvajal

Paramount Pallet Opens Largest Recycling Facility in Canada

WHITBY, Ontario, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Paramount Pallet, the largest full-service pallet solutions company in Canada, has moved its Toronto, Ontario plant location to a new, larger space in Whitby, Ontario to accommodate continued business growth.

Paramount Pallet’s new facility boasts 185,000 square feet of indoor production and warehouse space, 32-foot ceilings, and 34 dock doors….

WHITBY, Ontario, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Paramount Pallet, the largest full-service pallet solutions company in Canada, has moved its Toronto, Ontario plant location to a new, larger space in Whitby, Ontario to accommodate continued business growth.

Paramount Pallet’s new facility boasts 185,000 square feet of indoor production and warehouse space, 32-foot ceilings, and 34 dock doors. This new high-cube facility allows for storage of large inventories of pallets in a clean and dry environment. It is located just minutes from the 401 for easy access.

«We’re truly excited about our new flagship facility in Whitby,» says Paramount Pallet’s President, Mark Sura. «We’re especially pleased that it is considered the largest pallet recycling facility in Canada.» The move represents the organization’s continued commitment to serving its customers across the country, creating more job opportunities in the Whitby area, and the ability to repair and recycle more than 5 million pallets per year.

After 20 great years of serving customers from the Martin Grove Road facility, Paramount Pallet is excited to start the next chapter in the Paramount story. The organization will continue to serve companies of all sizes and industry sectors including retail, manufacturing, hospitality, food distributors, farmers, grocers, and more.

The new facility is located at:
Paramount Pallet, LP
1672 Tricont Avenue
Whitby, ON
L1N 7C3
(416) 742-6006

Paramount Pallet hosted an outdoor Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on December 14 to mark the facility’s opening. Attendees included the Mayor of Whitby, Don Mitchell, and members of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce.

Paramount Pallet is currently hiring across all Canadian plant locations. For information about job opportunities at Paramount Pallet, visit the career page or email careers@paramountpallet.com.

About Paramount Pallet
Paramount Pallet is the largest full-service solutions company in Canada, with a national network of six company-owned and operated facilities, 200 employees, and more than 30 years in business. Paramount Pallet provides pallet services to hundreds of customers across various industries throughout Canada and the United States.

Paramount Pallet allows customers to work with one provider to handle all of their pallet needs, from nationwide pallet supply to retrieval, recycled pallets, new and custom pallets, and more. Paramount Pallet has the expertise to support our customers’ supply chain needs by delivering the results they need when they need them. For more information about Paramount Pallet, visit: http://www.paramountpallet.com.

Media Contact:
Marianne Pelletier
Paramount Pallet
mpelletier@paramountpallet.com
(416) 744- 6066

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Media Contact

Marianne Pelletier, Paramount Pallet, +1 4167446066, mpelletier@paramountpallet.com

SOURCE Paramount Pallet

Autor venredPublicado el 17 diciembre, 2020Categorías Geovanny Vicente

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