MAPEI is introducing to the market MAPEI Ultralite Mortar Pro, a professional-grade, lightweight, single-component mortar that can be used for medium-bed and nonsag applications as well as for thin-set installations. "Its thixotropic ...
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Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced on October 17 that in the January-September period of this year its finished steel exports amounted to 946,300 mt, increasing by 22.84 percent year ...
Tags: Construction, Steel, Finished Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Twenty years ago, a group of 12 individuals—11 installers and one retailer—who were concerned with the way the installation profession was being viewed and treated decided it was time to band together and change the image of ...
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Shamrock Plank Flooring has announced the addition of a pre-finishing plant located in Hernando, MS. This addition allows Shamrock to be truly vertically integrated and have a unique niche in the flooring market. Shamrock's new ...
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BASF will introduce new chemistries for the coatings industry at the 2013 Western Coatings Symposium and Show (WCS), October 20-23, in Las Vegas, Nevada. BASF will share solutions for architectural and decorative coatings, as well as for ...
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Sealy is using the October High Point Market to focus on its gel technology. New Sealy brand mattresses will be promoting a cool night's sleep with the company's exclusive Gel Orthozone II Comfort Foam. Stearns & Foster, meanwhile, aims ...
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A ceramic is an inorganic, non metallic solid prepared basically by the action of heat and instant cooling. The materials made by ceramic may have crystalline or partially crystalline structure. It may also be amorphous. The type of ...
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Plans are currently in the works to bring glass information and education about new technologies and developments to the North American market. Called GlassCon 2014, the Finishing Contractors Association International (FCA) is leading the ...
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Flat glass is a type of glass that consist of raw materials such as soda ash and sand processed through float glass process. Flat glass includes building flat glass, automotive flat glass, and special flat glass. It is used in curtain ...
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Porvair Sciences new generation Krystal™ glass bottom plates are precision manufactured using a proprietary process resulting in excellent light transmission and an ultra-flat optical plane (+/- 15µm) making them perfect for ...
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In the first eight months of this year, French crude steel output decreased by 2.3 percent year on year to 10,529,000 mt, according to the latest data released by the French Steel Federation (FFA). In the given period, electric arc furnace ...
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This week Glaston celebrates the delivery of its 100th new generation tempering line with the innovative iControL™ automation system to Klaasimeister AS in Harjumaa, Estonia. Glaston's new generation of glass tempering lines was ...
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Anasys Instruments is proud to announce the nanoIR2, a second generation AFM based IR spectroscopy (AFM-IR) platform. A key breakthrough is the ability of the nanoIR2 to operate with top-side illumination, eliminating the prior need to ...
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AGC Chemicals Americas Inc. has added AG-E070 to its line of AsahiGuard E-SERIES fluoropolymers for sizing in paper, paperboard and pulpvmolding applications. AsahiGuard AG-E070 imparts outstanding oil, grease and watervresistance in paper ...
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A new technical brochure that explores the benefits and performance properties of NEROX® 505 and 605 Carbon Black pigments for industrial coatings is now available for download from Orion Engineered Carbons. NEROX 505 and NEROX 605 ...