Canadian Solar today said it has provided its CS6P-P solar modules for a a 540kW solar power plant at Izmir Airport, the first project under the new Turkish solar energy legislation, YEK, for solar power plants under 500kW. This is the ...
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Soladigm officials announced the company has changed its name to View Inc., to reflect its strategic vision that "a clear, uninterrupted view is the catalyst for a fundamental change in how people design and interact with buildings. " The ...
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Aldora officials announced the glass and metal fabricator will open a new satellite branch in Altamonte Springs, Fla., in January 2013. The new location will distribute products throughout Florida, according to a company release. “We ...
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On 31 October 2012, the Federal German cabinet passed a draft amendment s to the Holzhandels-Sicherungs-Gesetzs (HolzSiG – Timber Trading Safeguard Act), which came into force in July 2011. With that amendment, the HolzSiG is ...
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Following an almost two-week production stop, the Italian plywood manufacturer Reni Ettore, which has run into financial difficulties, resumed production at a further reduced level on 30 October 2012. Sources close to the company report ...
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Central European particleboard markets turned out to be much weaker than expected in September and October. Particleboard manufacturers’ order intake had gradually improved during September. However, this improvement in demand was ...
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Irrespective of what will probably be a 10% lower output of softwood lumber this year, forest owners in Austria were still registering consistently heavy demand for softwood sawlogs at the end of October. The majority of the sawmills are ...
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Seventy seven percent of Americans are concerned about the state of US water infrastructure, and 61% are willing to pay more to fix it, according to the 2012 Xylem Value of Water Index. The Xylem Value of Water Index,a poll of American ...
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Weinig will extend its product range, which is primarily aligned to machinery and lines for the processing of solid-wood, by an own double-end tenoner. The relevant basic decision had already been made in 2010. Development and design were ...
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Klenk Holz is launching a new search for investors and has taken Dr Hans Peter Dohmen, the new chief restructuring officer (CRO), on board for this purpose. The declared aim of the procedure is to find a buyer in the framework of a share ...
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Umm Al Quwain Cement Industries has said that oversupply in the real estate market is continuing to impact on demand for cement - a trend which it expects to continue throughout the year. "We expect this year to be a tough year for the ...
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City Cement has revealed that the breakdown caused by a technical failure at its second mill could lead to it losing sales of up to $13.3m (SR: 50m). In a statement to the Saudi stock exchange yesterday, the firm said that it could take up ...
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Lanka Cement PLC plans to enter into a joint venture with other international cement manufacturers to set up a cement grinding and packing plant in an area outside the high security zone in Kankesanthurai, according to Lanka Cement Managing ...
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AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has decided to shut down AGC Glass North America’s Kingsport Plant in Tennessee in order to improve the profitability of its photovoltaic (PV) cover ...
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The NSG Group announced intentions to reduce production capacity of its European architectural glass business, and will shut down two float lines, one in Sweden and one in Italy. The closure of the float line in Halmstad, Sweden, is ...
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