An automobile is made up of over 30,000 parts. Railroads play an important role in the building of cars. Railroads transport raw materials such as metals, plastic and glass to factories that produce auto parts. Then railroads again help move the parts to manufacturers who assemble them into cars. After that railroads transport the finished …
Earlier in the week we looked at what Intermodel freight transport means. The following is a short video explaining the intermodal freight system in the U.S.: Source: AAR Related: The Complete List of Railroad Stocks Trading on the NYSE
Heavy Equipments such as bulldozers, excavators, loader, etc. are used in many industries but primarily in Construction and Mining. The following infographic shows The Top 10 Global Manufacturers of these Heavy Equipments. Click to enlarge Source: Market Research Reports Tickers of above companies on the US markets (if available): Caterpillar (CAT) Komatsu (KMTUY) Hitachi Construction Machinery (HTCMY) …
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One of the issues with investing in emerging markets is that some of them are concentrated with certain sectors accounting for a large weightage than others. For instance, the Russian market is over weight in energy primarily crude oil. Taiwan is heavy in the tech sector such as semiconductors and hardware. Financials dominate the equity …
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According to the World Robotics 2020 Industrial Robots report, currently there are 2.7 million industrial robots in operation in factories around the world. This figure is an crease of 12% relative to 2019 when 373,000 units were shipped global. Click to enlarge Source: IFR presents World Robotics Report 2020 China is the largest market for industrial robots with …
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