US-based auto components supplier Modine Manufacturing is planning to shut down its manufacturing plant in McHenry, Illinois. The move, which would result in loss of about 135 full-time employees, is part of Modine's proactive plan to ...
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Most freeways in Illinois have a new maximum speed limit of 70 mph as of Jan. 1, the Illinois Department of Transportation reports. The new law raised the state's limit from 65 mph. Most of the areas where the limit changed are outside of ...
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Mike Miculinich, owner of Auto Tech Centers In McHenry, Ill., uses wheel wall mounts provided by American Tire Distributors' DUB Garage Dealer Welcome Kit to showcase some of the 200 popular wheel styles in the catalog available to ...
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Congressional leaders today released a letter backed by the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) signed by 167 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The letter calls for ...
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Congressional leaders released a letter backed by the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) signed by 167 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The letter calls for ...
Tags: textile rules, Yarn Forward
An expansion of the Sacramento Convention Center proposed by the architectural design firm Populous would add large glass-walled spaces above the existing center and Community Center Theater. The design firm was engaged by the Sacramento ...
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Google plans to upgrade the security of its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates, an important component of secure communications. SSL certificates are used to encrypt communication and verify the integrity of another party with which ...
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Lombard Ill.-based The RoomPlace is set to open at 24,000-square-foot store in this market northwest of Chicago today, the retailer's 20th showroom and first new full-line location since it was reacquired by Bruce Berman. The promotional ...
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Charlotte, NC– The BASF Dispersions & Pigments Division recently awarded Ribelin Sales as Distributor of the Year for 2012. The award was presented by Michael McHenry, Vice President, Resins and Performance Additives, North America, ...
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Nancy Stanek is used to predictions of her toy shops' demise. In the 1970s, catalogs were expected to be the death of her Toys et Cetera stores. Then it was the big-box discounters such as Wal-Mart and Target. More recently, the big, ...
Tags: Toys, Toys et Cetera stores, Nancy Stanek, toy sellers
Crystal Lake-area charitable agencies report a drop in cash donations for this holiday season,but toy and food contributions have increased. The Salvation Army of McHenry County,290 W.Crystal Lake Ave.,in Crystal Lake,at this time last ...
Tags: Crystal Lake Agencies, Cash, Donations, Toys
Baltimore City is under the process of converting 70,000 city streetlights from sodium vapor lights to LEDs. Baltimore expects to reap an annual savings of $1.9 million on its electric bill and $275,000 in maintenance costs. Also, ...
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With the start of the New Year, it was lights out in the U.S. for the production of the time-tested 100-watt incandescent light bulb, and over the next few years nearly all of the standard Edison filament bulbs will be phased out. A 2007 ...
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With the start of the New Year, it was lights out in the U.S. for the production of the time-tested 100-watt incandescent light bulb, and over the next few years nearly all of the standard Edison filament bulbs will be phased out. A ...
Tags: cfl, led light, incandescent bulb