Shipping is a busy and important activity, encompassing almost 90% of trade all over the world. At any particular point of time, there are approximately 20 million steep shipping containers in transit — a mind-boggling fact which also gives rise to some interesting eventualities. For most companies, it is a prohibitive and unnecessary expense to … [Read more…]
Do you consider yourself king — or queen — of the hill as well as the road? If you do, then you can join the countless number of American drivers who consider themselves “fair to good” drivers. The only problem with this is that they usually aren’t more often than not. Just think, when was … [Read more…]
Being outside of the country with your family on vacation made you realize the importance of a working sewer system. The visit your family of four took to Costa Rica was beautiful, amazing, memorable, and adventurous. The volcanoes, the monkeys, the rain forests, the beach, the surfing, the sunsets. If it would have been possible, … [Read more…]
With rent prices soaring, many people are opting to purchase and move into their own homes. In fact, 24% of recent home buyers cited the desire to own a home as the reason why they made the investment that they did. There was a variety of factors that led them to purchase their new homes … [Read more…]
The loss of a loved one is a tumultuous time for everyone touched by the tragedy. Whether it’s expected or sudden, death is a difficult reality to grapple with. Many people want to share the burden of grief with those who are mourning, showing them they are not alone during this difficult time. Sympathy gifts … [Read more…]
Of the $145 billion packaging market in the United States, about 18% is made up of flexible packaging, including bottles and containers. That segment of the industry directly employs about 79,000 people. As you might imagine, bottles and containers for food products – including both retail and institutional – account for a large portion of … [Read more…]
After 27 years working for the same IT company, you had finally decided that this was the place you would retire from. In spite of the fact that the computer programming company that started as a small staff of just over 75 employees has now grown to a banking and payment solutions company that employs … [Read more…]
The year 2013 marked the 100th anniversary of the construction of the first roadside gas station. We have been immersed in the “Gasoline Age” for so long that no one alive remembers what it was like without it, and it is now so ubiquitous that we take it for granted in our day to day … [Read more…]
There are so many things that we as Americans take for granted, and clean water is definitely one of them. However as it stands, deaths stemming from unclean water or insufficient water account for 3% of deaths world wide. In fact, 2 million tons of sewage and waste are dumped into the world’s water every … [Read more…]
