Advance Auto Parts Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire General Parts International Inc. (GP) for $2.04 billion. GP is a distributor and supplier of original equipment and aftermarket replacement products for commercial ...
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RPM International Inc. today said that outstanding performance in the company's consumer segment and more modest gains in its industrial segment resulted in significant increases in sales, net income and diluted earnings per share for the ...
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Daylight Solutions Inc of San Diego, CA, USA, which makes molecular detection and spectroscopic imaging systems based on mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) for scientific research, life science, industrial process control and ...
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USFloors has received a patent for the company's Corboo flooring (U.S.Pat. No. 8,541,085). Corboo is a cork-infused strand woven bamboo floor that marries two of nature's most sustainable flooring materials to create a truly unique, ...
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Identec Solutions and Savi Technology today jointly announced that the companies have entered a worldwide mutual reseller agreement. Both companies have been leaders in the use of real-time wireless identification, location and sensor ...
IR imaging market shifting from military to civilian 13 Sep 2013 Military budget cuts and growing commercial markets drive change says analyst Yole Développement. Hot market: The global uncooled thermal camera business is set to ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Shaw Industries Group, Inc. (Shaw) has announced its grand opening of a 210,000-square-foot (20,000-square-meter) carpet tile plant in Nantong, China – a port city 65 miles (105 kilometers) north of ...
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RPM International Inc.'s Performance Coatings Group (PCG) has acquired Expanko, Inc., a producer of terrazzo tile under the FritzTile brand, as well as cork, rubber and rubber/cork floor tiles, primarily for the education, healthcare, ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coatings
After eight years as national sales manager Visioneering Corp., Doug Wilson is now the vice-president of sales with BJ Take—a Canadian manufacturer and designer of energy-efficient products located in Dunnville, Ont., since 1995. In ...
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August 2013 marks the 15-year anniversary of RPP Containers, a leading reusable plastic bulk container manufacturer and stocking distributor that serves industrial and commercial markets throughout North America. Founded in 1998 by ...
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Glass Doctor, a custom glass service franchise organization, awarded four new U.S. franchises in the second quarter of 2013. Glass Doctor has been consistently ranked as part of the Franchise 500® awarded by Entrepreneur Magazine as ...
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The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) recently announced the release of a policy on bans and fees for recyclable paper and plastic bags approved during its July Board Meeting. The policy is in response to increased efforts ...
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The alliance comprising top brands in lighting has endorsed the use of the ZigBee Light Link standard to ensure interoperability between connected lighting fixtures and controls in residential applications. The Connected Lighting Alliance ...
Tags: ZigBee Light Link, Connected Lighting Alliance, Residential Controls
Nitronex LLC of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si)-based RF power transistors for the defense, communications, broadband and industrial & scientific markets, has developed a family of products ...
Editor’s Note: The following column By Mike Feinstein, vice president, sales and marketing, Digital Lumens, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column. The series features ideas, opinions and insights from end users, analysts, ...