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Visit www.pct.edu, email admissions@pct.edu or call toll-free 800-367-9222 The Alabama Department of Commerce has opened a business development office in Stuttgart to enhance the state’s strategic efforts to attract European companies considering job-creating investments in the U.S. an experienced German businessman who spent seven years in charge of an industrial operation in Alabama serves as the director of the state’s new European office Dörr’s job will be to build on Alabama’s long-standing economic development activities in Europe European companies announced projects in Alabama involving nearly $1.5 billion in new capital investment and 1,500 jobs according to data from the Alabama Department of Commerce “Communities across Alabama have seen real benefits from the state’s economic ties to Europe thanks to robust levels of two-way trade and significant investment that has created thousands of jobs,” Governor Ivey said “Establishing a European business development office to strengthen this relationship and spark even more economic activity just makes sense for Alabama.” Dörr traveled to Montgomery last Friday for meetings with Governor Ivey and Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield the assistant director of Commerce’s business development team who directs European strategy director of Commerce’s International Trade Office “As we see investment from Europe on the rise it has become more apparent to us that having representation on the ground in Europe will help provide new connections not only with companies within those sectors but also to help us advance our trade opportunities,” Secretary Canfield said Smith said Dörr has solid contacts in industrial fields such as engineering machining and additive manufacturing in Germany and other areas on the continent With more than 20 years of management experience Dörr has developed an extensive network of business connections in the region “Christoph can generate business development leads and open doors for Alabama’s team as we seek to build relationships with decision-makers in Germany and other European countries that can translate into jobs here at home,” Smith said Dörr today serves as CEO of Innoteque Solutions in Kornwestheim a major industrial center that is home to global automaker Mercedes-Benz Dörr was president and CEO of Aluminumtechnologie Schmid GmbH a high-precision CNC machining and die-casting company Between 2005 and 2012, Dörr was responsible for the launch and operation of the Aluminum Technology Schmid North America production plant in Auburn that acted as a Tier 1 and Tier 2 auto supplier. The plant today operates under the ownership of Italy-based 2A S.p.A I developed a deep knowledge of Alabama’s culture customs and business advantages,” Dörr said “I personally experienced the benefits of investing in Alabama and I can share that with prospective companies not just theoretical information about a business location in the state.” Alabama’s economic ties with Europe – in particular, Germany — trace back for decades. 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See our Privacy Policy This work, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment honors 33 of their own, by SFC David Edge, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright the logistics branch of the German railway company the threat of massive job cuts has led to a systematic increase in work pressure This has considerable consequences for the health of railroad workers and results in life-threatening situations A report by a railroad worker at the last meeting of the German Rail Action Committee on an incident in Mannheim once more provides a drastic demonstration of exactly this the Ministry of Transport being cut by €380 million The victims are first and foremost railroad workers a dangerous accident occurred at the marshalling yard in Mannheim which has not yet appeared in any press reports as rail workers have reported to the Rail Action Committee an engine driver was supposed to move several wagons off of a track during the night shift He positioned his locomotive in front of the empty wagons and got out to prepare the locomotive for the operation that other wagons were being “pushed” onto the same track at the same time wagons are pushed in the correct order by another locomotive over the “hump” onto the predetermined track—i.e the driver was not made aware that additional cars were rolling toward his train They collided with the empty wagons on the track injuring him so badly that he was taken to the hospital His colleagues reported him breaking several ribs and bruising his lungs—dangerous and extremely painful injuries demonstrates yet again that working under unrelenting high pressure without sufficient precautions to protect workers’ lives can indeed have life-threatening consequences A worker from the same marshalling yard told the Rail Action Committee: “There is a lot of pressure here at the Mannheim yard at the moment Because the dispatchers have to meet their targets their colleagues at the station are under a lot of pressure to work faster and faster They try not to attract negative attention and do their best to get their work done as quickly as possible We should really be making sure that we work safely Another worker reported: “There are fewer and fewer staff Our site manager claims that there are too many of us but the staffing levels are already so low that six or seven of us from [the German city of] Saarbrücken have been brought to the Mannheim marshalling yard to help us out.” The works council and the German railroad workers’ union EVG are on the side of the DB Cargo Management Board which has decreed its own “transformation” in order to trim unprofitable parts of the company and the associated jobs it is terrible that nobody is standing up for their colleagues so they are speaking out: “The works council approves everything It stands behind the site manager.” Employees are being told from all quarters “that we railroaders can’t defend ourselves against increasing work stress Many of us already want to stop working and don’t want to come