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Pallet testing comes of age Pallet providers are looking to test centers to improve the quality of unit loads. PMMI: Pack Expo Las Vegas breaks records, exceeds expectations PMMI, owner and producer of the Pack Expo trade shows, reports that with more than 26,000 attendees, 1,559 exhibitors and nearly 630,000 net square feet, Pack Expo Las Vegas enVista announces acquisition of Business Process Improvement (BPI) Leading enterprise and supply chain firm further expands its enterprise practice area TotalTrax acquires ShockWatch equipment monitoring division TotalTrax is the new company formed from the merger of Rush Tracking Systems and Sky-Trax. Lift Trucks: TMHU completes acquisition of Industrial Equipment Division of Toyota Canada Toyota now offers seventy-three authorized Toyota Industrial Equipment dealers with a total of 224 dealership locations, throughout the United States and Canada. Jervis B Webb achieves ISO 14001:2004 certification ISO 14001 requires companies to continually improve their environmental performance and implement a systematic approach to setting and achieving environmental targets and Packaging: Sealed Air completes acquisition of Diversey Sealed Air Corporation announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Diversey Holdings Penco featured on ESPN’s “RISE UP” Dorchester episode As in all RISE UP episodes, manufacturers, contractors and other businesses contributed their resources and talents to upgrade school athletic facilities located in a high ISM: Manufacturing sector grew for the 28th consecutive month in September Manufacturing continued its growth in September as the PMI registered 51.6%, an increase of 1 percentage point when compared to August’s reading of 50.6%. CEMA: Conveyor industry orders up 38.28% in first six months The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) recently reported that overall industry orders (bookings) for the first 6 months of 2011 increased 38.28% compared to