With extreme discounter stores such as Family Dollar and Dollar General rapidly expanding, along with renovations increasing, store construction is back on track for positive growth after a steep decline in 2008 through 2012, according to ...
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade will grant a $220 million credit to Fanavid SA to build a glass factory in Cuba, Hipolito Rocha announced. Rocha, general director of the Brazilian ...
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The building material economic operation analysis conference of the first three quarters of 2012 was held on October 30th in Beijing. The meeting was held by China Building Materials Federation. Representatives from China Building Materials ...
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The Eastern United States withstood wind speeds escalating to 90 mph from Hurricane Sandy's destructive presence, according to the National Weather Service. The wake of the recent devastation could serve as a reminder to glazing contractors ...
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The Austrian refractories company plans to expand in Russia. In Europe, the first factories will be shut down in two years. In the long term, the main production will not take place in Europe anymore, RHI´s CEO Franz Struzl explains. ...
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Recycling bottles and jars is a concept we are all familiar with. The 750, 000tonnes that we put in bottle banks each year goes someway to offsetting the 2 million tonnes or so that we use for containers. Half as much glass (at least 1m ...
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One look at the rear convertible window in my new cloth top and I immediately wanted to replace the wavy plastic with a folding back glass. Of course, the glass rear window was not available for the Mustang convertible until the ’67 ...
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Auto glass sales and profits fell during the second quarter of this year when compared to last for Tokyo-based Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG). The international company released today its second quarter financial results for its fiscal year 2013 ...
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(China Glass Network) According to latest statistics announced by National Development and Reform Committee, net deficiency of flat glass industry is 520 Million RMB in the first half year of 2012, while net profit of the industry is 2590 ...
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According to “Working Opinion for Distributed PV Grid-connected Service” issued by State Grid, PV plant with access voltage less than 10 KV and installation amount below 6MW can be connected to the grid free. The “Working ...
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On November 11, the fourth China (Wuxi) International New Energy Forum &Exhibition was opening in Wuxi. The CEO of the Canadian Solar Inc Qu Xiaohua addressed a speech, from the 2001 to the 2011; The new energy industry grew in a fast ...
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The high (60 percent) and increasing proportion of triple insulating glass in Germany (Source: "Bundesverband Flachglas" [Federal Flat Glass Association] forecast for 2012) is forcing insulating glass manufacturers to adjust their ...
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The US flooring group Mohawk Industries is to acquire the Pergo European and North American laminate flooring operations from Pfleiderer. The share deal encompasses Pergo LLC and Pergo AB as well as patent rights pooled in Pergo’s ...
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(China Glass Network) Construction energy consumption occupies more than 40% of the main energy consumption, the Energy loss through doors and windows account for half of the construction energy consumption. Director of China Construction ...
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(China Glass Network) On last year, government went in indemnificatory housing in a big way that leaded a great amount demand of glass. At the second half year, the real-estate market got warm again after a cold spell. The glass demand ...
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