PPG 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) ...
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According 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 ...
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A comprehensive U.S. Department of Energy report predicting the market penetration of light-emitting diode (LED) white-light sources from 2010 to 2030 is available free from the National Lighting Bureau (www.nlb.org). Titled Energy Savings ...
Laser markets keep on an even keel 31 Jul 2013 Longbow Research finds vendors reporting no rude surprises, while fiber laser players continue to tussle. Materials processing The fortunes of US laser vendors during the second quarter of ...
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An insider from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has disclosed that the ministry is carrying out checks on a second batch of domestic steel enterprises to see whether they conform with required standards in the ...
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Carlisle Wide Plank Floors has announced a partnership with Warmboard, Inc., the Monterey Bay, Calif.-based supplier of energy-efficient radiant heating panels. The partnership brings together Carlisle's wide plank floor specialists with ...
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Mitsubishi Electric Automation has joined with Powerit Solutions to help industrial businesses reduce electricity costs and meet corporate sustainability goals. Mitsubishi Electric Automation's EnergyPAQ energy monitoring system gives ...
Consumer Prices for July 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-08-09 13:20:50 In July, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.7 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.6 percent in cities and 2.9 percent in rural areas. ...
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Industrial Production Operation in July 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-08-09 15:38:20 In July 2013, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 9.7 percent year-on-year (the ...
Investment in Fixed Assets for January to July 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-08-09 15:43:56 From January to July 2013, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) reached 22,172.2 billion yuan, up by ...
From January to July, the private investment in fixed assets reached 14,120.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.3 percent in nominal terms, down by 0.1 percentage point over the first six months. The proportion of private ...
Diageo North America celebrated the completion of a more than $120M investment in its largest bottling facility in Plainfield, IL. The Plainfield facility packages some of Diageo's leading brands, including Smirnoff No. 21, Smirnoff ...
US based vehicle manufacturer General Motors has cut the price of its new Chevrolet Volt car by $5,000, becoming the latest automaker to reduce prices of electric vehicles. The company said the new price will start at $34,995, including a ...
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The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has chosen Upper Canada Transmission Inc. as the transmitter to complete development work for the East-West Tie Line—a new electricity transmission line in Northwestern Ontario. Upper Canada ...
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Air tools, or pneumatic tools as they are technically called, are known to change the face of engineering mechanics and manufacturing. Since the invention of electricity, man has been developing machines and equipment which run on the ...
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