on shift.” who is a member of the Rail Action Committee called upon his colleagues: “It can’t go on like this Get organized and join the Rail Action Committee Safety affects us all; it can happen to us at any time Don’t let yourselves be intimidated any longer we are the ones lining the bosses’ pockets and we are the ones who can stop this.” which was founded during the EVG strike a year ago has expressed its distrust of the EVG and the GDL train drivers’ union apparatus It strives for the international unification of all railroad workers and declares that the rights and needs of employees are more important than the profit interests of investors We call on all railroad workers and all those who want to take part in setting up independent Action Committees to send us reports on the conditions in their area and to contact us: Get in touch via Whatsapp on +49-163-337 8340, register using the form below or send your report to the World Socialist Web Site This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Germany — An Army construction brigade was reactivated Thursday in Europe after a 31-year absence marking another example of the service’s renewed presence on the Continent The 7th Engineering Brigade was stood up at the Army’s Bavarian post in Ansbach under the command of Col The unit was founded in 1944 as the 5202nd Engineer Construction Brigade and formerly based in Kornwestheim After moving to multiple locations in Europe The unit is the Army’s only forward-stationed engineering brigade and will fall under the supervision of the Kaiserslautern-based 21st Theater Sustainment Command Army in Europe and Africa as well as NATO-driven missions “We’ve been wanting to come to Europe my entire career,” Moulton said about himself and his family The brigade is tasked with bridge construction “Engineers make the difference; that’s why you are here,” said Brig “You enable the freedom of movement for every soldier in this theater.” The growing brigade currently hosts about 150 soldiers and family members in and around Ansbach There is still construction work to be done on the brigade’s infrastructure and facilities The unit plans to grow to about 300 soldiers and family members by next year The reactivation is the product of five years of planning had been drawing down its forces in Europe following the Cold War but began bolstering its presence after Russia took the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 has rotated thousands more troops into Europe as part of a mission to reassure NATO allies Some are necessary and we can’t switch them off Others help us to provide you with the best possible service We use cookies to personalise content and ads to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic We also share anonymous information about your use of our site with our social media By accepting cookies you will be helping us to continue to provide you with the best possible service Wiesbauer GmbH & Co has erected a tower crane using its new Terex AC 700 all-terrain crane Crane rental company Wiesbauer used its new Terex AC 700 all terrain crane to erect a tower crane at a work site in Kornwestheim The Bietigheim-Bissingen-based crane service provider carried out the project on behalf of the Mörfelden-Walldorf branch office of construction company Trinac which is building a new office building for the Wüstenrot bank in Kornwestheim The decision to use this crane was not only based on the AC 700 crane’s technical characteristics but also on logistical considerations who runs the company with his brother Jochen “We had the crane stationed at our headquarters in Bietigheim-Bissingen precisely at the right time and Bietigheim-Bissingen is only an hour away from the work site in Kornwestheim,” This meant that travelling to the site with the AC 700 crane was relatively easy requiring only the appropriate travel permit and what in Germany is referred to as a ‘BF-3 third-generation escort vehicle’ The unit was accompanied by an assist crane and four trucks Setting up the AC 700 at the work site by the seven-person Wiesbauer team this unit was clearly designed with ease of assembly in mind which is crucial to our ability to deliver when it comes to short assembly and disassembly times this ease of assembly also plays an important role in the outstanding cost effectiveness of the model To reach the lifting height of up to 70 metres required to erect the tower crane the Wiesbauer assembly technicians configured the Terex AC 700 crane with an LF main boom extension measuring 26.40 m Components included relatively lightweight and compact mast sections as well as more unwieldy elements such as the slewing unit “When lifting loads with these types of dimensions it’s not enough to just rely on the crane operator’s expert touch You also need a crane with extraordinary precision.” We are publishing reports from railroad workers about the devastating working conditions at the German railroad company which take worker’s deaths in stride for the sake of profits Contact us via Whatsapp at +49-163-337 8340 and register using the form below this article to report your own experiences wants to cut a further 1,800 jobs at its subsidiary DB Cargo to get out of the red What this means in practice is already evident to railroad workers Staff shortages and exploitation have reached drastic proportions Work accidents or near-accidents are occurring more and more frequently and considering the dangers of this hard work One worker who experiences these conditions firsthand is M.M. a member of the Rail Rank-and-File Committee (Aktionskomitee Bahn) He is a foreman and switch yard supervisor at one of the largest European marshalling yards where he is in the process of setting up an independent rank-and-file committee together with colleagues told the World Socialist Web Site: “Downsizing has long started at our company; it is already in full swing.” He reports that at night at the switch yard where normally at least eight people should be on duty there are currently sometimes only two colleagues left working: “Just recently it happened again: There I was all alone and another colleague was doing work in another