US-based Testa Produce has announced that its refrigerated foods distribution center in Chicago has received LEED Platinum certification - the highest level granted by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). Testa Produce president Peter ...
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US-based beverage and snack company PepsiCo has announced that Frito-Lay's distribution facility in Oahu, Hawaii has earned the US Green Building Council LEED Gold certification. LEED certification is awarded by the US Green Building ...
Aldora officials announced the glass and metal fabricator will open a new satellite branch in Altamonte Springs, Fla., in January 2013. The new location will distribute products throughout Florida, according to a company release. “We ...
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NEW YORK -- Two days after a devastating Hurricane Sandy came ashore in New Jersey and wreaked havoc across greater New York, furniture retailers in the area were reporting store closing disruptions, but no serious damage. However, those ...
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NEW YORK -- A number of furniture retailers caught in the path of a devastating Hurricane Sandy are reporting store closings in New York and New Jersey, but initially no major damage. Manchester, Conn.-based Bob's Discount Furniture ...
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Taco Inc has bought Fairview, Tennessee-headquartered Hydroflo Pumps, a manufacturer of vertical and submersible turbine driven pumps. Hydroflo's pumps, which come with investment cast steel impellers and ductile iron discharge heads, are ...
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During a visit to a Youngstown store that specializes in American-and Ohio-made products,U.S.Sen.Sherrod Brown(D-OH)discussed a new effort to boost domestic apparel and textile manufacturing. "Whenever possible,American tax dollars should ...
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Doncaster-based delivery drivers at an Eddie Stobart distribution centre are planning a 48-hour strike that union officials claim will disrupt deliveries to Tesco stores in the Yorkshire and Humber regions. Logistics firm Eddie Stobart ...
ACCO Australia was one of six finalists in this year's awards, the others being Dynamic Supplies (runner-up) Bantex, Cumberland Stationery, General Stationery Supplies and Pelikan Artline. The Supplier of the Year program is sponsored by ...
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HIGH POINT—Retailer and mixed-source supplier Ethan Allen has completed registration of the American Home Furnishings Alliance's EFEC environmental program at all of its domestic manufacturing facilities. EFEC-Enhancing Furniture's ...
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Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Co (ADSSC) has appointed Mott MacDonald to provide contract administration and site overview services for the development of one of the world’s largest underground pumping stations in Abu Dhabi, United Arab ...
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The American Home Furnishings Alliance announced that Ethan Allen has completed EFEC registration at all of its domestic manufacturing facilities, including five manufacturing plants and one sawmill. EFEC – or Enhancing Furniture's ...
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As part of the Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company’s (ADSSC) major wastewater tunnel project, the service provider has contracted Mott MacDonald to the role of engineer of what has already been deemed as the “world’s ...
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HemCon Medical Technologies, a developer of lyophilized human plasma, has named Barry Starkman as the new chief executive officer (CEO). Previously, Starkman served at Promega as operational vice president, where he was responsible for ...
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Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. a manufacturer of heavy-duty portable electric power tools and accessories, is planning to construct a new, larger distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss. The Brookfield-based company will invest $8 million ...
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