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UPS enters into RNG supply agreements with Kinetrex and TruStar; up to 80M gallon equivalents

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Together, these two contracts will supply UPS with up to 80 million gallon equivalents (GEs) of RNG over the terms of the agreements. The Kinetrex Energy contract will supply UPS with up to 52.5 The RNG will be used to fuel UPS’s LNG-powered trucks in Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Toledo.

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ICL breaks ground on $400M LFP battery materials manufacturing plant in St. Louis

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ICL, a global specialty minerals company, celebrated the groundbreaking of its battery materials manufacturing plant in St. Louis, which is expected to be the first large-scale lithium iron phosphate (LFP) facility in the US. The new plant will be located on ICL’s existing Carondelet campus in St.

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Volvo Trucks Customer QCD orders 30 more VNR Electric trucks for Southern California fleet

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The company’s investment in Volvo VNR Electric, which now includes 45 trucks, is a central part of its strategy to help its customers reduce their supply chain emissions. Located in the St.

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Tesla quietly secures new facility, but its purpose remains unclear

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The idea of a small component supplying facility becoming part of Tesla’s production fleet in the United States certainly fits its MO, especially as it looks to expand battery manufacturing in North America to maintain its EV incentives. Other locations include a roughly 600,000-square-foot facility just outside St.

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Radar generation will get a refresh, higher position in automatic using programs

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Imaging radar supplies knowledge to automatic programs that may assistance them pull back from tough conditions, in particular if they’re receiving false-positive stumbling blocks from alternative sensors. . ” Phil Magney, founder and predominant aider of VSI Labs, a St. Louis Ground, Minn.,

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Ford hires Whirlpool government Liz Door as well-known provide chain officer

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“That’s an ideal combination for leading a team that’s determined to restore supply chain management as a competitive advantage for Ford.” operating at a Chrysler meeting plant in St. “We’re going to expand the use of advanced quality planning throughout the supply portfolio.”

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$12+M awarded to 4 projects seeking to design crops with ability to fix their own nitrogen; no artificial fertilizers

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million tons of it will be needed to supply the world’s food. Researchers led by Washington University in St. Louis biologist Himadri B. Pakrasi, Tae Seok Moon and Fuzhong Zhang, Washington University in St. Louis; and Costas D. NSF solely awarded one of the four projects. Team members are Himadri B.

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