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March 28 2021 Vol. XXII • No. 7
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Inside
Crews Begin I-17 Bridge Replacement Job...9
Takeuchi-US Introduces Line of Attachments...32
Story on page 40
SmithCo Conquers Its New Markets...41
Table of Contents ............4 Recycling Section.....13-19 Attachment & Parts Section ......................31-36 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................41-43 Auction Section ........47-49 Business Calendar ........48 Advertisers Index ..........50
Industry Comments On Supply-Chain Review Executive Order Will Help Develop U.S. Supplies for Critical Goods, Cover Shortages By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
with a “Made in America” executive order (EO) to strengthen “Buy American” laws and slow the import of many products. This supply-chain EO mandates a 100-day review for vulnerabilities in supply chains for semiconductors, large-capacity batteries,
In late February, President Joe Biden signed another executive order, this one focusing on America’s supply chains. The goal is to develop more resilient and secure supply chains for critical goods disrupted by see ORDER page 44 the COVID-19 pandemic. It calls for a review of supply chain securiThe United States lacks the ty risks as a way to beef up produccapability to process rare tion and cover shortages of essenmaterials used in the earth tial goods. automotive, aerospace, defense year the President Biden opened and electronics industries.