group If someone had asked me afterwards how I was feeling physically I could only have said: I feel like a 90-year-old man with all my bones broken.” M.M.’s worksite is the so-called gravity marshalling yard (Ablaufberg) where workers have the job titles shunting engineer (Bergzuglokführer) or hump operator (Bergmeister) The yard is composed of an elevated bit of terrain with a track where the wagons are separated from each other Then the locomotive pushes them over the hump where gravity causes them to roll downhill to connect to new trains “Our job as shunting engineers is to separate the incoming trains,” explained M.M “This involves using a shunting rod to push the railcars apart while the train is moving Then the push-off locomotive pushes the cars over the hill the signalman sets the switches according to his program.” A team dismantling trains at this yard not long ago consisted of three men Just a few months back one of the positions was eliminated The reason given was that DB Cargo currently had fewer customers and therefore fewer trains the trains have definitely been longer since then,” said M.M “And in the meantime it has become the rule that we work as only two-man teams.” so one man has to do all the work alone.” He described what it consists of: “Often we have to deal with 600 or 700 m long trains which we have to walk down twice: first when we dismantle them and then that results in a walk of up to 15 km per shift: a walk over gravel with constant bending “and you’ll be sick for two weeks afterwards I did it in the summer on the afternoon shift in the worst of the heat the dispatchers have [been] constantly pressuring us lately we’re supposed to maintain productivity and even increase it.” “I’ve already looked death in the eye myself,” M.M “and only quick reactions saved me from being pulled under a rail car My wife says goodbye to me every day like it could be the last.” The topic of occupational safety and accidents has been the focus of the Rail Rank-and-File Committee for several weeks ever since a member of the committee had a serious work accident at DB Network Overhead Line Maintenance (Netz Instandhaltung Oberleitung) In fact there have already been ten fatal work accidents at Deutsche Bahn this year alone Both the railroad board and the railroad workers’ union EVG are doing everything they can to cover up the deadly dangers the staff shortage is also resulting in increasingly dangerous situations “You get the impression they’re taking death in stride,” said M.M “The newspapers only carry the stories the government and business want and nobody talks about how we’re doing and how dangerous our work is we have to work at night when everyone is overtired and there is not enough light He reported a recent dangerous situation in the marshalling yard when the bushes along the tracks had not been cut back We couldn’t get through everywhere and got caught in it with the shunting rod Eventually it got so bad that we all refused to go unhook the trains anymore because it was just too dangerous.” also addressed the meager pay for this strenuous “If I had at least a big chunk of money at the end of the month doing this then maybe the whole thing would be halfway bearable We workers don’t want to become millionaires at all,” he added to be able to buy my children shoes and warm winter clothes when needed and always have enough money so that we can eat and live reasonably But that’s not a given based on my wage alone.” His basic wage is 2,100 euro per month after taxes “I can’t support a family with two children on that That’s why I can never take a four-week vacation because then I don’t have the night shift bonuses It already happens all the time that I have to fall back on reserves that I saved up at my previous job The salary is simply too little for the dangerous work A dog gets more empathy than we get at DB Cargo.” These conditions are the reason why the railroad workers were so dissatisfied with the outcome of the latest round of collective bargaining and are furious with the EVG The EVG stifled the collective bargaining struggle and forced massive real wage cuts and further attacks on its members EVG prevented the strike despite overwhelming willingness among workers to fight The subsequent announcements of job cuts show even more clearly that the EVG leadership is playing for the other team on the side of the railroads and the government The EVG knew early on about the plan to cut thousands of jobs at DB Cargo It was in an internal “white paper for freight transport,” according to the press which DB Cargo boss Sigrid Nikutta wanted to present to the supervisory board before the end of October She has developed these plans in cooperation with the management consultancy Roland Berger is collecting around 8 million euro for the work casting their votes against the conciliation offer and in favor of a strike a kind of subcontractor for DB,” he said at the time DB Cargo can mercilessly implement job cuts At the meeting of the Rail Rank-and-File Committee last Tuesday A postman from Frankfurt Airport noted how similar the attacks on workers were in both areas He said: “There is always money for war and for military aid for Ukraine But that infrastructure in Germany is crumbling is the other side of the coin.” The Rank-and-File Committee aims to unite workers independently of the EVG and the GLD train drivers’ unions It established two principles at its founding the interests and needs of workers take precedence over the profits of corporations; and second the allies of railroad workers are not to be found in boardrooms and union offices rather they are the other railroad workers and laborers of Europe and around the world “What this committee has set out to do is exactly what I have been trying to do for a long time as a lone wolf,” said M.M His report shows that great potential exists for the formation of independent rank-and-file committees in workplaces “When we refused to continue working because the bushes were so overgrown “And these conditions exist in pretty much every part of DB.” the rail subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is offering a daily rail