The sharemarket finished more than 0.4 per cent higher following a wave of investor enthusiasm in Japan and the US. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said local shares finished strongly after a slow start as Japanese shares pushed ...
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BUILDING products company CSR is cutting 150 jobs from its glass business in response to the high Australian dollar and low construction activity. CSR will close its glass manufacturing facility at Ingleburn, in Sydney's south west, in ...
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IBM's announcement this week that it would base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish the open-source platform as the standard in enterprises. IBM along with Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Cisco, Red Hat and Rackspace, which helped ...
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IBM‘s announcement last week that it would base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish the open-source platform as the standard in enterprises. IBM along with Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Cisco, Red Hat and Rackspace, which ...
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. a leading manufacturer of products designed to protect people, products and environments, including disposable protective apparel and building products,announced financial results for the three months and year ended ...
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Through 2017, a rebound in construction activity will propel growth in green building materials demand 11 percent annually to $86.6 billion. In addition to the lift supplied by general construction activity, continuing consumer interest in ...
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will exhibit an expanded line of Durastar coil coatings and a new line of Duraform coil coatings in booth 629 at the 2013 Frame Building Expo in Memphis, Tennessee, Feb. 22-24. PPG ...
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PPG Industries announced that it recently surpassed 1,000 requests for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design documentation for its architectural glass products. According to five-year data from PPG’s flat glass business, one ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported net income for the three months ended December 31, 2012 of $95.3 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, compared to net income of $26.4 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, reported for the fourth ...
German wood processing machinery producers managed to keep their output roughly unchanged at around €2.5bn in 2012, according to preliminary information from the Wood Processing Machinery division within the German Machinery and Plant ...
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New Tri-Seal Gasketless Openhead Plastic Pail Covers produce a water- and airtight seal without a gasket. Ideal for foods, paints, adhesives, lubricants, building products, consumer products and more, it can be used anywhere a typical ...
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CALHOUN, Ga. — January 28, 2013 — Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MHK) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Spano Invest NV ("Spano"), a Belgian panel board manufacturer, for €125 million ($168 ...
Pilkington Building Products – the manufacturers, distributors and processors of glass for architectural applications – are set to get FIT and unveil a host of exciting new additions to their current product portfolio across all ...
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C.R. Laurence has announced it has received International Code Council Evaluation Service certification (ICC-ES report ESR-3269) for its GRS Monolithic Tempered Glass Railing System. CRL says it is the first company to have been awarded ...
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Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE:NX) announced today that Thomas L. Herriges has joined the company as General Manager of its Window & Door Systems business (W & DS), effective Monday, January 28. Mr. Herriges will oversee all of ...
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