Qatar Cement has revealed a 7% decline in net profits for 2012 to $116.8m (QR: 425.3m), from $125.3m (QR: 456m) in 2011. The company also saw its sales decline by 2.5% to $264.9m (QR: 964.3m), according to newly-filed accounts. Notes ...
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A pair of cement manufacturers from the United Arab Emirates have reported significantly improved results for 2012 on the back of a strengthening marketplace. Ras Al Khaimah Co for White Cement & Construction Materials reported a 7% ...
The News reported that cement exports registered a growth of 15.40% inFebruary as compared to the corresponding month last fiscal year but the local sales remained almost stagnant up by 1.16% and resulted in lowergrowth as compared to ...
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On the 28 February 2012, At-Bristol switched on the biggest solar panel system in central Bristol. A total of 208 individual panels were fitted on the science centre’s roof measuring an area approximately the size of two tennis courts ...
Leather furniture is made using many different types of leather that are created using different processes.That is what accounts for the different look,feel and quality of leather furniture,and ultimately even how to clean it. Leather ...
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With its new warranty promotion, Fronius International GmbH is, with immediate effect and at no cost, offering a 5 year material warranty in addition to the 5 year manufacturer's warranty. The offer is valid for all Fronius inverters ...
Tags: Fronius Inverters, Metallurgy, Mineral
Residents at The Rose Garden Extracare village in Hereford are set to make significant energy savings, thanks to an 80-kilowatt solar energy system installed by Eco2Solar. The major investment by Festival Housing, owners of The Rose ...
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SEG Commercial, part of the Save Energy Group and a leading renewable energy provider for UK business, is pleased to report better than expected green energy generation from its solar photovoltaic installations in 2012. Despite some of ...
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Car Industry acted not bad in January and February, 2013. Many car manufactures revived from the bad conditions of 2012. How about the performance of the car sales over the world? How about performance of the car manufactures in different ...
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Power-One, Inc. and Panasonic Corporation have announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance to develop, produce and market energy storage systems for the residential and non-residential markets worldwide combining Power-One ...
The chief executive officer (CEO) of Philips lighting in North America Greg Sebasky has said he believes that consumer attitudes towards lighting are changing, as they now see it as "a durable good". However, it would appear that ...
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Following an LED lighting makeover at the home of UK politics, number 10-12 Downing Street has had a special BREEAM award bestowed upon it in recognition of its environmental efforts. The governmental building was one of 17 to receive an ...
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Automatic reductions to support for solar PV were published by Ofgem. The Feed - in Tariff (FIT) scheme automatically lowers support by 3.5% after three quarters (nine months) even if little solar capacity has been installed. The new ...
Tags: Domestic Solar Degression, STA, Energy
A new survey conducted by IMS Research of more than 400 global photovoltaic (PV) inverter customers has revealed a rapidly growing need for energy storage in PV systems. Despite the infancy of the energy storage market, nearly one third ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) to Nuvo Research's US licensing partner, Mallinckrodt, following the review of Mallinckrodt's New Drug Application (NDA) for diclofenac sodium topical ...