Logistics Meets Blockchain Technology

July 15, 2018

The flourishing e-commerce industry still suffers from major limitations. Customs duties are too high and often unjustified. Delivery problems continue to delay progress in many emerging countries. For example, Tarik from New Delhi is looking to purchase a new iPhone X, but Apple stores have a policy that prevents the shipment of iPhones to India.

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Since 1907, ParkOhio Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:PKOH) and its subsidiaries have provided the strategic services and products the world’s leading manufacturers need to better and more efficiently build their own products. ParkOhio is an industrial supply chain logistics and diversified manufacturing business operating in three segments: Supply Technologies, Assembly Components, and Engineered Products. Our businesses operate approximately 90 manufacturing, distribution, and service facilities, and employ more than 4,900 people worldwide. Revenues totaled approximately $1.2 billion in 2013.

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