The Saudi commerce and industry minister, Tawfiq Al-Rabiah has said cement plants in the kingdom should maintain a strategic reserve of the commodity to prevent any future shortage, Saudi Gazette has reported. Cement manufacturer have ...
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Qatar National Cement Co (QNCC) has said its net profit in the first three months of this year rose slightly to QR118.64m from QR117.9m a year ago, Gulf Times has reported. Sales rose 1% to QR267.34m, while cost of sales surged 4% to ...
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Oman Cement Co. has reported a 34.9% increase in net profits to $17.9m (OMR 6.9m) for the first quarter of 2013. Improved sales volumes saw the cement producer s net profit increase from $13.2m (OMR 5.1m) during the same period in 2012. ...
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Bahrain s Falcon Cement Co (FCC) has signed an engineering service agreement with Thailand s LV Technology (LVT) to upgrade and set up a new backup cement mill, Saudi Gazette has reported. The deal involves the implementation of "a series ...
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A proposed new ASTM International standard will offer guidelines for selecting wood substrates for the evaluation of the weathering performance of architectural coatings, such as exterior paints, primers and deck finishes. The proposed ...
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Fire glass solutions specialist, CGI International, has extended its market leading Pyroguard fire resistant glazing with the launch of Pyroguard-T – a range of high performance fire glass products, which provide access to some of the ...
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In a world of machine-made glassware, here at Riedel, we remain committed to producing our most iconic decanters by hand, in the heart of Europe, as we have since 1756. We are one of the few glass-makers still to employ master-craftsmen, ...
The National Glass Association's Glass Management Institute will launch a series of six webinars, June 25, led by distinguished leaders of the glass and glazing industry. The online, interactive classes will cover the following topics: ...
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NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - A beautiful exhibit inspired by nature is now on display at Norfolk Botanical Garden. Several glass sculptures are the main attraction of the new exhibit at the garden. It's called "Reflections of Nature." Artist ...
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Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA) (“Vitro” or the “Company”), one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, announced today that it plans to invest more than $1,777 million pesos this ...
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BASF increased its sales and income from operations (EBIT) before special items in the first quarter of 2013. At €19.7 billion, sales exceeded the level of the previous first quarter by 5%. Sales volumes grew particularly as a result ...
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At €61.6m, turnover at the Finnish forestry-machinery manufacturer Ponsse showed a sharp year-on-year fall in turnover in the first quarter of 2013. This decline is mainly due to short-time working and related production cutbacks, ...
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With effect from 1 July, Finnish timber industry giant Stora Enso will merge its two business divisions Printing and Reading“ and Building and Living“ into a single division, the name of which has not yet been specified. The new ...
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On 23 April, the EU Commission‘s competition authorities approved the takeover of Spano by Unilin, which is owned by the US-American company Mohawk. The approval under cartel law had already been granted following the provisional ...
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In the last few weeks, beech sawmills in Germany have been registering a slight upswing in demand in some places. Receipts of orders have also increased a little again in recent weeks. The slight boost applies in particular to exports of ...
Tags: Beech Lumber, Construction