link for container transit between Hamburg and Kornwestheim Metrans now offers a direct link to the seaports of Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven as well as the ability to move goods in both ways This comes after almost two years after Metrans announced it saw a large reduction in carbon emissions after it converted all its trains in Germany and Austria to green electricity In March 2023, Metrans acquired a 51 per cent stake in Croatian railway company, Adria Rail More recently, in December 2023, Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE, a totally-owned subsidiary of Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC), announced the outcome of its voluntary public takeover offer for HHLA at the conclusion of the extra acceptance time DP World is set to implement OneStop Modal and the OneStop Vehicle Booking System (VBS) The US House of Representatives has voted to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency‘s (EPA) 2023 global schedule reliability surged to 57.5 per cent Container throughput at the Port of Melbourne totalled 267,000 TEUs in March 2025 Cover image: ©Associated Press The death toll has risen to at least 70 Welcome to IPE Real Assets. This site uses cookies. Read our policy By 2024-12-02T11:39:00+00:00 Real estate investor Nrep and Evolutiq have added a 23,000sqm logistics site to their German logistics joint venture Nrep, through its logistics platform Logicenters, and investment firm Evolutiq have acquired the site in the Stuttgart metropolitan area for an undisclosed amount. The site for a 15,000sqm logistics hub will be added to the joint venture’s existing portfolio of four sites and is set for completion by early 2027 said: “We are delighted to announce yet another successful project in a sought-after location which suits a deep tenant pool Logistics continues to play a pivotal role in our strategic approach as we deploy our proven knowledge and track record from this mature asset class in Germany “This project strengthens our portfolio and reaffirms our commitment to building a sustainable modern logistics portfolio in the most attractive locations across Germany.” said: ”Kornwestheim is an excellent and strategically advantageous location in the Stuttgart metropolitan region “The swift and efficient execution of the transaction was only possible through the professional collaboration with our partner Nrep and the sellers as well as the constructive and cooperative dialogue with the city’s representatives We are delighted to expand our steadily growing pipeline with this attractive project.” To read the latest IPE Real Assets magazine click here Copyright © 1997–2025 IPE International Publishers Limited Site powered by Webvision Cloud a global leader in the field of liquid paint application equipment is proud to announce that a joint agreement has been signed for Dan-Am Company to be acquired by SATA USA this acquisition will represent a significant milestone in the company’s strategic growth initiatives to strengthen its presence in the whole North American market and expand its product portfolio Dan-Am Company is the exclusive distributor of SATA equipment in the U.S “We are excited about this new chapter in the history of both Dan-Am and SATA,” noted Mike Carlos Wolf “This acquisition will allow us to continue to provide our industry partners and customers in the USA and Puerto Rico with the best equipment and outstanding service they know and love from SATA and Dan-Am SATA said it is committed to making the transition process smooth and will maintain Dan-Am’s existing relationships with customers “We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude for the decades of excellent cooperation with the Dan-Am Company team and the Jorgensen family,” noted Florian Kaiser “Their dedicated partnership and trust have been instrumental to the success and growth of both companies.” People who filed for marriage licenses in the Hamilton County Clerk's Office This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Chattanooga Times Free Press Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2025 audio and/or video material shall not be published rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use The AP will not be held liable for any delays errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing TX Logistik AG has launched a new rail freight connection between Wilhelmshaven and southern Germany TX Logistik AG has launched a new hinterland rail freight connection between Wilhelmshaven and southern Germany Since mid-January, the rail logistics company – part of Mercitalia Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Italian state railway – has been running one round trip per week between the Jade-Weser Port in northern Germany and rail terminals in Nuremberg and Kornwestheim Both routes are operated as direct connections and offered via the boxXpress production platform which specializes in container trains from the North Sea ports The destinations are the Tricon container terminal in Nuremberg and the Duss Kombiterminal in Kornwestheim which is a hub for the Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg area TX Logistik can offer additional capacity for container transport by rail The integration of the Jade-Weser Port in Wilhelmshaven into the network is at the same time an important step for TX which hopes to benefit from the forecasted volume growth at the Jade-Weser Port Wilhelmshaven is increasingly the destination of ever-larger container vessels and is already served by eight shipping companies on a scheduled basis Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis founded in 1999 as a private rail transport company maintains a European network with connections in eleven countries The company has subsidiaries in Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Sweden as well as a local office in Italy TX Logistik is also planning to add more connections between Wilhelmshaven and terminals in the hinterland by rail in the first half of this year Nominations are now open for the prestigious Railway Technology Excellence Awards - 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