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AIA Committee Honored The Top 10 'green' Building Projects for 2013
Aug 14, 2013The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) honored the top 10 "green" building projects for 2013 at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, June 20-22 in Denver, and at least five of the ...
Tags: PPG's Coatings
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The Finalists for The 2013 Polyurethane Innovation Award Was Announced by CPI
Aug 14, 2013The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) today announced Romeo RIM, Inc., TSE Industries, Inc. and INVISTA as the finalists for the 2013 Polyurethane Innovation Award. Attendees at the 2013 ...
Tags: Polyurethane Innovation
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Bush Presidential Center Was Constructed with Glass, Coatings, Paint and SEAL GRIP Priming
Aug 14, 2013PPG Industries announced that the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, which is LEED Platinum certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, was constructed with SOLARBAN 70XL STARPHIRE glass, CORAFLON ADS (Air-Dried System) ...
Tags: PPG Industries, PPG Glass
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SDK Decides to Build a 100,000-Tons/Year Ethyl Acetate Plant in Japan
Aug 14, 2013Showa Denko KK (SDK) has decided to build a 100,000-tons/year ethyl acetate plant at its Oita complex in Japan, based on its own recently developed technology. Ethyl acetate is used in wide-ranging applications, including printing ink and ...
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PPG's Line of Feve Will Again Be Marketed Under The Coraflon Brand Name
Aug 14, 2013PPG Industries’ coil and extrusion coatings group announced that its line of fluoroethylene vinyl ether (FEVE)-based powder coatings will again be marketed under the Coraflon brand name, reversing a previous decision to sell them ...
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The PPG Industries Foundation Donated $5,000 to Support The Biomedical Sciences Programs
Aug 14, 2013The PPG Industries Foundation donated $5,000 to Milwaukee Public Schools to support the biomedical sciences programs in six high schools. The grant was made on behalf of the PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) Oak Creek, Wis., industrial coatings ...
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PPG's Line of Feve Will Again Be Marketed Under The Coraflon Brand Name
Aug 14, 2013PPG Industries’ coil and extrusion coatings group announced that its line of fluoroethylene vinyl ether (FEVE)-based powder coatings will again be marketed under the Coraflon brand name, reversing a previous decision to sell them ...
Tags: Powder Coating, PPG Industries
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LFI Has Issued a Global Call for Speakers for Lightfair 2014
Aug 14, 2013Lightfair International (LFI) has issued a global Call for Speakers for Lightfair 2014, North America’s preeminent commercial and architectural lighting conference and exposition, taking place in Las Vegas, June 1-5. And EBMag will be ...
Tags: Lightfair International
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Ge Will Manufacture Smart Meters at a Plant on The City's South Side
Aug 14, 2013GE, Silver Spring Networks, and ComEd have embarked on a new smart grid initiative that is expected to bring millions of dollars of investment to Chicago. GE will manufacture smart meters at a plant on the city’s south side. ...
Tags: Smart Meter Deployment
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JA Solar Revealed It Had Secured a US$89.84 Million Credit Facility
Aug 14, 2013Last week, JA Solar, a major Chinese manufacturer of high-performance solar power products, revealed it had secured a US$89.84 million (RMB250 million) credit facility from state-owned lender Bank of Communications under a central ...
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Greggs Has Shelved Plans to Build a £30M Frozen Food Factory
Aug 13, 2013Greggs has shelved plans to build a £30M frozen food factory, which had previously been hailed as key to expanding its business with supermarkets, as it targets a food to go strategy. Roger Whiteside, boss of the high street bakery ...
Tags: Frozen Food
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FDA Published a New Regulation Defining The Term "Gluten-Free" for Voluntary Food Labeling
Aug 13, 2013The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a new regulation defining the term "gluten-free" for voluntary food labeling. This will provide a uniform standard definition to help the up to 3 million Americans who have celiac disease, an ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, food packaging
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China Healthcare Industry Reach CNY33.65 Billion with a CAGR of 14.5% During 2012-2017
Aug 13, 2013IDC forecasts that the IT investment market size of China healthcare industry will reach CNY33.65 billion (US$5.48 billion) in 2017, with a CAGR of 14.5% during 2012-2017. The growth rate in the next five years is expected to be higher than ...
Tags: IT investment market, Healthcare
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The Rise of LED Technology Will Transform Every Part of The Commercial Lighting Industry
Aug 13, 2013According to Navigant Research, revenues from LED lighting products (including lamps and luminaires) in commercial building markets will grow from US$2.7 billion in 2013 to more than US$25 billion in 2021. "The rise of LED technology will ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED prices
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Solar PV Installations in The US Have Now Broken Through The 10GW Barrie
Aug 13, 2013Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the US have now broken through the 10GW barrier, following strong market deployment since the start of 2010. During the first half of 2013, more than 1.8GW of new solar PV capacity was installed in ...
Tags: Solar photovoltaic, Lighting
